Friday, June 19, 2026

Orchestra Fantasy League

 Please don't ask me how long I spent on this and how it distracted me from the rest of my life. I'm still not satisfied with it, but there is one lesson from it that is more important than anything else...

STAY OFF CHATGPT!
Philadelphia:
Leopold Stokowski 1912-36
Albert Coates 1936-51
Charles Munch 51-66
Constantin Silvestri 66-81 (ideally)
Franco Ferrara 81-94 (ideally)
Yuri Temirkanov 94-09
Giuseppe Sinopoli 09-19
Gustavo Dudamel 19-
Met:
Erich Kleiber 33-55
Ferenc Fricsay 55-70 (ideally)
Thomas Schippers 70-85 (ideally)
Gary Bertini 85-2000
Christoph von Dohnanyi 00-10
Kirill Petrenko 10-25
Vladimir Jurowski 25-
Manhattan Opera Company
Fritz Busch 1933-51
Rudolf Kempe 51-66
Colin Davis 66-81
Istvan Kertesz 81-96
Donald Runnicles 96-11
Fabio Luisi 11-26
Jakub Hrusa 26-
Lyric Opera Chicago
Josef Krips 54-69
James Levine 70-95
James Conlon 95-10
Antonio Pappano 10-25
Speranza Scapucci 25-
New York City Opera
Victor de Sabata 33-53
Franco Ferrara 53-68
Giuseppe Patane 68-83
Riccardo Muti 83-98
Daniele Gatti 89-2013
Gianandrea Noseda 13-28
Michele Mariotti 28-
NBC Symphony:
Arturo Toscanini 37-54
Erich Kleiber 55-70 (ideally)
Rudolf Kempe 70-80 (ideally)
Guido Cantelli 80-95 (ideally)
Mariss Jansons 95-10
Christoph von Dohnanyi 10-20 (ideally)
Semyon Bychkov 20-

Brooklyn Philharmonic:
Walter Hendl 55-80
Dennis Russell Davies 80-95
Oliver Knussen 95-2005
Gil Rose 2005-2020
Tito Munoz 2020-
Los Angeles Philharmonic:
Leopold Stokowski 1936-62
Andre Previn 62-77
Lorin Maazel 77-92
Esa-Pekka Salonen 92-2005
Gustavo Dudamel 05-20
Joana Mallwitz 20-
CBS Symphony of Los Angeles:
Pierre Monteux 1935-52
Carlo Maria Giulini 52-67
Georges Pretre 67-82
Ataulfo Argenta 82-97 (ideally)
Marcello Viotti 97-12 (ideally)
Riccardo Muti 12-27
Los Angeles Opera:
Alexander Smallens 1928-49
Alfred Newman 49-64
Zubin Mehta 64-79
Thomas Schippers 79-94
John Mauceri 94-2009
Kent Nagano 09-24
John Wilson 24-
San Francisco Opera:
Alexander von Zemlinsky 1933-48
Hans Rosbaud 1948-63
Bruno Maderna 63-78
Hans Zender 78-93
Sylvain Cambreling 93-08
Susanna Malkki 08-23
Barbara Hannigan 23-
WPA Symphony of Berkeley:
Hermann Scherchen 1945-60
Rene Leibowitz 60-75
Michael Gielen 75-89
Heinz Holliger 90-05
Markus Stenz 05-20
Maxime Pascal 20-
American Symphony:
Leopold Stokowski 62-72
Michael Tilson Thomas 72-80
Gunther Schuller 80-90
David Robertson 90-03
Marin Alsop 03-18
Teddy Abrams 18-
Boston:
Serge Koussevitzky 1924-49
Dmitri Mitropoulos 49-64 (ideally)
Rafael Kubelik 64-79
Ferenc Fricsay 79-89 (ideally)
Michael Gielen 89-2004
Simon Rattle 2004-2019
Jonathan Nott 2019-
New York Philharmonic:
Gustav Mahler 09-30 (ideally)
Otto Klemperer 30-45
Jascha Horenstein 45-60
Leonard Bernstein 60-75
Dean Dixon 75-90 (ideally)
Michael Tilson Thomas 90-05
Esa-Pekka Salonen 05-20
Thomas Ades 20--
New York Symphony
Felix Weingartner 1933-55 (ideally)
Josef Krips 55-70
Carlos Kleiber 70-80 (ideally)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt 80-95
Claudio Abbado 95-05
Adam Fischer 05-20
Phillippe Jordan 20-
Cleveland:
George Szell 46-69
Istvan Kertesz 69-84
Claudio Abbado 84-99
Christoph von Dohnanyi 99-2009
Osmo Vanska 09-24
Franz Welser-Most 24-
Chicago:
Fritz Reiner 42-62
Igor Markevitch 62-77
Kirill Kondrashin 78-93
Lorin Maazel 92-2007
Vladimir Jurowski 07-22
Cristian Macelaru 22-
WFMT Orchestra Chicago (formerly the Pullman Orchestra)
Fritz Steinbach 1918-33
Eugen Jochum 1933-51
Fritz Busch 51-66
Kubelik 66-81
Wand 81-96
Kertesz 96-11
I. Fischer 11-26
NSO:
Howard Hanson 33-58
Dean Dixon 58-73
Kenneth Schermerhorn 73-88
Leonard Slatkin 88-2003
David Robertson 03-18
Robert Spano 18-
Minneapolis: :
Paul Kletzki 36-66
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 66-81
Gunther Herbig 81-96
Paavo Berglund 96-2011 (ideally)
Alexander Vedernikov 11-26 (ideally)
John Storgards 26-
MPR Symphony of St. Paul
Bruno Walter 1933-48
Rafael Kubelik 48-64
William Steinberg 64-79
Colin Davis 79-94
Bernard Haitink 94-09
Mariss Jansons 09-24 (ideally)
Antonello Manacorda 24-
NPR Symphony of Washington:
Leo Blech 1937-53
Gunter Wand 53-68
Christoph von Dohnanyi 68-93
Herbert Blomstedt 93-08
Marek Janowski 08-23
Markus Poschner 23-
SF:
Eugene Goosens 30-50
Ernest Bour 50-65
Lukas Foss 65-80
Michael Tilson Thomas 80-90
Kent Nagano 90-2005
Oliver Knussen 2005-20 (ideally)
Jorg Widmann 20-

