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BBC Symphony Orchestra

symphony orchestra based in London, England, United Kingdom
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Summary

BBC Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of orchestra entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (678 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: London[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Founder: Adrian Boult[5]
  • Home venue: Barbican Centre[6]
  • Genre: classical music[7]
  • Location: Barbican Centre[8], Royal Albert Hall[9], Maida Vale Studios[10]
  • Commons category: BBC Symphony Orchestra[11]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[12]
  • Has part(s): Jiří Bělohlávek[13]
  • Inception: 1930[14]
  • Location of formation: England[15]
  • Official website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra[16], https://www.bbc.co.uk/symphonyorchestra[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:BBC Symphony Orchestra[18]
  • Native label: BBC Symphony Orchestra[19]
  • Start of work period: 1930[20]
  • Social media followers: 74,934[21], 76,924[22], 78,413[23]
  • P14541: zplKy[24]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Orchestra[25]

  • Country: GB[26]

  • Began / founded: 1930[27]

  • Genre(s): classical[28]

  • Community tags: british orchestra, classical, orchestra, symphony orchestra[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5b13c665-88eb-4e80-9a06-218a660fcf6b[30]

Why It Matters

BBC Symphony Orchestra has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Arturo Toscanini Barbican Centre BBC Symphony Chorus Colin Davis England Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Georges Enescou London Pierre Boulez United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bbc-symphony-orchestra
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bbc-symphony-orchestra, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911440|bbc symphony orchestra (#289911440)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → zplKy
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Has part(s) → Jiří Bělohlávek
    Instance of → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0267187-BBC-Symphony-Orchestra, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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