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U.S. Symphony Orchestras and Their Music Directors

  • Akron Symphony Orchestra: Ya-Hui Wang
  • Alabama Symphony Orchestra: Christopher Confessore1
  • American Composers Orchestra: Steven Sloane
  • American Symphony Orchestra: Leon Botstein
  • Arkansas Symphony Orchestra: David Itkin
  • Aspen Chamber Symphony: David Zinman
  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Robert Spano
  • Austin Symphony Orchestra: Peter Bay
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Yuri Temirkanov
  • Baton Rouge Symphony: Timothy Muffitt
  • Boston Philharmonic: Benjamin Zander
  • Boston Pops: Keith Lockhart
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra: James Levine
  • Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra: Theodore Kuchar
  • Brooklyn Philharmonic: Robert Spano
  • Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: JoAnn Falletta
  • Cedar Rapids Symphony: Christian Tiemeyer
  • Charleston Symphony Orchestra: David Stahl
  • Charlotte Symphony: Christof Perick
  • Chattanooga Symphony & Opera: Robert Bernhardt
  • Chicago Sinfonietta: Paul Freeman
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Daniel Barenboim
  • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: Paavo Järvi
  • Cleveland Orchestra: Franz Welser-Möst
  • Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Junichi Hirokami
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Andrew Litton
  • Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra: Neal Gittleman
  • Delaware Symphony Orchestra: David Amado
  • Des Moines Symphony: Joseph Giunta
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Neeme Järvi
  • Elgin Symphony Orchestra: Robert Hanson
  • El Paso Symphony Orchestra: Gürer Aykal
  • Erie Philharmonic: Hugh Keelan
  • Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra: Alfred Savia
  • Florida Orchestra: Stefan Sanderling
  • Florida West Coast Symphony: Leif Bjaland1, 2
  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic: Edvard Tchivzhel
  • Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
  • Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra: Theodore Kuchar
  • Grand Rapids Symphony: David Lockington
  • Grant Park Orchestra (Chicago): Carlos Kalmar1
  • Greensboro Symphony Orchestra: Dmitry Sitkovetsky
  • Greenville Symphony Orchestra: Edvard Tchivzhel
  • Handel & Haydn Society (Boston): Grant Llewellyn
  • Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra: Stuart Malina
  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra: Edward Cumming
  • Honolulu Symphony Orchestra: Samuel Wong
  • Houston Symphony: Hans Graf
  • Indianapolis Symphony: Mario Venzago
  • Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra: Fabio Mechetti
  • Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra: Raymond Harvey
  • Kansas City Symphony: Michael Stern
  • Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra: Heinz Fricke
  • Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Lucas Richman
  • Little Orchestra Society of New York: Dino Anagnost
  • Long Beach Symphony Orchestra: Enrique Arturo Diemecke
  • Long Island Philharmonic: David Wiley
  • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Jeffrey Kahane
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Klauspeter Seibel
  • Louisville Orchestra: Uriel Segal
  • Madison Symphony Orchestra: John DeMain
  • Memphis Symphony Orchestra: David Loebel
  • Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: Andreas Delfs
  • Minnesota Orchestra: Osmo Vänskä
  • Mississippi Symphony Orchestra: Crafton Beck
  • Monterey Symphony: Max Bragado-Darman
  • Music of the Baroque (Chicago): Jane Glover
  • Naples Philharmonic Orchestra: Jorge Mester
  • Nashville Symphony: Kenneth Schermerhorn
  • National Symphony (DC): Leonard Slatkin
  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra: Jung-Ho Pak
  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra: Neeme Järvi
  • New Mexico Symphony Orchestra: Guillermo Figueroa
  • New West Symphony: Boris Brott
  • New World Symphony (Fla.): Michael Tilson Thomas2
  • New York Philharmonic: Lorin Maazel
  • New York Pops: Skitch Henderson
  • North Carolina Symphony: Grant Llewellyn
  • Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic: Lawrence Loh
  • Oklahoma City Philharmonic: Joel Levine
  • Omaha Symphony: Victor Yampolsky
  • Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra: Victor
    Yampolsky
  • Oregon Symphony: Carlos Kalmar
  • Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Calif.): Carl St. Clair
  • Palm Beach Pops: Bob Lappin
  • Philadelphia Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach
  • Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Nicholas McGegan
  • Phoenix Symphony: Hermann Michael
  • Pittsburgh Symphony: Mariss Jansons
  • Portland Symphony Orchestra: Toshiyuki Shimada
  • Quad City Symphony Orchestra: Donald Schleicher
  • Rhode Island Philharmonic: Larry Rachleff
  • Richmond Symphony: Mark Russell Smith
  • River City Brass Band: Denis Colwell
  • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: Christopher Seaman
  • St. Louis Symphony Orchestra: David Robertson
  • St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Andreas Delfs
  • San Antonio Symphony: Larry Rachleff
  • San Francisco Symphony: Michael Tilson Thomas
  • Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra: Gisèle Ben-Dor
  • Santa Rosa Symphony: Jeffrey Kahane
  • Seattle Symphony: Gerard Schwarz
  • Shreveport Symphony: Kermit Poling
  • Spokane Symphony: Eckart Preu
  • Springfield Symphony (Mass.): Kevin Rhodes
  • Stamford Symphony Orchestra: Roger Nierenberg
  • Syracuse Symphony Orchestra: Daniel Hege
  • Toledo Symphony: Stefan Sanderling1
  • Tucson Symphony Orchestra: George Hanson
  • Utah Symphony: Keith Lockhart
  • Virginia Symphony: JoAnn Falletta
  • Westchester Philharmonic: Paul Lustig Dunkel
  • West Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Grant Cooper1, 2
  • Wichita Symphony: Andrew Sewell
  • Winston-Salem Symphony: Robert Moody
  • Youngstown Symphony Orchestra: Isaiah Jackson
NOTE: Symphony orchestras listed above report an annual budget of at least $2.5 million.
1. Principal Conductor.
2. Artistic Director.

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