Chief Conductors
- Alberto Zelman (1906–1927)
- Fritz Hart (1927–1932)
- Fritz Hart, Bernard Heinze (1932–1937, joint chief conductors)
- Bernard Heinze (1937–1950; Sir Bernard from 1949)
- Alceo Galliera (1950–1951)
- Juan José Castro (1952–1953)
- Walter Susskind (1953–1955)
- Kurt Wöss (1956–1959)
- Georges Tzipine (1960–1965)
- Willem van Otterloo (1967–1970)
- Fritz Rieger (1971–1972)
- Hiroyuki Iwaki (1974–1997)
- Markus Stenz (1998–2004)
- Oleg Caetani (2005–2009)
- Tadaaki Otaka (2009-2012) ; Principal Guest Conductor)
- Sir Andrew Davis (from 2013)
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