Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of the most important contemporary Czech orchestras. Starting from the season of 2022/2023, Czech conductor Petr Popelka will become the orchestra&rsquo;s chief conductor and artistic director. Robert Jindra has assumed the post of principal guest conductor.
The history of the orchestra began with the beginning of radio broadcasting in Czechoslovakia in 1923. It officially started its activity on 1 October 1926 as the Radiojournal Orchestra. During World War II, a smaller radio ensemble was separated. In 1964, the two ensembles merged under the Symphony Orchestra of Czechoslovak Radio, which subsequently became the Symphony Orchestra of Czech Radio, abbreviated SOČR, after 1993.
Over the past few years, the orchestra has collaborated with leading Czech and international conductors such as Tom&aacute;&scaron; Netopil, Petr Altrichter, Jakub Hrů&scaron;a, Cornelius Meister, Alexander Liebreich, Ilan Volkov, Stephan Asbury, Ion Marin, Michał Nesterowicz, Anu Tali&nbsp;and Wayne Marshall.
The soloists accompanied by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra include pianist Krystian Zimerman, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Pierre Amoyal, cellists Gautier Capu&ccedil;on, Istv&aacute;n V&aacute;rdai and Steven Isserlis, trombonist Christian Lindberg, as well as jazzman Avishai Cohen. Singers include Ren&eacute;e Fleming, Elīna Garanča,&nbsp;Asmik Grigorian, Jos&eacute; Cura, Juan Diego Fl&oacute;rez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Jonas Kaufmann. Among the local artists, one should certainly not omit Luk&aacute;&scaron; Vondr&aacute;ček, Ivo Kah&aacute;nek, Jan Barto&scaron;, Josef &Scaron;paček, Jan Mr&aacute;ček, Tom&aacute;&scaron; Jamn&iacute;k, Adam Plachetka, Simona &Scaron;aturov&aacute;, Kateřina Kněž&iacute;kov&aacute;, Petr Nekoranec and Vil&eacute;m Veverka. The orchestra commissions and regularly performs works by leading contemporary Czech composers such as Miroslav Srnka, Ondřej Ad&aacute;mek, Pavel Zemek Nov&aacute;k, Jan Ryant Dř&iacute;zal, Ondřej &Scaron;tochl and Jiř&iacute; Kadeř&aacute;bek.
The recording activity of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra is quite extensive as well. Consider the Jan&aacute;ček trilogy with conductor Tom&aacute;&scaron; Netopil released by Supraphon. Two of these recordings were highlighted as the Editor&rsquo;s Choice by the prestigious Gramophone magazine. The very first complete recording of Miloslav Kabel&aacute;č&rsquo;s eight symphonies (Supraphon, 2016) or the recording of all of Bohuslav Martinů&rsquo;s piano concertos (Radioservis, 2016) was a singular achievement.
The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra celebrated the 150th&nbsp;anniversary of V&iacute;tězslav Nov&aacute;k&rsquo;s birth by recording a new album featuring pianist Jan Barto&scaron; and conductor Jakub Hrů&scaron;a (Supraphon 2020), which won the Anděl Award in 2021. More recent productions include late orchestral works by Bohuslav Martinů entitled Fresky, Paraboly, Rytiny, recorded with the internationally renowned conductor Tom&aacute;&scaron; Netopil (Supraphon, 2021) and a forthcoming album in collaboration with the prestigious Hyperion label with works by Martinů, Kalabis and Kr&aacute;sa for harpsichord and orchestra with soloist Mahan Esfahani and conductor Alexander Liebreich.
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra offers its audience concerts as part of subscription cycles in the Dvoř&aacute;k Hall of the Rudolfinum or the convent of Saint Agnes as well as individually in DOX+ or in Studio 1 of Czech Radio. It is a regular guest at prominent festivals such as Prague Spring International Music Festival, Dvoř&aacute;k Prague International Music Festival, Smetana&rsquo;Litomy&scaron;l, Leo&scaron; Jan&aacute;ček International Music Festival and International Music Festival Česk&yacute; Krumlov. The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra regularly performs on international stages in Europe and Japan.

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