BBC Proms 2015: The top five conductors

From the future director of the LSO to a Finnish master, these are the conductors that will excel at the Proms
A taste of things to come: Simon Rattle (Picture: BBC)
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Petroc Trelawny17 August 2015

As the conductors set to appear at Proms begin limbering up, Petroc Trelawny picks out five of this season's best baton wizards.

Semyon Bychkov

Bychkov and the BBC Symphony Orchestra have formed a tight bond over the past decade, with thrilling results. Bychkov celebrates his home city when he conducts Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony.

(Prom 18, July 31)

Susanna Malkki

Finland has provided some of the greatest maestri of recent times - including Malkki. She has long championed the French master Pierre Boulez, this year performing his music alongside Holst's ever-popular Planets.

(Prom 13, July 27)

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Andris Nelsons

When Nelsons finished his seven-year stint as music director of the CBSO this year, he found himself widely courted. In the end he chose one of America's great orchestras, the Boston Symphony. And politely declined the Berlin Philharmonic when it came calling.

(Prom 49 & 51, Aug 22 & 23)

Simon Rattle

It's still two years until Rattle, above, becomes music director of the LSO. Experience a taste of what's in store when he conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Elgar's masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius.

(Prom 75, Sept 11)

Marin Alsop

With her orchestras in Baltimore and Sao Paulo, Alsop has done vast amounts to win new audiences for classical music. A protege of Leonard Bernstein, she shares his hunger to engage with audiences - and will relish a return to the Last Night.

(Prom 76, Sept 12)

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