Albie Cabrera asked:
>Hello, It's been while, and I've had a bit of a hard time keeping up with
>who's who head honchos of the world's great orchestras. Can y'all update
>me as to who are the current chief conductors/musical directors of the
>big ensembles, ...
I'll do the Brits.
>London PO,
Kurt Masur
>London SO
Sir Colin Davis
>City of Birmingham SO (now that Rattle, I think, is in Berlin)
Sakari Oramo
>Royal Opera-Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano
Also:
BBC Symphony - Leonard Slatkin
BBC Philharmonic - Yan Pascal Tortelier
BBC Scottish - Osmo Vanska
BBC NO of Wales - Mark Wigglesworth
Philharmonia - Christoph von Dohnanyi
Royal Philharmonic - Daniele Gatti
Halle - Mark Elder (soon)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - Gerard Schwarz (soon)
Bournemouth Symphony - Yakov Kreizburg
That will do for now.
Tony Duggan,
England