Lawrence Foster

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Lawrence Foster (born October 23, 1941, in Los Angeles, California) is a noted orchestral conductor.

He became the conductor of the San Francisco Ballet at the age of 18, and went on to conduct many of the world's finest orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Orchestre National de Monte Carlo, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2002, he has been the music director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon.

Preceded by André Previn	Music Director, Houston Symphony Orchestra 1971–1979	Succeeded by Sergiu Comissiona
Preceded by Lovro von Matačić	Music Director, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra 1980–1990	Succeeded by Gianluigi Gelmetti
Preceded by Muhai Tang	Principal Conductor, Gulbenkian Orchestra 2002–	Succeeded by incumbent