Music Directors
- Hans Kindler (1931–1949)
- Howard Mitchell (1949–1969)
- Antal Doráti (1970–1977)
- Mstislav Rostropovich (1977–1994)
- Leonard Slatkin (1996–2008)
- Iván Fischer (principal conductor; 2008–2009)
- Christoph Eschenbach (2010–present)
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“If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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