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2009 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar
This season Manhattan School of Music is proud to partner with the Park Avenue Armory on the occasion of its fifth Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar, taking place on Wednesday, April 22 through Saturday, April 25 at the Park Avenue Armory. This unique program offers an international pool of student conductors, hand picked by Maestro Masur, direct instruction. Each day, the seminar conductors are given the opportunity to conduct an orchestra comprised of Manhattan School musicians created especially for the Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar, in a master class format followed by post rehearsal discussion and critique with Kurt Masur. This year’s repertoire celebrates Felix Mendelssohn and will include the Ruy Blas Overture, op. 95; the Symphony No. 5 in D Major, op. 107 (“Reformation”) and Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (“Italian”). All of the open master class rehearsal sessions are free and open to the public. A final concert led by Maestro Masur and selected seminar conductors will take place on Saturday, April 25
at 7:30 pm.
Tickets, $20; $10 for seniors and students are required for the CONCERT ONLY. All open rehearsal master classes are FREE and the public is invited to attend. For information, call 917.493.4428 or visit the MSM website at www.msm.nyc.edu. The Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar will take place at the Park Avenue Armory located on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets.
Since 1992, Kurt Masur has shared a longstanding relationship with Manhattan School of Music, playing a significant role as a Guest Conductor of the School’s orchestras in concerts, orchestral readings and rehearsals. He has also been the key figure in symposia on Brahms and Mendelssohn. MSM awarded Kurt Masur the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, honoris causa in 1993.
Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar Master Class with Orchestra schedule:
Wednesday, April 22: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Conducting Master Class
Thursday, April 23: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Conducting Master Class
Friday, April 24: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Conducting Master Class
Saturday, April 25: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Dress Rehearsal
FREE and the public is invited to attend; at the Park Avenue Armory
Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar Concert
Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 pm
Manhattan School of Music Orchestra
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Kurt Masur Seminar Conductors to be announced
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D Major, op. 107 (“Reformation”)
MendelssohnSymphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (“Italian”)
MendelssohnRuy Blas Overture, op. 95
Tickets, $20; $10 for seniors and students; at the Park Avenue Armory
The Park Avenue Armory is located on Park Avenue, between
66th and 67th Streets
Kurt Masur, one of the most widely admired and respected musicians of his generation, is well known to orchestras and audiences not only as a distinguished conductor but also as a humanist. He served as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic for eleven years from 1991 to 2002, Maestro Masur was named the orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus, becoming the first New York Philharmonic music director to receive that title, and only the second (after Leonard Bernstein, who was named Laureate Conductor) to be given an honorary position. The New York Philharmonic established the “Kurt Masur Fund for the Orchestra”, which will endow conductor debut week at the Philharmonic in perpetuity in his honor. Since leaving the New York Philharmonic in 2002, other orchestras that he has an association with include the London Philharmonic where he served as principal conductor for seven years, and the Orchestre National de France, where he has served as music director since 2002 and now holds the title of Conductor Laureate. Maestro Masur continues to guest conduct orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Israel Philharmonic, the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
In 2008, he celebrated 60 years as a professional conductor.
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The participating student conductors (listed in alphabetical order) are:
Ankush Kumar Bahl, has been described by The New York Times, as an "energetic" conductor who leads with “clear authority and enthusiasm.” He is currently music director of the New Jersey Youth Symphony. Mr. Bahl received a double degree in music and rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley, has been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and received his master of music degree in conducting at Manhattan School of Music with Zdenek Macal. He lives in New York City where he regularly works with area conservatories, regional orchestras and professional orchestras. Recent seasons have included guest conducting engagements with the Ridgefield Symphony, Chelsea Symphony, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra and debuts with the Portland Symphony (Maine) and Indianapolis Symphony. Mr. Bahl currently spends his summers in Vermont as a guest conductor of the Kinhaven Music School and in Switzerland as the artistic director of the International Goppisberg Music Festival.
