South German radio orchestra affiliated with the [l324868] (SDR), Stuttgart. It was founded in 1945 as Kleines Symphonie-Orchester Stuttgart and appeared under different names over the years, as Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester between 1959-1975. Chief conductors were Hans Müller-Kray and from 1972 onwards Sergiu Celibidache.
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of the SWR was one of two radio orchestras of the Südwestrundfunk. In 2016 it was merged with the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg to form the SWR Symphony Orchestra.
Name changes:
1945: Kleines Symphonie-Orchester von Radio Stuttgart
1946: Großes Orchester von Radio Stuttgart
1949: Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart
1949: Sinfonie-Orchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks
1959: Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester
1975: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
1998: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
2001: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
2016: SWR Symphonieorchester