Music Directors of the orchestra
1900–25
Ferdinand Löwe
1927–30
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Music Director of Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
1929–33
Hugo Gottesmann
Concertmaster
1934–38
Oswald Kabasta
1939–44
Hans Weisbach
1945–47
Hans Swarowsky
1948–64
Herbert von Karajan
Director of Concerts at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
1960–70
Wolfgang Sawallisch
1970–73
Josef Krips
Artistic Director
1973–76
Carlo Maria Giulini
1981–83
Gennadi Roschdestwenski
1986–91
Georges Prêtre
Principal Guest Conductor
1991–96
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
1997–2004
Vladimir Fedosejev
2005–2013
Fabio Luisi
2014–2020
Philippe Jordan
2020-2022
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Emotional Attachment
Honorary Conductors
So far only two conductors have been honoured with the title of Honorary Conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker; both true legends of music history: Georges Prêtre and Wolfgang Sawallisch.