Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

The Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (RSO) was affiliated to the Southwest Broadcasting Company (SWR). It was founded in 1945 as Kleines Symphonie-Orchester Stuttgart and appeared under different names over the years, as [b]Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart[/b] (with slight variations, see chronology below) between 1975 and 2016. Chief conductors were , , , , and .
In 2016/17 the orchestra was merged with the to form the .

Name changes:
1945: Kleines Symphonie-Orchester von Radio Stuttgart
1946: Großes Orchester von Radio Stuttgart
1949: Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart
1949:
1959:
1975:
1998: , SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
2001: , Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
2016: