Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

Brno Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech: Filharmonie Brno) is an orchestra based in Brno, the Czech Republic. Its predecessor was the Czech Symphony Orchestra, dating from the 1870's. The current Brno Philharmonic was formed in 1956 with the merger of the Radio Orchestra and the Brno Region Symphony Orchestra, with Břetislav Bakala as the first principal conductor of the new orchestra. Since 2009, the orchestra's principal conductor is Aleksandar Marković.
==Principal conductors==
* Břetislav Bakala (1956–1958)
* Jaroslav Vogel (1959–1962)
* Jiří Waldhans (1962–1978)
* František Jílek (1978–1983)
* Petr Vronský (1983–1991)
* Leoš Svárovský (1991–1995)
* Otakar Trhlík (1995–1997)
* Aldo Ceccato (1997–2000)
* Petr Altrichter (2002–2009)
* Aleksandar Marković (2009-present)
==Conductors laureate==
*Sir Charles Mackerras (2007–present)
*Caspar Richter (2002–present)
==External links==
*Czech Music Information Centre article on the orchestra, @ 2001
*Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, English-language history from orchestra homepage
*Recording with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
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