Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) is one of the oldest symphony orchestras (founded in 1840) within the United Kingdom. The Orchestra has as home to the Royal Liverpool Hall, one of theconcert halls with better acoustics. One gives concerts and also makes recordings. Starting from 1998, their own record label. It also has a contract with the British broadcaster Classic FM until 2009, with the RLPO has been chosen as the representative of North West England. ==Chief conductors[ Edit] ==
 * 1840-1866: John Russell
 * 1867-1879: Julius Benedict
 * 1880-1883: Max Bruch
 * 1883-1895: Charles Hallé
 * Henry Wood
 * 1942-1948: Malcolm Sargent
 * 1948-1955: Hugo Rignold
 * 1955-1957: Efrem Kurtz
 * 1957-1963: John Pritchard
 * 1963-1977: Charles Groves
 * 1977-1980: Walter Weller
 * 1980-1983: David Atherton
 * 1983-1986: Marek Janowski
 * 1987-1998: Libor Pešek
 * 1997-2001: Petr Altrichter
 * 2001-2006: Gerard Schwarz
 * 2006-: Vasily Petrenko