London Philharmonic Orchestra - Principal Conductors

Principal Conductors

  • 1932–1939 Sir Thomas Beecham
  • 1947–1950 Eduard van Beinum
  • 1950–1957 Sir Adrian Boult
  • 1958–1960 / William Steinberg
  • 1962–1966 Sir John Pritchard
  • 1967–1979 Bernard Haitink
  • 1979–1983 / Sir Georg Solti
  • 1983–1987 Klaus Tennstedt
  • 1990–1996 Franz Welser-Möst
  • 2000–2007 Kurt Masur
  • 2007–present Vladimir Jurowski

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