Philip Stephen Gray OBE (11 March 1923 – 30 November 2012) was an English musical administrator, who managed the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for 23 years.
[1] In 1957 the London Philharmonic Orchestra invited Gray to leave his career at the Bank of England to assist with managing its finances.
During this time, the orchestra had five principal conductors, Sir Charles Groves (until 1977), Walter Weller (1977–80), David Atherton (1980–83), Marek Janowski (1983–87), and Libor Pešek (1987–97).
In 1972 Gray noticed the potential of Simon Rattle when, at the age of 17, he conducted the Merseyside Youth Orchestra in a performance of The Rite of Spring.
Gray appointed Rattle as an associate conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1977.