List of principal conductors by orchestra

This is a non-exhaustive list of principal conductors by orchestra referring to orchestras with entries in Wikipedia, as of September 2015. Orchestras which choose not to have principal conductors, such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, are omitted from this list. Likewise, principal conductors for opera companies are omitted, unless the orchestra of that opera company performs orchestral concerts under a separate name.

Armenia

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Yerevan	Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra	Eduard Topchjan	Armenian
Yerevan	National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia	Sebouh Abcarian	Armenian
Yerevan	Youth State Orchestra of Armenia	Sergey Smbatyan	Armenian

Australia

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Melbourne	Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	Sir Andrew Davis)	UK
Perth	West Australian Symphony Orchestra	Asher Fisch	Israeli
Sydney	Sydney Symphony Orchestra	David Robertson	US

Austria

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Bregenz	Vorarlberg Symphony	Gérard Korsten	South African
Linz	Ars Antiqua Austria	Gunar Letzbor	Austrian
Linz	Bruckner Orchestra Linz	Dennis Russell Davies	USA
Salzburg	Camerata Salzburg	Louis Langrée	French
Salzburg	Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg	Ivor Bolton	UK
Vienna	Concentus Musicus Wien	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Austrian
Vienna	Vienna Hofburg Orchestra	Gert Hofbauer	Austrian
Vienna	Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester	Alfred Eschwé	Austrian
Vienna	Klangforum Wien	Beat Furrer	Swiss
Vienna	Vienna Mozart Orchestra	no principal conductor
Vienna	Tonkünstler Orchestra	Yutaka Sado	Japanese
Vienna	Vienna Chamber Orchestra	Stefan Vladar	Austrian
Vienna	Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra	Cornelius Meister	German
Vienna	Vienna Symphony	Philippe Jordan	French

Belgium

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Antwerp	DeFilharmonie	Edo de Waart	Dutch
Brussels	Brussels Philharmonic	Stéphane Denève	French
Brussels	National Orchestra of Belgium	Andrey Boreyko	Russian
Liège	Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège	Christian Arming	French

Canada

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Calgary	Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra	Roberto Minczuk	Brazil
Edmonton	Edmonton Symphony Orchestra	William Eddins	USA
Kitchener, Ontario	Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra	Edwin Outwater	Canadian
Montreal	Orchestre Métropolitain	Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Canadian
Montreal	Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal	Kent Nagano	USA
Ottawa	National Arts Centre Orchestra	Alexander Shelley	UK
Toronto	Kindred Spirits Orchestra	Kristian Alexander	Canadian
Toronto	Toronto Symphony Orchestra	Peter Oundjian	Canadian
Vancouver	Vancouver Symphony Orchestra	Bramwell Tovey	UK
Winnipeg	Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra	Alexander Mickelthwate	German

Czech Republic

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Prague	Czech Philharmonic	Jiří Bělohlávek	Czech
Prague	Prague Philharmonia	Emmanuel Villaume	French
Prague	Prague Symphony Orchestra	Pietari Inkinen	Finnish

Denmark

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Aarhus	Aarhus Symphony Orchestra	Marc Soustrot	French
Copenhagen	Danish National Symphony Orchestra	Fabio Luisi (designate; effective 2017)	Italian
Copenhagen	Royal Danish Orchestra	Michael Boder	German
Odense	Odense Symphony Orchestra	Alexander Vedernikov	Russian

Finland

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Jyväskylä	Jyväskylä Sinfonia	Ville Matvejeff	Finnish
Helsinki	Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Hannu Lintu	Finnish
Helsinki	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	John Storgårds	Finnish
Helsinki	Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra	Mikk Murdvee	Estonian
Lahti	Lahti Symphony Orchestra	Okko Kamu	Finnish
Oulu	Oulu Symphony Orchestra	Anna-Maria Helsing	Swedish
Tampere	Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra	Santtu-Matias Rouvali	Finnish
Turku	Turku Philharmonic Orchestra	Leif Segerstam	Finnish

France

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Bordeaux	Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine	Paul Daniel	British
Lyon	Orchestre National de Lyon	Leonard Slatkin	USA
Paris	Ensemble Intercontemporain	Matthias Pintscher	German
Paris	Orchestre de Paris	Paavo Järvi	Estonian
Paris	Orchestre National de France	Daniele Gatti	Italian
Toulouse	Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse	Tugan Sokhiev	Ossetian

