Václav Talich
1949 – 1951
Ľudovít Rajter
1949 – 1951
Tibor Frešo
1952 – 1953
Ľudovít Rajter
1953 – 1961 / 1961 – 1976 Conductor
Ladislav Slovák
1961 – 1981
Libor Pešek
1981 – 1982
Vladimír Verbickij
1982 – 1984
Bystrík Režucha
1984 – 1989
Aldo Ceccato
1990 – 1991
Ondrej Lenárd
1991 – 2001 / Music Director since 1995
Jiří Bělohlávek
2003 – 2004 / Artistic Director
Vladimír Válek
2004 – 2007
Peter Feranec
2007 – 2009
Emmanuel Villaume
2009 – 2016
James Judd
2017 – 2020
Daniel Raiskin
since Season 2020 – 2021