RAI National Symphony Orchestra | |
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Orchestra | |
Native name | Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI |
Founded | 1994 |
Location | Turin, Italy |
Concert hall | Auditorium RAI |
Principal conductor | Andrés Orozco-Estrada |
Website | Official website |
The RAI National Symphony Orchestra (Italian: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI) is an Italian symphony radio orchestra, owned by the public radio and television company RAI. Its primary concert venue is the Auditorium RAI in the Piazza Rossaro in Turin. Its concerts are broadcast on Rai Radio 3. The current artistic director is Ernesto Schiavi.
The orchestra was formed in 1994 by the merger of four former RAI orchestras of Turin, Milan, Rome, and Naples, which had been founded starting in 1931.