Pacific Symphony of Oakland

Lukas Foss 50-65

Gunther Schuller 65-80

David Zinman 80-95

Dennis Russell Davies 95-10

Joann Falletta 10-25

Alan Gilbert 25-


New Jersey
Max Rudolf 33-85
George Cleve 85-00
Hans Graf 00-15
Christoph Konigs 15-30
IBM Symphony of Raleigh
Antal Dorati 38-68
Karel Ancerl 68-83
Charles Mackerras 83-98
David Zinman 98-13
Thomas Dausgaard 13-28
Karina Canellakis 28-
Detroit:
Paul Paray: 48-63
Ataulfo Argenta 63-78 (ideally...)
Jean-Claude Casadesus 78-93
Libor Pesek 93-08
Leonard Slatkin 08-23
Andres Orozco-Estrada 23-
Madison
Vaclav Talich 1943-61
Charles Mackerras 62-77
Libor Pesek 77-92
Istvan Kertesz 92-2002 (ideally)
Gerd Albrecht 02-17 (ideally)
Tomas Netopil 17-
Kansas City:
Gabriel Pierne 1925-37
Roger Desoirmiere 37-52
Karel Sejna 52-67
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt 67-82 (ideally)
Ivan Fischer 82-97
Charles Mackerras 97-12
Emmanuel Krivine 12-22
Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas 22-
Dallas:
Eugene Ormandy 31-80
Andre Previn 80-95
Lorin Maazel 95-10
Charles Dutoit 10-25
Stephane Deneve 25-
Calgary:
Enrique Jorda 1960-80
Mario Bernardi 80-95
Kenneth Schermerhorn 95-10
Kazuyoshi Akiyama 10-20
David Afkham 20-
Houston:
Maurice Abravanel 1946-81
Neeme Jarvi 81-96
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 96-11
Jose Serebrier 11-21
Robert Trevino 2026-
San Antonio:
Jose Iturbi 1960-75
Luis Herrara de la Fuente 75-90
John Neschling 90-05
Andres Orozco-Estrada 05-20
Domingo Hindoyan 20-
Phoenix:
Henry Lewis 1970-85
Enrique Batiz 85-00
Jorge Mester 00-15
Carlos Miguel Prieto 15-
Miami:
Izler Solomon 55-70
Enrique Batiz 70-85
Jesus Lopez-Cobos 85-00
Eduardo Mata 00-15 (ideally)
Gustavo Gimeno 15-
Oregon:
George Schneevoigt 1933-45
Tauno Hannikainen 45-60
Sixten Ehrling 60-75
Paavo Berglund 75-90
James de Priest 90-05
Susanna Malkki 05-20
Kristiina Poska 20-
Las Vegas:
Anatole Fistoulari 1945-60
Enrique Jorda 1960-75
Carlos Paita 75-90
Wyn Morris 90-2005
Frank Shipway 05-20 (ideally)
Han-Na Chang 20-
Vancouver
Vladimir Golschmann 31-58
Paul van Kempen 58-68 (ideally)
Walter Susskind 68-83 (ideally)
Gianluigi Gelmetti 83-98
Edo de Waart 98-13
Francois-Xavier Roth 13-28
Pablo Heras-Casado 28-
Cincinnati:
Volkmar Andreae 1933-45
William Steinberg 1945-60
Eduard van Beinum 60-75 (ideally)
Peter Maag 75-90
Armin Jordan 90-05 (ideally)
Erich Bergel 05-15 (ideally)
Gabor Takacs-Nagy 20-
Montreal:
Ernest Ansermet 1923-33
Desire Defauw 33-45
Eduard Flipse 45-60
Sergiu Celibiache 60-75
Seiji Ozawa 75-90
Charles Dutoit 90-05
Michel Plasson05-15
Yannick Nezet-Seguin 15-
Toronto:
Frantisek Stupka 33-51
Ionel Perlea 51-66
Joseph Keilberth 66-81 (ideally)
Mariss Jansons 81-96
Colin Davis 96-06
Semyon Bychkov 06-17
Juraj Valcuha 17-
Pittsburgh
Jascha Horenstein 1931-45
Lovro von Matacic 45-60
Constantin Silvestri 60-66
Paul Kletzki 66-75
Jerzy Semkow 75-90
Eliahu Inbal 90-05
Manfred Honeck 05-17
Petr Popelka 20-

