Throughout its long history the Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu has been conducted by internationally renowned guest conductors, including Antal Doráti, Manuel de Falla, Alexander Glazunov, Otto Klemperer, Ottorino Respighi, Georges Sebastian, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, and Bruno Walter. In more recent years the orchestra has been conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jesús López-Cobos, Riccardo Muti, Václav Neumann, Michael Boder, among others. The present music director is Josep Pons.