Claus Peter Flor

German conductor Claus Peter Flor (b.1953).
He played the violin as a youth, and later was a conducting student with Rolf Reuter. Flor served as chief conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 1991. He was artistic advisor and principal guest conductor to the Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich from 1991 to 1996. He was principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1991 to 1994, and has been principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi since 2003. In the USA, Flor served with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as its third-ever principal guest conductor from 1999 to 2008. In 2008, Flor became music director of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.