Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

With the 2023/2024 season, the BRSO welcomes Sir Simon Rattle as its new Chief Conductor. He is the sixth in a line of important orchestra conductors after Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelík, Sir Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons. Soon after its foundation in 1949, the BRSO developed into an internationally renowned orchestra. In addition to cultivating the classical-romantic repertoire and classical modernism, contemporary music is one of the central tasks of musica viva, which was founded by Karl Amadeus Hartmann in 1945. Renowned guest conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Carlo Maria Giulini and Wolfgang Sawallisch have left their mark on the orchestra. Today, Herbert Blomstedt, Franz Welser-Möst, Daniel Harding, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andris Nelsons, Jakub Hrůša and Iván Fischer are important partners. 
The orchestra has toured Europe, Asia and America.

The BRSO has received many prizes for its extensive recording activities, including the GRAMMY Award (2006). Even before taking up his post, Simon Rattle had already added important milestones to the discography, including works by Mahler and Wagner, many of whose recordings have already won international awards. Further CD recordings will accompany the collaboration, as well as intensive promotion of young talent and performances in the world’s music centres.

In a ranking of the ten best orchestras in the world published by the online magazine Bachtrack and compiled by leading music journalists worldwide, the BRSO recently took third place.