List of Principal Conductors
- Willem Feltzer (1918-1928)
- Alexander Schmuller (1928-1930)
- Eduard Flipse (1930-1962)
- Franz Paul Decker (1962-1967)
- Jean Fournet (1968-1973)
- Edo de Waart (1973-1979)
- David Zinman (1979-1982)
- James Conlon (1983-1991)
- Jeffrey Tate (1991-1995)
- Valery Gergiev (1995-2008)
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2008–present)
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