its first CD commercial cycle of recording of the Beethoven symphonies with Jordan. Jordan concluded his tenure as chief conductor at the close of the 2020–2021 season. Andrés Orozco-Estrada first guest-conducted the VSO in 2006. In March 2018, the VSO announced the appointment of Orozco-Estrada as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. He is scheduled to take the title of chief conductor designate in the 2020–2021 season. Following a report that the orchestra had planned not to extend his initial contract, Orozco-Estrada resigned as chief conductor on 12 April 2022, with immediate effect. Chief conductors Ferdinand Löwe (1900–1925) Hugo Gottesmann (1929–1933) Oswald Kabasta (1934–1938) Hans Weisbach (1939–1944) Hans Swarowsky (1945–1947) Wolfgang Sawallisch (1960–1970) Josef Krips (1970–1973; Artistic Director) Carlo Maria Giulini (1973–1976) Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1980–1982) Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1991–1996) Vladimir Fedoseyev (1997–2005) Fabio Luisi (2005–2013) Philippe Jordan (2014–2021) Andrés Orozco-Estrada (2021–2022) Other affiliated conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1927–1930; as director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) Herbert von Karajan (1948–1964; as director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) Georges Pretre (1986–1991; Principal Guest Conductor) References External links Austrian orchestras Musical groups established in 1900 Musical groups from Vienna 1900 establishments in Austria