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The Minnesota Orchestra's music directors, over the years

By Jenna Ross

July 28, 2022 at 7:31PM
Osmo Vänskä led a rehearsal Dec. 29, 2021, as he prepared for the Minnesota Orchestra’s three-week Sibelius Festival. (Jerry Holt, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Thomas Søndergård will become the next music director of the Minnesota Orchestra. Here are the orchestra's music directors through the years:

  • Emil Oberhoffer, 1903-22
    • Henri Verbrugghen, 1923-31
      • Eugene Ormandy, 1931-36
        • Dimitri Mitropoulos, 1937-49
          • Antal Dorati, 1949-60
            • Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 1960-79
              • Neville Marriner, 1979-86
                • Edo de Waart, 1986-95
                  • Eiji Oue, 1995-02
                    • Osmo Vänskä, 2003-22
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