Editing Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (section)

===1982–2008: Russians and Americans===
[[Rudolf Barshai]] served as the BSO's principal conductor from 1982 to 1988. His BSO recordings included the [[Symphony No. 8 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 8]] of [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], and a [[Gramophone Classical Music Awards|''Gramophone'' Award]]-winning release of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] from 1988.

The American conductor [[Andrew Litton]] first conducted the BSO in 1986,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/08/arts/2-american-conductors-thriving-in-europe.html?scp=7&sq=&pagewanted=all | title=2 American Conductors Thriving in Europe |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| author=Craig R. Whitney | date=8 August 1991 | access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref> and subsequently became the BSO's principal conductor from 1988 to 1994, the first American principal conductor of the orchestra.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/24/arts/classical-music-closing-the-book-on-bournemouth.html?scp=3&sq=&pagewanted=all | title=Closing the Book on Bournemouth |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| author=[[Allan Kozinn]]| date=24 April 1994 | access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref> Litton subsequently was named the BSO's Conductor Laureate. His recordings with the BSO include William Walton's symphonies and concertos for Decca, and the complete Tchaikovsky symphonies (including the ''Manfred'' Symphony) for Virgin Classics. In February 1997 Litton's recording of Walton's ''[[Belshazzar's Feast (Walton)|Belshazzar's Feast]]'' with the BSO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and soloist [[Bryn Terfel]] won a [[Grammy Award]].

Principal guest conductors of the BSO have included [[Kees Bakels]] (1990–2000) and [[Richard Hickox]] (1992–1995).

[[Yakov Kreizberg]] was principal conductor from 1995 to 2000. Whilst he made no commercial recordings with the orchestra, he and the BSO toured the United States, including their debut at [[Carnegie Hall]] in April 1997.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/22/arts/sense-and-sensibility-from-bournemouth.html | title=Sense and Sensibility, From Bournemouth | work=The New York Times | author=James R. Oestreich | date=22 April 1997 | access-date=11 October 2009}}</ref> Kreizberg and the BSO also performed a 3-day residency at the [[Musikverein]], Vienna in 1999.

[[Marin Alsop]], principal conductor from September 2002 to 2008, was the BSO's first female principal conductor and the first female principal conductor of a UK orchestra.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1354073.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517051257/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1354073.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 May 2011 | title='I don't need to be liked, I'd rather be respected' | newspaper=The Times | date=9 February 2007 | access-date=8 September 2007 | location=London }}</ref> Her time with the orchestra continued the programming of American repertoire from Litton's tenure, which she often introduced to the audience from the podium in the style of her mentor [[Leonard Bernstein]]. She conducted all of the [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]] symphonies except the [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8]]. She and the BSO recorded several CDs for Naxos, both European and American repertoire.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/dec/14/classicalmusicandopera.shopping | title=Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle; Melath/Balacek/ BSO/Alsop |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| author=Tim Ashley | date=14 December 2007 | access-date=11 October 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/31/classicalmusicandopera | title=Copland: Symphony No 1; Short Symphony; Dance Symphony: BSO/Alsop |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| author=Andrew Clements | date=31 October 2008 | access-date=11 October 2009 | location=London}}</ref>