Jonathan Andrew Govias completed post-secondary studies at the University of Victoria, BC, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor of music degree with distinction. That same year he was appointed music director of the Calcutta Orchestra, the largest and most active classical performing ensemble in India. During his tenure with that orchestra, an initiative to develop the orchestra financially and artistically within a context of greater social responsibility was launched. This program garnered international attention and accolades, and in 2004, earned Maestro Govias a Reinhard Mohn Fellowship. An initiative of the German media giant Bertelsmann, this highly prestigious award recognized Govias’ extraordinary success in both India and Canada at building orchestras and communities symbiotically in both artistic and management roles. Guest conducting engagements have taken him throughout Western Europe, South Asia and North America, and his concerts have been broadcast on Canadian, Polish and Indian public radio.
Ryan Haskins, from Madison, Ohio, holds degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music (Cleveland, Ohio) and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Cardiff, Wales) and is currently working towards a Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody Institute studying with Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, and Marin Alsop. Mr. Haskins has participated in master classes with Pierre Boulez, among others. He has conducted ensembles including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the National Chorus of Wales, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Chorus, to name a few. Mr. Haskins currently is a cover conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra (Iowa). Ryan Haskins was a past participant in the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at the Manhattan School of Music.
Matilda Hofman has worked with the BBC Philharmonic, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic. Her recent debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra was broadcast over CBC radio. In the United Kingdom, Ms. Hofman is music director of the Kreisler Ensemble, a contemporary group which has performed to critical acclaim. She studied at the Eastman School of Music where she developed a community outreach program with inner-city schools as music director of the New Eastman Outreach Orchestra. Last summer she was a conducting fellow at the Aspen School of Music, studying with David Zinman.
Georgios Kouritas is currently assistant conductor of the Eastman School of Music symphony orchestras where he is pursuing a doctorate in orchestral conducting studying with Neil Varon. From 2006-2007, he served as the Cincinnati Symphony’s conducting assistant, assisting Paavo Jarvi, guest conductors, and James Conlon during the Cincinnati May Festival, as well as working with the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra. Mr. Kouritas is former assistant and cover conductor for the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with orchestras including the Lucca Festival Orchestra, the Muncie Symphony, and has guest conducted Europe’s Pleven, Plovdiv and Bacau Philharmonics. He is the former conductor of the East Central Indiana Youth Orchestra and has conducted the Ball State Chamber Opera. Born in Greece, Mr. Kouritas began violin at an early age with studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire, England. His conducting studies were with Mark Gibson at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Vladimir Kulenovic, a native of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is currently completing the Graduate Performance Diploma Program in Orchestral Conducting at the Peabody Institute of Music studying with Gustav Meier. He is a cover conductor of the Baltimore Symphony. Mr. Kulenovic received both his master of music degree in conducting and his bachelor of music degree in piano from the Boston Conservatory. An alumnus of the National Arts Centre Conducting Programme, he made his professional conducting debut in 2006 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Since that time, he has appeared with orchestras including the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Indian Hill Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Institute and the Boston Conservatory. He has participated in conducting workshops in Salzburg, the Cabrillo Festival with Marin Alsop, the National Arts Centre with Pinchas Zukerman, and the Conductor’s Retreat in Medomak, Maine with Ken Kiesler. In 1996, he was second prize winner of the Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris. Vladimir Kulenovic was a participant of the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at Manhattan School of Music.
Dane Lam, a native of Australia, has been hailed as one of the “most talented young conductors Australia has produced” [Limelight Magazine, Australia, June 2007] as well as one of its “brightest hopes” [The Australian, April 20 2007]. In 2007, Mr. Lam was accepted into The Juilliard School where he studied with James DePreist. He was recently appointed a Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, where he will be conducting all of the college’s orchestras, beginning September 2009. Mr. Lam first appeared with the Sydney Symphony in the Sydney Opera House at age 18, and has since conducted the symphony orchestras of Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmania, The Queensland Orchestra, the Sofia Festival Orchestra, the Camerata Strumentale di Prato, the Juilliard Orchestra and Manhattan School of Music Orchestra. Dane Lane was a participant of the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at Manhattan School of Music.
