The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra was established in 1924 initially under the name the Dubrovnik Orchestra. After several name changes, the orchestra became the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra in 1992. As an important factor in the music life of Dubrovnik, the Orchestra plays its broad repertoire in the Rector's Palace, the churches and squares of Dubrovnik. Their role in the Dubrovnik Summer Festival is particularly important. In the Festival, the Orchestra has worked with top Croatian and foreign conductors and soloists (Lovro Matačić, Antonio Janigro, Zubin Mehta, Ernst Marzendorfer, Milan Horvat, Pavle Dešpalj, Anton Nanut, Vjekoslav Šutej, violinists David Ojstrah, Yehudi Menuhin, Henryk Szeryng, Uto Ughi, Stefan Milenković, Julian Rachlin; violist Yuri Bashmet; cellists Mstislav Rostropovich, Monika Leskovar, Mischa Maisky, pianists Svjatoslav Richter, Ivo Pogorelić, Dubravka Tomšič, Pavica Gvozdić, hornist Radovan Vlatković; singers: Dunja Vejzović, Ruža Pospiš Baldani, Inva Mula...). The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra has performed around Croatia, around Europe, in the US and in Indonesia. They won the Milka Trnina award for extraordinary achievement in music.