Conductors
Gilbert Vinter served as its first principal conductor, and Stanford Robinson, the former principal conductor of the BBC Opera, was a regular guest conductor with the ensemble. Barry Wordsworth, principal conductor from 1989 to 2006, now holds the title of Conductor Laureate. Jonny Greenwood was named the orchestra's composer-in-residence in 2004. In August 2010, the orchestra announced the simultaneous appointments of Keith Lockhart as its seventh principal conductor, with immediate effect, and of Johannes Wildner as principal guest conductor.
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