London Symphony Orchestra

This is a beta version of NNDB

London Symphony Orchestra

ORCHESTRA

Official Website:
http://www.lso.co.uk/

Founding Date:
9-Jun-1904

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Claudio Abbado Conductor 26-Jun-1933 20-Jan-2014 Conductor of La Scala, 1968-86

Thomas Beecham Conductor 29-Apr-1879 8-Mar-1961 Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics

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

Edward Elgar Composer 2-Jun-1857 23-Feb-1934 Pomp and Circumstance

Valery Gergiev Conductor 2-May-1953 Principal Conductor, LSO

Hamilton Harty Conductor 4-Dec-1879 19-Feb-1941 Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34

István Kertész Conductor 28-Aug-1929 16-Apr-1973 Hungarian operatic conductor

Josef Krips Conductor 8-Apr-1902 13-Oct-1974 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63

Neville Marriner Conductor 15-Apr-1924 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Willem Mengelberg Conductor 28-Mar-1871 21-Mar-1951 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945

Pierre Monteux Conductor 4-Apr-1875 1-Jul-1964 Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52

André Previn Pianist 6-Apr-1929 Concert pianist and orchestral conductor

Yevgeny Svetlanov Conductor 6-Sep-1928 3-May-2002 Director, USSR State Symphony, 1965-2002

Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor 21-Dec-1944 Music Director, SF Symphony

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

NNDB MAPPER

Yanqui UXO

Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.

Bibliographies

NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. They may be accessed by the "Bibliography" tab at the top of most pages, or via the "Related Topics" box in the sidebar. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions.