US American symphony orchestra, founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson, currently based at the Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. It first played at Boston Music Hall (now ).
Music Directors:
(1881–1884)
Wilhelm Gericke (1884–1889)
(1889–1893)
Emil Paur (1893–1898)
Wilhelm Gericke (1898–1906)
(1906–1908)
(1908–1912)
Karl Muck (1912–1918)
(1918–1919)
(1919–1924)
(1924–1949)
(1949–1962)
(1962–1969)
(1969–1972)
(1973–2002)
(2004–2011)
(2014–present)