Tito Muñoz, born in New York City in 1983, is currently assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra and a conducting fellow with the League of American Orchestras. He has served as assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival, and has performed with the Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and National Symphonies, as well as the orchestras of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Colburn School, Oberlin Conservatory, Sibelius Academy, and the Aspen and Kent/Blossom Music Festivals. In Europe, Mr Muñoz has performed with the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence, and made his operatic debut with the Opéra National de Lorraine. He studied conducting with David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival. Mr. Muñoz began his musical studies on the violin at The Juilliard School, with additional studies at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, and LaGuardia High School of the Arts.
Julian Pellicano is currently a fellow in orchestral conducting at the Yale School of Music studying with Shinik Hahm and assistant conductor of the Yale Philharmonia and New Music New Haven series. He is also assistant conductor of the New Britain Symphony, and since 2008, conductor of the Norfolk Music Festival New Music Ensemble. In 2007, Mr. Pellicano received a fellowship from the Centre Acanthes to study with conductors Peter Eötvös and Zsolt Nagy. He holds a degree in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and degrees in percussion from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Royal College of Music in Stockholm Sweden, and the Yale School of Music, where he was the recipient of both the Phillip F. Nelson Award and the prestigious Presser Music Award.
Michael Rossi, a native of the Bronx, NY, is in his first year with the Washington National Opera Young Artist Program. He most recently conducted Placido Domingo and fellow WNO Young Artists along with the Chinese National Opera Orchestra in a concert commemorating the opening of the Rheinwood Theatre in Beijing. This past year, Mr. Rossi led the WNO Orchestra at Strathmore Hall, conducted the WNO Orchestra for the inaugural National Endowment for the Arts Opera Awards Ceremony, and was assistant conductor for the Young Artist Productions of La Traviata and Carmen. He holds bachelor and master of music degrees from Manhattan School of Music, where he graduated with honors. Mr. Ross currently holds the position of 2nd trumpet in the Washington National Opera Orchestra, and has been a frequent performer with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of John Williams, Charles Dutoit, David Robinson, and Lorin Maazel. His upcoming performances will include conducting the premier of Bruce Adolphe’s new opera, Let Freedom Sing and attending the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen this summer.
Joshua Kangming Tan, a native of Singapore, was 2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting Competition. He currently studies with James DePreist at The Juilliard School, and has studied conducting with Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Murray Sidlin. He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra,, Singapore Lyric Opera, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, St. Petersburg Capella Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Cadaques Orchestra, and Orchestra of Colors. Mr. Tan’s 2009 highlights include a Carnegie Hall debut and a televised concert with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
Guerguan Tsenov, a native of Bulgaria, holds master’s degrees in orchestral conducting from Bulgaria’s National Academy of Music, and from The Juilliard School. His teachers include James DePreist, David Zinman and Vassil Kazandjiev. Mr. Tsenov has served as a resident conductor of New York University’s Symphony Orchestra, and has conducted most of the top orchestras in his native country. In America, Mr. Tsenov has collaborated with orchestras such as Detroit Civic Orchestra, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, AACA Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival, and the Juilliard Conductors’ Orchestra among others. He is a recipient of the International Academy of Arts Award and the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Tsenov has been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival.
Robert Tuohy graduated with distinction from the conducting course at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the DipRAM for Outstanding Final Recital and the Ernest Read Conducting Prize. Since 2007, he has been principal conductor of the King’s College London Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Tuohy has participated in master classes with Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas and Martyn Brabbins, and has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has served as assistant conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Robert Tuohy was a participant in the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at Manhattan School of Music.
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at 7:30 pm.
Tickets, $20; $10 for seniors and students are required for the CONCERT ONLY. All open rehearsal master classes are FREE and the public is invited to attend. For information, call 917.493.4428 or visit the MSM website at www.msm.nyc.edu. The Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar will take place at the Park Avenue Armory located on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets.
Since 1992, Kurt Masur has shared a longstanding relationship with Manhattan School of Music, playing a significant role as a Guest Conductor of the School’s orchestras in concerts, orchestral readings and rehearsals. He has also been the key figure in symposia on Brahms and Mendelssohn. MSM awarded Kurt Masur the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, honoris causa in 1993.
Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar Master Class with Orchestra schedule:
Wednesday, April 22: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Conducting Master Class
Thursday, April 23: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Conducting Master Class
Friday, April 24: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Conducting Master Class
Saturday, April 25: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Dress Rehearsal
FREE and the public is invited to attend; at the Park Avenue Armory
Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar Concert
Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 pm
Manhattan School of Music Orchestra
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Kurt Masur Seminar Conductors to be announced
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D Major, op. 107 (“Reformation”)
MendelssohnSymphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (“Italian”)
MendelssohnRuy Blas Overture, op. 95
Tickets, $20; $10 for seniors and students; at the Park Avenue Armory
The Park Avenue Armory is located on Park Avenue, between
66th and 67th Streets
Kurt Masur, one of the most widely admired and respected musicians of his generation, is well known to orchestras and audiences not only as a distinguished conductor but also as a humanist. He served as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic for eleven years from 1991 to 2002, Maestro Masur was named the orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus, becoming the first New York Philharmonic music director to receive that title, and only the second (after Leonard Bernstein, who was named Laureate Conductor) to be given an honorary position. The New York Philharmonic established the “Kurt Masur Fund for the Orchestra”, which will endow conductor debut week at the Philharmonic in perpetuity in his honor. Since leaving the New York Philharmonic in 2002, other orchestras that he has an association with include the London Philharmonic where he served as principal conductor for seven years, and the Orchestre National de France, where he has served as music director since 2002 and now holds the title of Conductor Laureate. Maestro Masur continues to guest conduct orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Israel Philharmonic, the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
In 2008, he celebrated 60 years as a professional conductor.
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The participating student conductors (listed in alphabetical order) are:
Ankush Kumar Bahl, has been described by The New York Times, as an "energetic" conductor who leads with “clear authority and enthusiasm.” He is currently music director of the New Jersey Youth Symphony. Mr. Bahl received a double degree in music and rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley, has been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and received his master of music degree in conducting at Manhattan School of Music with Zdenek Macal. He lives in New York City where he regularly works with area conservatories, regional orchestras and professional orchestras. Recent seasons have included guest conducting engagements with the Ridgefield Symphony, Chelsea Symphony, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra and debuts with the Portland Symphony (Maine) and Indianapolis Symphony. Mr. Bahl currently spends his summers in Vermont as a guest conductor of the Kinhaven Music School and in Switzerland as the artistic director of the International Goppisberg Music Festival.
Jonathan Andrew Govias completed post-secondary studies at the University of Victoria, BC, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor of music degree with distinction. That same year he was appointed music director of the Calcutta Orchestra, the largest and most active classical performing ensemble in India. During his tenure with that orchestra, an initiative to develop the orchestra financially and artistically within a context of greater social responsibility was launched. This program garnered international attention and accolades, and in 2004, earned Maestro Govias a Reinhard Mohn Fellowship. An initiative of the German media giant Bertelsmann, this highly prestigious award recognized Govias’ extraordinary success in both India and Canada at building orchestras and communities symbiotically in both artistic and management roles. Guest conducting engagements have taken him throughout Western Europe, South Asia and North America, and his concerts have been broadcast on Canadian, Polish and Indian public radio.
Ryan Haskins, from Madison, Ohio, holds degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music (Cleveland, Ohio) and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Cardiff, Wales) and is currently working towards a Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody Institute studying with Gustav Meier, Markand Thakar, and Marin Alsop. Mr. Haskins has participated in master classes with Pierre Boulez, among others. He has conducted ensembles including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the National Chorus of Wales, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Chorus, to name a few. Mr. Haskins currently is a cover conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra (Iowa). Ryan Haskins was a past participant in the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at the Manhattan School of Music.
Matilda Hofman has worked with the BBC Philharmonic, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic. Her recent debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra was broadcast over CBC radio. In the United Kingdom, Ms. Hofman is music director of the Kreisler Ensemble, a contemporary group which has performed to critical acclaim. She studied at the Eastman School of Music where she developed a community outreach program with inner-city schools as music director of the New Eastman Outreach Orchestra. Last summer she was a conducting fellow at the Aspen School of Music, studying with David Zinman.
