The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra was established in 1929 as the fi rst professional symphony orchestra in Slovakia. The orchestra is currently led by conductor Mario Košik. It has made a large number of recordings for labels such as Opus, Supraphon, Naxos, Marco Polo and others. In addition to regular season concerts, which feature works by Slovak composers, many of them as premières, the orchestra has performed at concerts abroad, visiting Austria and Hungary, and touring in Europe, Japan and Korea. The orchestra has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Ľudovít Rajter, Ondrej Lenárd, Róbert Stankovský, Juraj Valčuha, Andrew Mogrelia, David Porcelijn, Vladimir Spivakov, Yordan Kamdzhalov and also with distinguished soloists.