ORCHESTRA

Official Website:
http://www.nyphil.org/

Location:
Manhattan, NY

Founding Date:
1842

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Carter Bacot	Business	7-Feb-1933	7-Apr-2005	CEO of the Bank of New York, 1982-98
Mario L. Baeza	Business	c. 1951		Baeza & Co.
Alec Baldwin	Actor	3-Apr-1958		A Baldwin Brother
John Barbirolli	Conductor	2-Dec-1899	29-Jul-1970	Conductor at The Hallι, 1943-70
Robert H. Benmosche	Business	29-May-1944	27-Feb-2015	CEO of AIG, 2009-14
Leonard Bernstein	Conductor	25-Aug-1918	14-Oct-1990	Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez	Composer	26-Mar-1925	5-Jan-2016	Modern composer and conductor
Walter Damrosch	Conductor	30-Jan-1862	22-Dec-1950	Conductor, popularizer of music
Colin Davis	Conductor	25-Sep-1927	14-Apr-2013	Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006
Marshall Field III	Business	28-Sep-1893	8-Nov-1956	Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times
Evan G. Greenberg	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Ace Limited
Paul B. Guenther	Business	c. 1941		President of Paine Webber, 1988-95
Rita E. Hauser	Activist	12-Jul-1934		Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Walter Hendl	Conductor	12-Jan-1917	10-Apr-2007	Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58
Victor Herbert	Composer	1-Feb-1859	24-May-1924	Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Roger Hertog	Business	c. 1941		Reinvented The New York Sun
Jeffrey B. Kindler	Business	13-May-1955		CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10
Kenneth Langone	Business	c. 1935		Co-Founder of Home Depot
Lorin Maazel	Conductor	6-Mar-1930	13-Jul-2014	Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Gustav Mahler	Composer	7-Jul-1860	18-May-1911	Das Lied von der Erde
Kurt Masur	Conductor	18-Jul-1927	19-Dec-2015	Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1991-2002
William J. McDonough	Business	c. 1934		President of New York Fed, 1993-2003
Zubin Mehta	Conductor	29-Apr-1936		Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Willem Mengelberg	Conductor	28-Mar-1871	21-Mar-1951	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945
Dimitri Mitropoulos	Conductor	1-Mar-1896	2-Nov-1960	Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
Artur Rodzinski	Conductor	2-Jan-1892	27-Nov-1958	Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47
Leonard Rose	Cellist	28-Jul-1918	16-Nov-1984	Virtuoso cellist
Frank Savage	Business	c. 1940		VP at Equitable Life, 1987-96
George L. Shinn	Business	12-Mar-1923	16-Dec-2013	CEO of First Boston, 1975-83
Carl Spielvogel	Business	27-Dec-1928		Advertising executive, Bates Worldwide
William Steinberg	Conductor	1-Aug-1899	16-May-1978	Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76
Leopold Stokowski	Conductor	18-Apr-1882	13-Sep-1977	American Symphony Orchestra
George Szell	Conductor	7-Jun-1897	30-Jul-1970	Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70
Arturo Toscanini	Conductor	25-Mar-1867	16-Jan-1957	20th Century virtuoso conductor
Alfred Wallenstein	Cellist	7-Oct-1898	8-Feb-1983	Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56
Bruno Walter	Conductor	15-Sep-1876	17-Feb-1962	Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33
Meredith Willson	Composer	18-May-1902	15-Jun-1984	The Music Man

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