NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Radio orchestra
Native name	NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Former name	NWDR Sinfonieorchester
Founded	1945 (1945)
Location	Rothenbaumchaussee 132 20149 Hamburg, Germany
Concert hall	Elbphilharmonie
Principal conductor	Alan Gilbert
Website	ndr.de

The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (German: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester) is a German radio orchestra. Affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; North German Broadcasting), the orchestra is based at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. Earlier the ensemble was called the NDR Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks), and was also known in English as the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.