Houston Symphony - Music Directors

Music Directors

  • 1913–1916 Julien Paul Blitz
  • 1916–1918 Paul Bergé
  • 1918–1930 dissolved
  • 1931–1932 Uriel Nespoli
  • 1932–1935 Frank St. Leger
  • 1936–1947 Ernst Hoffmann
  • 1948–1954 Efrem Kurtz
  • 1954 Ferenc Fricsay (resigned mid-season)
  • 1955–1961 Leopold Stokowski
  • 1961–1967 John Barbirolli
  • 1967–1969 André Previn
  • 1971–1979 Lawrence Foster
  • 1980–1988 Sergiu Comissiona
  • 1988–1999 Christoph Eschenbach
  • 2001–present Hans Graf

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