Classical Conductors

1985-1989

André Previn

was music director of the

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

1976-1984

Antal Doráti

was music director of the

BBC Symphony Orchestra

1962-1966

Antal Doráti

was music director of the

1977-1981

Antal Doráti

was music director of the

Stockholm Philharmonic

1966-1970

Arthur Nikisch

was music director of the

1895-1922

Arthur Nikisch

was music director of the

1889-1893

Arthur Nikisch

was music director of the

1912-1914

Arturo Toscanini

was music director of the

1908-1915

Arturo Toscanini

was music director of the

1928-1936

Bernard Haitink

was music director of the

1967-1979

Bernard Haitink

was music director of the

Sächsische Staatskapella Dresden

1961-1988

Bernard Haitink

was music director of the

2002-2004

Bryden Thompson

was music director of the

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

1988-1990

Carlo Maria Giulini

was music director of the

1978-1984

Charles Dutoit

was music director of the

Orchestre National De France

1977-2002

Charles Dutoit

was music director of the

1991-2001

Charles Dutoit

was music director of the

2008-

Charles Macerras

was music director of the

1982-1985

Christoph Von Dohnányi

was music director of the

1984-2002

Claudio Abbado

was music director of the

1989-2002

Claudio Abbado

was music director of the

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

1979-1987

Claudio Abbado

was music director of the

La Scala

1968-1986

Colin Davis

was music director of the

BBC Symphony Orchestra

1967-1971

Colin Davis

was music director of the

1971-1987

Dimitri Mitropoulos

was music director of the

1937-1949; at the time known as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Dimitri Mitropoulos

was music director of the

1951-1958

Edo De Waart

was music director of the

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

1986-1995

Edo De Waart

was music director of the

1977-1985

Edo De Waart

was music director of the

1993-2003

Eiji Oue

was music director of the

Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona

1995-2002

Eiji Oue

was music director of the

2006-

Eiji Oue

was music director of the

Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

2003-

Erich Leinsdorf

was music director of the

1962-1969

Erich Leinsdorf

was music director of the

1943-1944

Erich Leinsdorf

was music director of the

1957-1962

Esa-Pekka Salonen

was music director of the

1992-2009

Eugene Goosens

was music director of the

1947-1956

Eugene Ormandy

was music director of the

1931-1936; at the time known as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Eugene Ormandy

was music director of the

1936-1980

Franz Welser-Möst

was music director of the

London Philharmonic Orchestra

2002-

Franz Welser-Möst

was music director of the

1990-1996

Fritz Reiner

was music director of the

1938-1948

George Szell

was music director of the

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

1946-1970

George Szell

was music director of the

1937-1939

Günter Herbig

was music director of the

Dresden Philharmonic

1972-1976

Günter Herbig

was music director of the

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

1988-1994

Gustav Mahler

was music director of the

1908-1910

Gustav Mahler

was music director of the

1909-1911

Hans Von Bülow

was music director of the

1867-1869

Hans Von Bülow

was music director of the

1887-1892

Hans Vonk

was music director of the

1996-2002

Herbert Von Karajan

was music director of the

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

1954-1989

James DePreist

was music director of the

1994-1998

James DePreist

was music director of the

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

2005-2008

James Levine

was music director of the

1976-

James Levine

was music director of the

Munich Philharmonic

1999-2004

John Barbirolli

was music director of the

North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

1936-1941

John Eliot Gardiner

was music director of the

1991-1994

John Eliot Gardiner

was music director of the

Opéra National De Lyon

1983-1988

John Eliot Gardiner

was music director of the

Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique

Founded by Gardiner in 1989

Kent Nagano

was music director of the

2006-

Kent Nagano

was music director of the

North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

2006-

Klaus Tennstedt

was music director of the

1979-1981

Kurt Masur

was music director of the

Orchestre National De France

1991-2002

Kurt Masur

was music director of the

2002-2008

Lawrence Foster

was music director of the

Houston Symphony Orchestra

1971-1979

Lawrence Foster

was music director of the

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

1980-1990

Lawrence Foster

was music director of the

Orquestra Simfònica De Barcelona

1994-2002

Leonard Bernstein

was music director of the

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

1958-1969

Leonard Slatkin

was music director of the

2008-

Leonard Slatkin

was music director of the

National Symphony Orchestra

1996-2008

Leonard Slatkin

was music director of the

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

1979-1996

Leopold Stokowski

was music director of the

Founded by Stokowski in 1945

Leopold Stokowski

was music director of the

1912-1938

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

was music director of the

1993-2002

was music director of the

1972-1982

was music director of the

2002-

Orchestre National De France

was music director of the

1987-1991

was music director of the

Buffalo Symphony Orchestra

1984-1996

Lucas Foss

was music director of the

1963-1970

Lucas Foss

was music director of the

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

1981-1986

Marek Janowski

was music director of the

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

2002-

Marek Janowski

was music director of the

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

2000-

Marek Janowski

was music director of the

Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France

1984-2000

Mariss Jansons

was music director of the

1996-2004

Mariss Jansons

was music director of the

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

2004-

Neeme Järvi

was music director of the

2005-

Neville Marriner

was music director of the

1979-1986

Otto Klemperer

was music director of the

1933-1939

Paavo Berglund

was music director of the

Stockholm Philharmonic

1987-1990

Pierre Boulez

was music director of the

BBC Symphony Orchestra

1971-1975

Pierre Boulez

was music director of the

1971-1977

Pierre Monteux

was music director of the

Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos

1960-1964

was music director of the

Dresden Philharmonic

2004-

Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos

was music director of the

Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos

1975-1976

was music director of the

Orquesta Nacional De España

1962-1978

Raphael Kubelik

was music director of the

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

1961-1979

Raphael Kubelik

was music director of the

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

1973-1974

Raphael Kubelik

was music director of the

1955-1958

Ricardo Muti

was music director of the

La Scala

1986-2005

Ricardo Muti

was music director of the

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

1980-1992

Riccardo Chailly

was music director of the

1982-1988

Riccardo Chailly

was music director of the

1988-2004

was music director of the

1973-2002

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

was music director of the

1969-1976

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

was music director of the

1965-1970

was music director of the

Vienna State Opera

2002-

Serge Koussevitzky

was music director of the

1924-1949

Simon Rattle

was music director of the

2002-

Sir Georg Solti

was music director of the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1946-1952

Sir Georg Solti

was music director of the

1969-1991

Sir Georg Solti

was music director of the

London Philharmonic Orchestra

1979-1983

Vernon Handley

was music director of the

Ulster Orchestra

1985-1989

Vladimir Ashkenazy

was music director of the

2009-

Vladimir Golschmann

was music director of the

1931-1958

Walter Damrosch

was music director of the

1884-1902

Walter Damrosch

was music director of the

1902-1903

Walter Susskind

was music director of the

1968-1975

was music director of the

1922-1945; 1952-1954

was music director of the

Beyreuth Festival

was music director of the

Salzburg Festival

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

was music director of the

Willem Mengelberg

was music director of the

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

1895-1945

Zdenek Mácal

was music director of the

1986-1995

Zdenek Mácal

was music director of the

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

1993-2002

was music director of the

1998-2006

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

was music director of the

1977-Music Director for Life

was music director of the

1962-1978

was music director of the

1960-1967

was music director of the