The State Philharmonic Orchestra of Sibiu is praised as the most dynamic musical institution in Romania. In 2020, it received the Prize for Music at the Radio România Cultural Gala, in 2021 it was awarded the National Order Cultural Merit – Commandor degree – by H.E. Mr. Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, and in 2022 the UCCRM (Union of Critics, Musical Editors and Producers) acknowledged Sibiu’s Brave New Music festival and presented it with the Prize for Excellency.

Since its foundation, on January 1st 1949, The State Philharmonic Orchestra of Sibiu gave thousands of concerts, but its activity took off remarcably in the past 3 years, with approximately 150 concerts in cities such as Sibiu, București, Deva, Piatra Neamț, Făgăraș, Agnita, Blaj, Sf. Gheorghe, Onești, Brad, Târgu Neamț, with some of them broadcast on TV networks or online, as well as in international tours.

The Sibiu orchestra was honored to play with famous soloists like Ion Voicu, Alexandru Tomescu, Valentin Gheorghiu, Ştefan Ruha, Ruxandra Donose, Ionuț Bogdan Ștefănescu (Romania), Michael Barenboim (Germania), Monique de la Bruchollerie and Jean Jaques Thiollier (France), Elisabeth Leonskaja (Austria), Anna Țifu (Italy), Sviatoslav Richter, Rudolf Kerer, Lazăr Berman, Dimitri Başkirov, Svetla Krsteva, ​Lubov Stuchevskaya (Russia), Ivry Gittlis, Teodora Gheorghiu (Switzerland), Monserrat Caballe (Spain) or Aydin Ustuk (Turkey).

Cristian Mandeal, Horia Andreescu, Mihnea Ignat, Tiberiu Soare, Cristian Lupeș (Romania), Cem Mansur (Turkey), Gabor Horvath (Hungary), Marijn Simons (Netherlands), Tulio Gagliardo (Argentina), Bruno Aprea, Alessandro Crudele, Tito Ceccherini (Italy) are just some of the most important conductors the orchestra had the privilege to work with.

The number and quality of concerts, festivals, partnerships, institutional initiatives and collaborations established The State Philharmonic of Sibiu as a musical hub, an artistic production center, an institution that has become a regional and national model for the developing of cultural strategies.