Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Chief Conductors

Chief Conductors

  • 1947-1956 Eugene Goosens
  • 1957-1961 Nikolai Malko
  • 1964-1967 Dean Dixon
  • 1967-1971 Moshe Atzmon
  • 1971-1978 Willem van Otterloo
  • 1979-1982 Louis Frémaux
  • 1982-1985 Sir Charles Mackerras
  • 1986 Zdeněk Mácal
  • 1987-1991 Stuart Challender
  • 1993-2003 Edo de Waart
  • 2004-2008 Gianluigi Gelmetti
  • 2009-2013 Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • 2014-2018 David Robertson (conductor-designate; announced 15 May 2012)

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