Indiannapolis

Eduard van Beinum: 45-60

Rudolf Kempe 60-70

Karel Sejna 70-80 (ideally)

Walter Susskind 80-95

Kurt Masur 95-05

Claus Peter Flor 05-20

Cornelius Meister 20-

Milwaukee:
Carl Schuricht 1946-66
Herbert Blomstedt 66-81
Klaus Tennstedt 81-89
Zdenek Kosler 89-04
Adam Fischer 04-19
Tomas Hanus 19-
Rochester:
Hans Swarowsky 1937-75
Ilya Musin 75-85
Jorma Panula 85-00
Otto Werner-Mueller 00-15
Kenneth Kiesler 15-
Atlanta:
Robert Shaw 69-88
Andrew Davis 88-03
John Nelson 03-18
Paul McCreesh 18-
Nashville:
Vittorio Gui 1933-48
Franco Ferrara 48-53
Charles Groves 53-63
Georges Pretre 63-78
Andrew Davis 78-88
Yan Pascal Tortelier 88-2003
Mario Venzago 03-18
Robin Ticciati 18-
Baltimore:
Dmitri Mitropoulos 33-45
Hermann Abendroth 48-60
Lovro von Matacic 60-75
Alexander Gibson 75-90
Yevgeny Svetlanov 90-05 (ideally)
Oleg Caetani 05-20
Rafael Payare 20-
Buffalo
Artur Rodzinski 1933-58
Janos Ferencsik 58-73
Arvid Jansons 73-88
Jan Krenz 88-03
Andrey Boreyko 03-18
Antoni Wit 18-28
Giedre Sletyke 28-
Alaska:
Issay Dobrowen 1922-41
Nikolai Malko 41-56
Efrem Kurtz 56-71
Yuri Ahronovich 71-86
Vladimir Delman 86-2001 (ideally)
Vasily Sinaisky 01-16
Alexander Lazerev 16-26
Oksana Lyniv 26-
St. Louis:
Fritz Reiner 34-42
Rudolf Kempe 45-60
Ferdinand Leitner 60-75
Horst Stein 75-90
Otmar Suitner 90-2000
Michael Schonwandt 00-15
Simone Young 15-30
San Diego:
Louis Fremaux 60-82
David Atherton 82-97
Jahja Ling 97-12
Eiji Oue 12-27
Diego Matheuz 27-
Calgary
Enrique Jorda 1960-80
Mario Bernardi 80-95
Kenneth Schermerhorn 95-2010
Kazuyoshi Akiyama 10-20
David Afkham 20-
Edmonton
Desire Defauw 1950-60 (ideally)
Max Goberman 60-75 (ideally)
Sixten Ehrling 75-90
James de Priest 90-2005
Santa Fe Festival Orchestra
Mahler 1930-45
Talich 45-55
Fricsay 55-65 (ideally)
Celibidache 65-75
Matacic 75-85
Semkow 85-95
Harnoncourt 95-05
I. Fischer 05-15
A. Fischer 15-25
Honeck 25-
Mardi Gras Festival Orchestra
Pierre Monteux 1919-1942
Vaclav Talich 42-57
Eduard van Beinum 57-72 (ideally)
Rafael Kubelik 72-87
Claudio Abbado 87-02
Ivan Fischer 02-17
Simon Rattle 17-
Carmel-by-the-Sea Opera Festival
Arturo Toscanini 1933-54
Guido Cantelli 55-64 (ideally)
Franco Ferrara 65-74 (ideally)
Carlo Maria Giulini 75-89
Thomas Schippers 90-04 (ideally)
James Levine 05-14 ('ideally')
Riccardo Muti 2015-24
Riccardo Chailly 2025-

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