Loughran was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1991, and in the 2010 New Year Honours he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He is also President of Edinburgh Youth Orchestra and a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama. Recordings Loughran's Hallé recording of Holst's The Planets won a Gold Disc from EMI and there was universal praise for his Beethoven, Brahms and Elgar cycle of symphonies. Other recordings include the Brahms piano concertos with John Lill, Brahms' Violin Concerto with Maurice Hasson, Saint-Saëns' piano concertos n°2 and n° 4 with Idil Biret, Symphonie fantastique and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2, as well as notable readings of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast and works by the Strauss family. He also recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra as part of the European Broadcasting Union's Beethoven Bicentenary celebrations in 1970. Loughran also conducted Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 10 for the very first commercial recording of any of Brian's music, with the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra. The recording was released on Unicorn Records in 1973, along with Brian's Symphony No. 21, conducted by Eric Pinkett. The recording session also received television coverage on the programme Aquarius, under the title "The Unknown Warrior". Personal life Loughran has been married twice. His first marriage was to Nancy Coggan in 1961, and produced two sons. The marriage ended in divorce in 1983. He married, secondly, to Ludmila Navratil, in 1985. References External links Short biography Picture of Loughran with the BBC SSO from 1965 Scottish conductors (music) British male conductors (music) People educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Musicians from Glasgow 1931 births Living people 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians