U.S. Symphony Orchestras and Their Music Directors
Updated June 26, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
- Akron Symphony Orchestra: Ya-Hui Wang
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Christopher Confessore1
- American Composers Orchestra: Steven Sloane
- American Symphony Orchestra: Leon Botstein
- Arkansas Symphony Orchestra: David Itkin
- Aspen Chamber Symphony: David Zinman
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Robert Spano
- Austin Symphony Orchestra: Peter Bay
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Yuri Temirkanov
- Baton Rouge Symphony: Timothy Muffitt
- Boston Philharmonic: Benjamin Zander
- Boston Pops: Keith Lockhart
- Boston Symphony Orchestra: James Levine
- Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra: Theodore Kuchar
- Brooklyn Philharmonic: Robert Spano
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: JoAnn Falletta
- Cedar Rapids Symphony: Christian Tiemeyer
- Charleston Symphony Orchestra: David Stahl
- Charlotte Symphony: Christof Perick
- Chattanooga Symphony & Opera: Robert Bernhardt
- Chicago Sinfonietta: Paul Freeman
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Daniel Barenboim
- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: Paavo Järvi
- Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Möst
- Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Junichi Hirokami
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Andrew Litton
- Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra: Neal Gittleman
- Delaware Symphony Orchestra: David Amado
- Des Moines Symphony: Joseph Giunta
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Neeme Järvi
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra: Robert Hanson
- El Paso Symphony Orchestra: Gürer Aykal
- Erie Philharmonic: Hugh Keelan
- Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra: Alfred Savia
- Florida Orchestra: Stefan Sanderling
- Florida West Coast Symphony: Leif Bjaland1, 2
- Fort Wayne Philharmonic: Edvard Tchivzhel
- Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
- Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra: Theodore Kuchar
- Grand Rapids Symphony: David Lockington
- Grant Park Orchestra (Chicago): Carlos Kalmar1
- Greensboro Symphony Orchestra: Dmitry Sitkovetsky
- Greenville Symphony Orchestra: Edvard Tchivzhel
- Handel & Haydn Society (Boston): Grant Llewellyn
- Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra: Stuart Malina
- Hartford Symphony Orchestra: Edward Cumming
- Honolulu Symphony Orchestra: Samuel Wong
- Houston Symphony: Hans Graf
- Indianapolis Symphony: Mario Venzago
- Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra: Fabio Mechetti
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra: Raymond Harvey
- Kansas City Symphony: Michael Stern
- Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra: Heinz Fricke
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Lucas Richman
- Little Orchestra Society of New York: Dino Anagnost
- Long Beach Symphony Orchestra: Enrique Arturo Diemecke
- Long Island Philharmonic: David Wiley
- Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Jeffrey Kahane
- Los Angeles Philharmonic: Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Klauspeter Seibel
- Louisville Orchestra: Uriel Segal
- Madison Symphony Orchestra: John DeMain
- Memphis Symphony Orchestra: David Loebel
- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: Andreas Delfs
- Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä
- Mississippi Symphony Orchestra: Crafton Beck
- Monterey Symphony: Max Bragado-Darman
- Music of the Baroque (Chicago): Jane Glover
- Naples Philharmonic Orchestra: Jorge Mester
- Nashville Symphony: Kenneth Schermerhorn
- National Symphony (DC): Leonard Slatkin
- New Haven Symphony Orchestra: Jung-Ho Pak
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra: Neeme Järvi
- New Mexico Symphony Orchestra: Guillermo Figueroa
- New West Symphony: Boris Brott
- New World Symphony (Fla.): Michael Tilson Thomas2
- New York Philharmonic: Lorin Maazel
- New York Pops: Skitch Henderson
- North Carolina Symphony: Grant Llewellyn
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic: Lawrence Loh
- Oklahoma City Philharmonic: Joel Levine
- Omaha Symphony: Victor Yampolsky
- Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra: Victor
Yampolsky - Oregon Symphony: Carlos Kalmar
- Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Calif.): Carl St. Clair
- Palm Beach Pops: Bob Lappin
- Philadelphia Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach
- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Nicholas McGegan
- Phoenix Symphony: Hermann Michael
- Pittsburgh Symphony: Mariss Jansons
- Portland Symphony Orchestra: Toshiyuki Shimada
- Quad City Symphony Orchestra: Donald Schleicher
- Rhode Island Philharmonic: Larry Rachleff
- Richmond Symphony: Mark Russell Smith
- River City Brass Band: Denis Colwell
- Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: Christopher Seaman
- St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: David Robertson
- St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Andreas Delfs
- San Antonio Symphony: Larry Rachleff
- San Francisco Symphony: Michael Tilson Thomas
- Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra: Gisèle Ben-Dor
- Santa Rosa Symphony: Jeffrey Kahane
- Seattle Symphony: Gerard Schwarz
- Shreveport Symphony: Kermit Poling
- Spokane Symphony: Eckart Preu
- Springfield Symphony (Mass.): Kevin Rhodes
- Stamford Symphony Orchestra: Roger Nierenberg
- Syracuse Symphony Orchestra: Daniel Hege
- Toledo Symphony: Stefan Sanderling1
- Tucson Symphony Orchestra: George Hanson
- Utah Symphony: Keith Lockhart
- Virginia Symphony: JoAnn Falletta
- Westchester Philharmonic: Paul Lustig Dunkel
- West Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Grant Cooper1, 2
- Wichita Symphony: Andrew Sewell
- Winston-Salem Symphony: Robert Moody
- Youngstown Symphony Orchestra: Isaiah Jackson
NOTE: Symphony orchestras listed above report an annual budget of at least $2.5 million.
1. Principal Conductor.
2. Artistic Director.
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