The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra – founded in 1947 as a Radio Studio Orchestra with a view to record mainly the radio archives (thousands of minutes of recordings), the ensemble has also performed in concerts, its rich repertoire including works from various periods and genres, from operatic and orchestral music to oratorios and concert opuses.

In 1990 the ensemble became a Mozartian chamber orchestra, a formula which has enabled it to continue performing both in recordings and in concert. The numerous world premières of Romanian and international contemporary music speak of the ensemble’s dedication to the 20th century music. Over the years, it has attracted most of the leading Romanian conductors - Silvestri, Rodan, C. Bobescu, Litvin, Ludovic Bács (much credited with developing and refining the artistic performance of the ensemble, he is currently Permanent Guest Conductor), Cristian Brâncusi, Permanent Conductor since 1983. Among the Guest Conductors one can name Horia Andreescu, Gheorghe Costin, Cristian Mandeal, Ilarion Ionescu-Galati, Camil Marinescu, Emil Simon, Pierre Colombo, Amaury Du Closel, Lawrence Foster, Misha Katz, Neil Thomson.

The ensemble has collaborated with such renowned soloists as Elena Cernei, Viorica Cortez, Ileana Cotrubas, Ruxandra Donose, Dan Grigore, Nicolae Herlea, Dan Iordachescu, Eugenia Moldoveanu, Mariana Nicolesco, David Ohanesian, Ludovic Spiess, Georgeta Stoleriu, Eduard Tumagian, Barbara Heindricks, Katia Ricciarelli, Francisco Araiza, Lola Bobescu, Dana Bor]an, Valentin Gheorghiu, Silvia Marcovici, Mihaela Martin, Aurelian Octav Popa, Ion Ivan Roncea, Eugen Sârbu, Mihaela Ursuleasa, Cristina Anghelescu, Gabriel Croitoru, Alexandru Moro]anu, Natalia Gutman, Leonid Kagan, Elisabetha Leonskaya, Daniel Kientzy, Pierre Yves Artaud, Dmitri Alexeev etc. It has also toured extensively Europe, Japan, South Korea.