Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra primarily serves a domestic radio and concert market. It has also served as a career stop for some of the world's top conductors, and it has embarked on high-profile international recording projects. Its conductors have included Bernard Haitink, Hans Vonk, Sergiu Comissiona, Edo de Waart, and Jaap van Zweden. Since 2012 the orchestra's chief conductor has been Markus Stenz. The orchestra is noted for its advocacy of contemporary music, with a number of world premieres to its credit. In the 1970s and 1980s it made internationally popular recordings for Decca under Leopold Stokowski and Antal Dorati. More recent recording projects have included Shostakovich symphonies under conductor Mark Wigglesworth and the symphonies of Bruckner, led by van Zweden. ~ James Manheim