London Symphony Orchestra Title Holders

President Lord Howard de Walden Sir William Walton W Gordon Walker Sir Arthur Bliss Dr Karl Bohm Leonard Bernstein Sir Colin Davis Principal Conductor Hans Richter Sir Edward Elgar Arthur Nikisch Sir Thomas Beecham* Albert Coates Willem Mengelberg* Sir Hamilton Harty Josef Krips Pierre Monteux Istvan Kertesz Andre Previn Claudio Abbado Michael Tilson Thomas Sir Colin Davis Valery Gergiev Leader Arthur W. Payne William H. Reed George Stratton Thomas Matthews Granville Jones Hugh Maguire Erich Gruenberg John Georgiadis John Brown John Georgiadis/Neville Taweel John Georgiadis/Richard Studt Irvine Arditti Michael Davis Ashley Arbuckle (Assistant Leader) Alexander Barantschik Gordan Nikolitch Roman Simovic/Gordan Nikolitch Chairman Ellis Roberts 190509 Violin 1904-12 1912-36 1937-52 1953 1954-55 1956-61 1962-65 1965-72 1973-76 1977-78 1978-79 June-Sept 1979 1979-86 1987-89 1989-2001 1995-present 2010-present 1904-11 1911-12 1912-14 1915-16 1919-22 1930-31 1932-35 1950-54 1961-64 1965-68 1968-79 1979-88 1988-95 1995-2006 2006 present 1920-?? 1948-57 1950-54 (Hon. Vice President) 1958-?? 1977-81 1987-1990 2007-present

Edwin F James Henri van der Meerschen W H Reed Gordon Walker Harry Dugarde Lowry Sanders Barry Tuckwell Jack Steadman Stuart Knussen Howard Snell Anthony Camden Terry Morton Lennox Mackenzie John Lawley Jonathan Vaughan Timothy Lines Patrick Harrild Lennox Mackenzie

190921 Bassoon 192232 Horn 193242 Leader 194549 Flute/Piccolo 194960 Cello 196162 Principal Piccolo 196267 Principal Horn 196870 Violin 197071 Principal Double Bass 197175 Principal Trumpet 197587 Principal Oboe 198788 Violin 198892 Violin 199299 Oboe 19992002 Double Bass 20022003 Principal Clarinet 20032004 Principal Tuba 2004-present Violin

Gareth Davis/Gerald Ruddock (Acting) 2010 Principal Flute/Trumpet Managing Director/Secretary Thomas Busby Bertram Jones Arthur Maney W G Wood Gordon Walker Desmond Wrench John Cruft Ernest Fleischmann Harold Lawrence John Boyden Michael Kaye Peter Hemmings Clive Gillinson Kathryn McDowell 190424 Horn 192429 Violin 192935 Cello 193544 Double Bass 194548 Flute/Piccolo 1948-49 194959 Cor Anglais 195967 196873 197475 197579 198084 19842005 Cello 2005-present