BBC Symphony Orchestra

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

ORCHESTRA

Official Website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/so/

Founding Date:
1930

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Pierre Boulez Composer 26-Mar-1925 5-Jan-2016 Modern composer and conductor

Adrian Boult Conductor 8-Apr-1889 23-Feb-1983 Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50

Andrew Davis Conductor 2-Feb-1944 Music Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago

Colin Davis Conductor 25-Sep-1927 14-Apr-2013 Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006

Antal Doráti Conductor 9-Apr-1906 13-Nov-1988 Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60

Gennady Rozhdestvensky Conductor 4-May-1931 Bolshoi, Vienna Symphony, Stockholm

Malcolm Sargent Conductor 29-Apr-1895 3-Oct-1967 Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57

Leonard Slatkin Conductor 1-Sep-1944 Music Director, Detroit Symphony

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