Past Artistic Leadership
- Walter Hendl, artistic director (1959-1963)
- Seiji Ozawa, music director (1964-1968) and principal conductor (1969)
- István Kertész, principal conductor (1970-1972)
- James Levine, music director (1973-1993)
- Christoph Eschenbach, music director (1995-2003)
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