Music Directors, Conductors
- Music directors
- 1891–1905 Theodore Thomas
- 1905–1942 Frederick Stock
- 1943–1947 Désiré Defauw
- 1947–1948 Artur Rodziński
- 1950–1953 Rafael Kubelík
- 1953–1962 Fritz Reiner
- 1962–1963 Fritz Reiner (musical advisor)
- 1963–1968 Jean Martinon
- 1968–1969 Irwin Hoffman (acting music director)
- 1969–1991 Sir Georg Solti
- 1991–2006 Daniel Barenboim
- 2010–present Riccardo Muti
- Titled Conductors
- 1969–1972 Carlo Maria Giulini - Principal Guest Conductor
- 1982–1985 Claudio Abbado - Principal Guest Conductor
- 1995–2006 Pierre Boulez - Principal Guest Conductor
- 2006-present Pierre Boulez - Conductor Emeritus
- 2006-2010 Bernard Haitink - Principal Conductor
- Composers-in-Residence
- 1987–1990 John Corigliano
- 1990–1997 Shulamit Ran
- 1997–2006 Augusta Read Thomas
- 2006-2010 Osvaldo Golijov
- 2006-2010 Mark-Anthony Turnage
- 2010–present Anna Clyne
- 2010–present Mason Bates
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- Assistant / Associate Conductors
- Arthur Mees - Assistant 1896–1898
- Frederick Stock - Assistant 1899–1905
- Eric DeLamarter - Assistant 1918–1933, Associate 1933–1936
- Hans Lange - Associate 1936–1943, Conductor 1943–1946
- Tauno Hannikainen - Assistant 1947–1949, Associate 1949–1950
- George Schick - Assistant 1950–1952, Associate 1952–1956
- Walter Hendl - Associate 1958–1964
- Irwin Hoffman - Assistant 1964–1965, Associate 1965–1968, Conductor 1969–1970
- Henry Mazer - Associate 1970–1986
- Kenneth Jean - Associate 1986–1993
- Michael Morgan - Assistant 1986–1993
- Yaron Traub - Assistant 1995–1998, Associate 1998–1999
- William Eddins - Assistant 1995–1998, Associate 1998–1999, Resident 1999–2004
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