The '''Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI''' was formed in 1994 after a merger of the four orchestras of the '''RAI''' of Turin, Rome, Naples, and Milan. The oldest of these orchestras, the '''[http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/?artistid=759294|Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI]''', was founded in 1931 in Turin at the Teatro di Torino, and later joined by the orchestras of Rome, Milan, and Naples. RAI is the acronym for '''[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAI_-_Radiotelevisione_Italiana|Radiotelevisione Italiana]''', the precursor of today's '''[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Audizioni_Italiane|Radio Audizioni Italiane]'''.