The Present
In November 2007, the BSO announced the appointment Kirill Karabits as their 13th Principal Conductor, the first Ukrainian principal conductor of a UK orchestra. Karabits held the title of orchestra's Principal Conductor-Designate for the 2008-2009 season, and became Principal Conductor with the 2009-2010 season. With the BSO, Karabits made his first conducting appearance at The Proms in August 2009.
The BSO's first commercial recording with Karabits (of Rodion Shchedrin's Concertos for Orchestra Nos 4 and 5) was released on the Naxos label in April 2010. The BSO and Karabits have also recorded music of Aram Khachaturian for the Onyx label. In August 2011, the BSO extended Karabits' contract as principal conductor through the 2015-2016 season.
The president of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Council is David Mellor.
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