Founded in 2005, Roma Tre Orchestra is the first university orchestra established in Rome and the Lazio region. It is oriented towards dedication and excellence, and aimed at spreading the popularity of great music most of all among the younger generations. 

The Association organizes concerts of chamber and symphonic music at Ateneo, the Palladium Theater, and at other culturally important places in the city such as the Accademia di Danimarca, the Museums of the City of Rome, and many others. 

For many years, the orchestra has collaborated with internationally acclaimed soloists such as Gianluca Cascioli, Maurizio Baglini, Roberto Prosseda, Enrico Bronzi, Carlo Guaitoli, Alessandra Ammara, Emanuele Arciuli, Ilia Kim, Gloria Campaner, Roman Rabinovich, Scipione Sangiovanni (piano), Enrico Bronzi, Silvia Chiesa, Anton Spronk (cello), Haik Kazazyan, Amalia Hall, Aubree Oliverson (violin), Shirley Brill (clarinet), Massimo Mercelli (flute), Jacopo Taddei (saxophone), Lola Descours (bassoon), actor Claudio Amendola, choreographer Bill T. Jones, writer Alessandro Baricco, opera singers Daniela Mazzucato and Veronika Dzhioeva, pop singer Etta Scollo, Oscar-winning composer Dario Marianelli (whose music was recorded for the films “Nome Di Donna” ["A Woman's Name"] by Marco Tullio Giordana and “Pinocchio” by Matteo Garrone) and conductors Gunter Neuhold, Yoram David, Bruno Weinmeister, Donato Renzetti, Will Humburg, Cord Garben, Sir David Willcocks, Mikhail Kirchhoff, Alexander Sladkovsky, Jan Latham Koenig, Sergey Smbatyan, Luciano Acocella, Francesco Lanzillotta, Marcello Bufalini, Gabriele Bonolis, Tonino Battista, Fabio Sperandio, Fabio Maestri, Pietro Borgonovo and many others. From 2013 to 2017 the music director of the orchestra was Luigi Piovano, principal cellist of the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and before him, from 2006 to 2011, Pietro Mianiti.

Since 2017, Roma Tre Orchestra has held an intense commitment in support of young pianists thanks to the series "Young Artists Piano Solo Series", created for the purpose of engaging the best artists from every part of Italy. In the years since, dozens of young pianists have been involved, among which have been winners of national and international competitions. In many cases their participation in this series is also their debut in Rome, the capital. Every year the associates of Roma Tre Orchestra choose their favorite pianist, who becomes the "Young Artist" for the following year, and from that moment forward is involved in various projects, including with the orchestra. Some of the best Italian pianists from the new generation have performed in the series, such as Giovanni Bertolazzi, Davide Ranaldi, Gabriele Strata, Michelle Candotti, Leonardo Pierdomenico, Elia Cecino, Jonathan Ferrucci and many others. 

Roma Tre Orchestra has also collaborated with important public institutions such as Roma Capitale, Associazione Teatro di Roma, the Embassy of the United States at the Quirinale and at la Santa Sede, Caspur, Accademia di Danimarca, Zètema, Laziodisu, Laziocrea, CIDIM, the Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Embassy of the Netherlands, the Embassy of Switzerland, the Embassy of Spain, the Embassy of Luxembourg, Istituto Polacco di Cultura, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Conservatorio di Latina, the Libraries of Rome, Goethe's House museum, Municipio Roma VIII, and the city of Vibo Valentina. 

Over the years, the orchestra has hosted and initiated collaborations with a few of the most important Italian artistic institutions, such as RomaEuropa Festival, Concerti del Quirinale, Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena, GOG Giovine Orchestra Genovese, Società Primo Riccitelli di Teramo, Teatro "Verdi" di Pordenone, Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Reate Festival, Camerata Musicale Barese, Amiata Piano Festival, Teatro Comunale di Carpi, Amici della musica di Foligno, Campus Internazionale di Musica a Latina, Amici della musica “F. Fenaroli”, Società aquilana dei concerti “B. Barattelli”, Nuova Consonanza, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Festival Armonie della Sera, Emilia Romagna Festival, Coop Art, Brianza Classica, Festival "Le Altre Note", Associazione Giovanni Padovano, Perosi 60: Tortona città della musica, Amici della Musica di Campobasso, Harmonia Novissima, Società del Teatro e della Musica "Luigi Barbara" di Pescara, Camerata Musicale Salentina, Accademia Filarmonica di Messina, AMA Calabria, Amici della Musica Guido Michelli di Ancona, Società del Quartetto di Vercelli, Comune di Rieti. It has also executed activities abroad in collaboration with l'Istituto italiano di cultura in San Paolo Brasil and with the society NetCologne in Germany. 

Since 2022 the orchestra has an established collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS - National Institute for Social Security) through the protocol "IN musica Per il Sociale", which has created dozens of events in partnership in various locations of the Institute in Italy (Palazzo Wedekind and Convitto Vittorio Locchi in Roma, Palazzo D'Aquino Caramanico in Napoli, Conservatorio Tartini in Trieste, Conservatorio di Matera).

Since the academic year of 2010-2011, the orchestra also holds a "Musical Language Workshop" focused principally on the students enrolled in degree programs in Communications, Philosophy, History, and Humanities at Roma Tre University. 

President: Roberto Pujia
Artistic Director: Valerio Vicari
Artistic Secretary: Alessandro Guaitolini

Roma Tre Orchestra thanks the following patrons of the association for their valuable contribution for the year 2024 (listed in alphabetic order)