Germany

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Bamberg	Bamberg Symphony	Jonathan Nott	UK
Berlin	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	Sir Simon Rattle	British
Berlin	Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra	Marek Janowski	Polish
Berlin	Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	Tugan Sokhiev	Ossetian
Berlin	Konzerthausorchester Berlin	Iván Fischer	Hungarian
Berlin	Staatskapelle Berlin	Daniel Barenboim	Israel
Bremen	Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen	Paavo Järvi	Estonian
Cologne	Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne	François-Xavier Roth	French
Cologne	WDR Funkhausorchester	Wayne Marshall	UK
Cologne	WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne	Jukka-Pekka Saraste	Finnish
Dresden	Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra	Michael Sanderling	German
Dresden	Staatskapelle Dresden	Christian Thielemann	German
Frankfurt	Hr-Sinfonieorchester	Andrés Orozco-Estrada	Colombian
Hamburg	Hamburger Symphoniker	Jeffrey Tate	UK
Hamburg	NDR Symphony Orchestra	Thomas Hengelbrock	German
Karlsruhe	Badische Staatskapelle	Justin Brown	UK
Leipzig	Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra	Riccardo Chailly	Italian
Leipzig	MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra	Kristjan Järvi	Estonian
Munich	Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra	Mariss Jansons	Latvian
Munich	Munich Chamber Orchestra	Alexander Liebreich	German
Munich	Munich Philharmonic Orchestra	Valery Gergiev	Russian
Munich	Munich Symphony Orchestra	Ulf Schirmer	German
Nuremberg	Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra	Alexander Shelley	UK
Stuttgart	Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra	Stéphane Denève	French
Weimar	Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar	Stefan Solyom	Swedish

Hungary

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Budapest	Budapest Festival Orchestra	Iván Fischer	Hungarian
Budapest	Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra	Pinchas Steinberg	Israeli

Japan

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Nagoya	Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra	Martyn Brabbins	UK
Osaka	Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra	Michiyoshi Inoue	Japanese
Tokyo	NHK Symphony Orchestra		Paavo Järvi	Estonian

Latvia

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Riga	Kremerata Baltica	Gidon Kremer	Latvian
Riga	Latvian National Symphony Orchestra	Karel Mark Chichon	Latvian
Liepāja	Liepāja Symphony Orchestra	Atvars Lakstigala	Latvia

Netherlands

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Amsterdam	Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra	Marc Albrecht	France
Amsterdam	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra	Daniele Gatti (designate; effective 2016)	Italian
Den Haag	Residentie Orchestra	Jan Willem de Vriend	Netherlands
Hilversum	Radio Filharmonisch Orkest	Markus Stenz	German
Rotterdam	Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra	Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Canadian

New Zealand

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Auckland	Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra	Eckehard Stier	German
Wellington	New Zealand Symphony Orchestra	Pietari Inkinen	Finnish

Norway

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Bergen	Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra	Edward Gardner	British
Oslo	Norwegian Radio Orchestra	Miguel Harth-Bedoya	Peruvian
Oslo	Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra	Vasily Petrenko	Russian
Stavanger	Stavanger Symphony Orchestra	Christian Vásquez	Venezuelan
Trondheim	Trondheim Symphony Orchestra	Krzysztof Urbanski	Polish

Poland

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Katowice	Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra	Alexander Liebreich	German
Warsaw	Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra	Jacek Kaspszyk	Polish

Russia

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Moscow	State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation	Vladimir Jurowski	Russian
Saint Petersburg	Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra	Valery Gergiev	Russian
Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra	Yuri Temirkanov	Russian

Sweden

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Gävle	Gävle Symphony Orchestra	Jaime Martín	Spanish
Malmö	Malmö Symphony Orchestra	Marc Soustrot	French
Norrköping	Norrköping Symphony Orchestra	Michael Francis	UK
Örebro	Swedish Chamber Orchestra	Thomas Dausgaard	Danish
Stockholm	Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra	Sakari Oramo	Finnish
Stockholm	Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Daniel Harding	UK

