The new version of the orchestra gave its first concert on January 13, 1948, conducted by Salvador Bacarisse and attended by composer Marjan Kozina, who became the first administrator of the Slovene Philharmonic Orchestra. Oskar Danon was the first conductor to have the title of principal conductor of the orchestra, from 1970 to 1974. Since 2013, the current principal conductor of the orchestra is the Canadian-born conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, the first female principal conductor in the orchestra's history.