page_title: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
section_title: Chief conductors
hierarchical_section_title: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Chief conductors
caption_attribution_description: Suomi: Kapellimestari Toivo Haapanen johtaa Radion sinfoniaorkesterin tehdaskonserttia Hietalahden telakalla Helsingissä. Tiedätkö jotain tästä kuvasta? Jätä kommentti tai ota yhteyttä sähköpostitse: flickr@yle.fi Tutustu Ylen arkistosisältöihin: www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto Fler skatter från Yles arkiv: svenska.yle.fi/arkivet More about Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company: yle.fi/yleisradio/about-yle/this-is-yle
context_page_description: The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre. Primary funding comes from television licence fees from the Finnish population.
  The ensemble was founded in 1927 as the Radio Orchestra with ten musicians, with Erkki Linko as its first conductor. Though never holding the title of chief conductor, Linko remained affiliated with the orchestra until 1952. Toivo Haapanen became the orchestra's first chief conductor in 1929 and held the post until his death in 1950. The orchestra performed mainly studio concerts for the first portion of its history. Until World War II, the orchestra gave only 20 public concerts, with freelance musicians to bolster the ranks.
  After World War II, with the new Director General Hella Wuolijoki in place, the orchestra roster expanded to 50 musicians. In September 1947, the orchestra initiated a series of "Tuesday Concerts" at Helsinki Town Hall. The roster grew to 67 musicians by 1953.
context_section_description: Toivo Haapanen (1929–1950)
  Nils-Eric Fougstedt (1950–1961)
  Paavo Berglund (1962–1971)
  Okko Kamu (1971–1977)
  Leif Segerstam (1977–1987)
  Jukka-Pekka Saraste (1987–2001)
  Sakari Oramo (2003–2012)
  Hannu Lintu (2013–present)
caption: Toivo Haapanen conducting the orchestra at the Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, 1945
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