Switzerland

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Basel	Sinfonieorchester Basel	Dennis Russell Davies	USA
Bern	Bern Symphony Orchestra	Mario Venzago	Swiss
Geneva	Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	Jonathan Nott (designate; effective 2017)	British
Lucerne	Lucerne Symphony Orchestra	James Gaffigan	USA
Winterthur, Switzerland	Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur	Douglas Boyd	UK
Zurich	Tonhalle Orchester Zürich	Lionel Bringuier	French
Zurich	Zurich Chamber Orchestra	Sir Roger Norrington	British

United Kingdom

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Belfast	Ulster Orchestra	Rafael Payare	Venezuelan
Birmingham	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	(post vacant)
Bournemouth	Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra	Kirill Karabits	Ukrainian
Cardiff	BBC National Orchestra of Wales	Thomas Søndergård	Danish
Derby	Sinfonia ViVA	Duncan Ward	British
Edinburgh	Scottish Chamber Orchestra	Robin Ticciati	British
Gateshead	Royal Northern Sinfonia	Lars Vogt	German
Glasgow	BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra	Donald Runnicles	UK
Glasgow	Royal Scottish National Orchestra	Peter Oundjian	Canada
Liverpool	Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra	Vasily Petrenko	Russian
London	Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields	Joshua Bell	USA
London	BBC Symphony Orchestra	Sakari Oramo	Finnish
London	City of London Sinfonia	Stephen Layton	UK
London	London Philharmonic Orchestra	Vladimir Jurowski	Russian
London	London Symphony Orchestra	Valery Gergiev	Russian
London	Philharmonia Orchestra	Esa-Pekka Salonen	Finnish
London	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Charles Dutoit	Swiss
Manchester	The Hallé	Sir Mark Elder	British
Manchester	Manchester Camerata	Gábor Takács-Nagy	Hungarian
Manchester	Northern Chamber Orchestra	Nicholas Ward	British
Salford	BBC Philharmonic	Juanjo Mena	Spanish

United States of America

City	Orchestra	Conductor	Nationality
Atlanta	Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	Robert Spano	USA
Baltimore	Baltimore Symphony Orchestra	Marin Alsop	USA
Boston	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Andris Nelsons	Latvian
Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Symphony Orchestra	Christopher Warren-Green	UK
Chicago	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Riccardo Muti	Italian
Cincinnati	Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra	Louis Langrée	French
Cleveland	Cleveland Orchestra	Franz Welser-Möst	Austrian
Dallas	Dallas Symphony Orchestra	Jaap van Zweden	Netherlands
Denver	Colorado Symphony Orchestra	Andrew Litton	USA
Houston	Houston Symphony Orchestra	Andrés Orozco-Estrada	Colombian
Indianapolis	Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra	Krzysztof Urbanski	Polish
Kansas City, Missouri	Kansas City Symphony	Michael Stern	USA
Los Angeles	Los Angeles Philharmonic	Gustavo Dudamel	Venezuelan
Milwaukee	Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra	Edo de Waart	Netherlands
Minneapolis	Minnesota Orchestra	Osmo Vänskä	Finnish
Nashville	Nashville Symphony Orchestra	Giancarlo Guerrero	Costa Rican
New York City	New York Philharmonic	Alan Gilbert	USA
New York City	The MET Orchestra	James Levine	USA
Newark, New Jersey	New Jersey Symphony Orchestra	Jacques Lacombe	Canadian
Philadelphia	Philadelphia Orchestra	Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Canadian
Phoenix, Arizona	Phoenix Symphony Orchestra	Tito Muñoz	USA
Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	Manfred Honeck	Austrian
Portland, Oregon	Oregon Symphony	Carlos Kalmar	Austria
Rochester, New York	Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra	Ward Stare	USA
St. Louis	Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra	David Robertson	US
San Diego	San Diego Symphony	Jahja Ling	US
San Francisco	San Francisco Symphony	Michael Tilson Thomas	US
Seattle	Seattle Symphony Orchestra	Ludovic Morlot	French
Tampa, Florida	The Florida Orchestra	Michael Francis	UK
Washington, D.C.	National Symphony Orchestra	Christoph Eschenbach	German