 Director of the Philharmonic since 1996 - Volodymyr Lukashev

The Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine was found in September, 1995, under the leadership of Leonid Tykhonov.A year later in 1996 the young Mykola Dyadura took over.Since the concert season 2012–2013 Roman Kofman is the orchestra's chief conductor.