Symfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasu

The Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of the most important Czech orchestras today. Since the 2018/19 season, the post of chief conductor and artistic director has been held by the German conductor Alexander Liebreich. The main guest conductor is currently Marek Šedivý.

SOČR offers its listeners concerts as part of subscription cycles in Dvořák's Rudolfinum Hall, St. Anne's Monastery and the Karlín Forum. He is a frequent guest of important festivals such as Prague Spring, Dvořákova Praha, Smetanova Litomyšl, MHF Leoš Janáček or MHF Český Krumlov. SOČR is a regular guest on foreign stages throughout Europe and in Japan.

Over the past few years, the orchestra has collaborated with leading Czech and foreign conductors, such as Tomáš Netopil, Petr Altrichter, Jakub Hrůša, Cornelius Meister, Stephan Asbury . Várdai and Steven Isserlis, trombonist Christian Lindberg, but also jazzman Avishai Cohen. Singers include Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, José Cura, Juan Diego Flórez, Dmitrij Chvorostovskij or Jonas Kaufmann. Czech soloists include Lukáš Vondráček, Jan Bartoš, Tomáš Jamník, Ivo Kahánek, Jan Mráček, Adam Plachetka, Simona Šaturová, Kateřina Kněžíková, Petr Nekorance and Vilém Veverka. The orchestra regularly commissions and performs compositions by leading Czech composers of today, such as Pavel Zemek Novák, Jan Ryant Drízal, Miroslav Srnka, Ondřej Adámek or Jiří Kadeřábek.

SOČR's recording activity is also rich, including a carrier from 2014 published by Supraphon – the Janáček trilogy with conductor Tomáš Netopil. Two of these recordings were awarded by the prestigious magazine Gramophone as Editor's Choice. A unique achievement was the first complete recording of eight symphonies by Miloslav Kabeláč (Supraphon, 2016) or the recording of all piano concerts by Bohuslav Martinů (Radioservis, 2016).