Effective period / Period of releases: 1949 - 2024

Members: Florent Jodelet, Nathalie Chabot, Bertrand Cervera, Ghislaine Benabdallah, Catherine Bourgeat, Etienne Péclard, Martial Ayela, Jérôme Marchand, Marc Marder, Sergiu Celibidache, Philippe Pierlot, Jacques Mercier (3), Bernard Cazauran, Maurice Bourgue, Bernard Neuranter, Olivier Devaure, David Geringas, Huguette Dreyfus, Raphaël Perraud, Michel Cantin, David Guerrier, Paul Radais, Nora Cismondi, Claudine Garçon, Paul Taillefer, Jean Dupin, Jacques Lecointre, Jean-Luc Bourré, Emma Savouret, Lyodoh Kaneko, Daniele Gatti, Patrick Gallois, Bertrand Grenat, Laurent Manaud-Pallas, Christine Jaboulay, Elisabeth Glab, Bernard Balet, Hélène Zulke, Joseph Ponticelli, Nicolas Pache, Marc Olivier De Nattes, Stéphane Henoch, Brigitte Angelis, Michel Moraguès, Stéphane Logerot, Michel Douvrain, Sarah Nemtanu, Pascal Moraguès, Emmanuel Curt, Constantin Bobesco, Roland Pidoux, André Sennedat, Jean-Louis Sajot, Laure Vavasseur, Florent Carrière, François Christin, Jean-Paul Quennesson, Marc Jaermann, François Gottraux, Yves Demarle, Vincent Leonard, Gilles Rancitelli, Didier Benetti, Hervé Joulain, Philippe Hanon, Marc Bauer, Sabine Toutain, Philippe Pouvereau, Laurent Decker, Carlos Dourthé, Richard Siegel, Pierre Vavasseur, Benjamin Estienne, Oana Unc-Marchand, Caroline Ritchot, Nicolas Vaslier, Franz Michel, Emmanuel Petit (3), Jean-Marie Poupelin, Khoi Nam Nguyen Huu, Raymond Glatard, Thomas Garoche, Jessica Bessac-Caron, Pascal Saumon, Maria Chirokoliyska, Nicolas Böne, Nancy Andelfinger, Young-Eun Koo, Allan Swieton, Ji-Hwan Park Song, Sophie Terrier, Silvia Careddu, Luc Héry, Michel Benet, André Chpelitch, Philippe Haiche, Emmanuel Blanc (2), Elisabeth Kissel, Gaëtan Biron, Dominique Desjardins, Laurence Del Vescovo, Adeliya Chamrina, Edouard Sabo, Julien Dugers, Grégoire Méa, Marlène Rivière, Patrick Messina (2), Renaud Guy-Rousseau, Jean-Philippe Navrez, Émilie Gastaud, Claire Morand, Régis Poulain, Florence Binder, Sébastien Larrère, Mathilde Lebert, François Desforges, Corentin Bordelot, David Rivière (2), Teodor Coman, Ingrid Lormand, Guillaume Jehl, Jean-Marc Volta, Muriel Gallien, Pierre-André Leclercq, François Merville (2), Didier Bogino, Françoise Verhaeghe, Grégoire Blin, Jean-Edmond Bacquet, Jean-Olivier Bacquet, Jean Pincemin, Jocelyn Willem, Hubert de Villele, Patrice Kirchhoff, Cyril Bouffyesse, Agnès Quennesson, Bertrand Walter, Hélène Bouflet-Cantin, Sumiko Hama-Prévost, Véronique Castegnaro, Josiane Raoul, Xavier Guilloteau

French orchestra originally founded January 18 of 1934 and run by French broadcasting service Radio France, operating under this name since 1974.

Associated to the French public broadcasting operator, this orchestra has been known under different names since its creation:
• 1944-1964 - Named Orchestre national de la radiodiffusion-télévision française or Orchestre National De La R.T.F. or Orchestre national de la radiodiffusion française, conducted by Manuel Rosenthal (1944-1947), Roger Desormiere (1947-1951), Maurice Le Roux (1960-1964).

• 1964-1974 - Renamed Orchestre national de l'office de la radiodiffusion-télévision française, Orchestre national de France or Orchestre National De L'ORTF, conducted by Maurice Le Roux 1964-1967), Jean Martinon (1968-1973), Sergiu Celibidache (1973-1974).

• 1974 - Renamed Orchestre national de Radio France or Orchestre national de France, conducted by Lorin Maazel (1987-1991), Charles Dutoit (1991-2001), Kurt Masur (2002-2008), Daniele Gatti (2008-).