Sir Thomas Beecham was a British conductor, composer, and impresario who was knighted in 1916. Seiji Ozawa is a Japanese conductor who has been the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2002. Sir Colin ADRIAN is a British conductor and composer who has been the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra since 2007. Sir Georg Solti was a Hungarian-born British conductor who was knighted in 1971. Leonard ANDRE is a British conductor and composer who has been the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2017.