On 1 August 1858 he was made conductor of the Polish Opera in the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.

Marin Alsop, a feisty American with a taste for jazz, yesterday became the first woman to be made principal conductor of a British symphony orchestra.

The great conductor Hans Richter was made principal conductor in 1885.

In 1974, he was made assistant conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

In autumn 2000 he was made conductor for life of the Berlin Staatskapelle.

In 1999 Rattle was made chief conductor of the orchestra when Claudio Abbado left.

Mr. Behr joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1952 as assistant conductor and was made associate conductor in 1964.

He learned very quickly and in 1873, while he was still a student, he was made organist of Trinity College and conductor of two choirs.

He returned to China in 1957 after graduating from the Moscow Conservatory and was made conductor of the China Central Philharmonic.

In 2004, Plasson was made "honorary conductor" of the orchestra.