Georgios Kouritas is currently assistant conductor of the Eastman School of Music symphony orchestras where he is pursuing a doctorate in orchestral conducting studying with Neil Varon. From 2006-2007, he served as the Cincinnati Symphony’s conducting assistant, assisting Paavo Jarvi, guest conductors, and James Conlon during the Cincinnati May Festival, as well as working with the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra. Mr. Kouritas is former assistant and cover conductor for the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with orchestras including the Lucca Festival Orchestra, the Muncie Symphony, and has guest conducted Europe’s Pleven, Plovdiv and Bacau Philharmonics. He is the former conductor of the East Central Indiana Youth Orchestra and has conducted the Ball State Chamber Opera. Born in Greece, Mr. Kouritas began violin at an early age with studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire, England. His conducting studies were with Mark Gibson at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
Vladimir Kulenovic, a native of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is currently completing the Graduate Performance Diploma Program in Orchestral Conducting at the Peabody Institute of Music studying with Gustav Meier. He is a cover conductor of the Baltimore Symphony. Mr. Kulenovic received both his master of music degree in conducting and his bachelor of music degree in piano from the Boston Conservatory. An alumnus of the National Arts Centre Conducting Programme, he made his professional conducting debut in 2006 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Since that time, he has appeared with orchestras including the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Indian Hill Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Institute and the Boston Conservatory. He has participated in conducting workshops in Salzburg, the Cabrillo Festival with Marin Alsop, the National Arts Centre with Pinchas Zukerman, and the Conductor’s Retreat in Medomak, Maine with Ken Kiesler. In 1996, he was second prize winner of the Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris. Vladimir Kulenovic was a participant of the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at Manhattan School of Music.
Dane Lam, a native of Australia, has been hailed as one of the “most talented young conductors Australia has produced” [Limelight Magazine, Australia, June 2007] as well as one of its “brightest hopes” [The Australian, April 20 2007]. In 2007, Mr. Lam was accepted into The Juilliard School where he studied with James DePreist. He was recently appointed a Junior Fellow in Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, where he will be conducting all of the college’s orchestras, beginning September 2009. Mr. Lam first appeared with the Sydney Symphony in the Sydney Opera House at age 18, and has since conducted the symphony orchestras of Melbourne, Adelaide and Tasmania, The Queensland Orchestra, the Sofia Festival Orchestra, the Camerata Strumentale di Prato, the Juilliard Orchestra and Manhattan School of Music Orchestra. Dane Lane was a participant of the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at Manhattan School of Music.
Tito Muñoz, born in New York City in 1983, is currently assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra and a conducting fellow with the League of American Orchestras. He has served as assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival, and has performed with the Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and National Symphonies, as well as the orchestras of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Colburn School, Oberlin Conservatory, Sibelius Academy, and the Aspen and Kent/Blossom Music Festivals. In Europe, Mr Muñoz has performed with the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestre Lyrique de Région Avignon-Provence, and made his operatic debut with the Opéra National de Lorraine. He studied conducting with David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival. Mr. Muñoz began his musical studies on the violin at The Juilliard School, with additional studies at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division, and LaGuardia High School of the Arts.
Julian Pellicano is currently a fellow in orchestral conducting at the Yale School of Music studying with Shinik Hahm and assistant conductor of the Yale Philharmonia and New Music New Haven series. He is also assistant conductor of the New Britain Symphony, and since 2008, conductor of the Norfolk Music Festival New Music Ensemble. In 2007, Mr. Pellicano received a fellowship from the Centre Acanthes to study with conductors Peter Eötvös and Zsolt Nagy. He holds a degree in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University and degrees in percussion from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Royal College of Music in Stockholm Sweden, and the Yale School of Music, where he was the recipient of both the Phillip F. Nelson Award and the prestigious Presser Music Award.
Michael Rossi, a native of the Bronx, NY, is in his first year with the Washington National Opera Young Artist Program. He most recently conducted Placido Domingo and fellow WNO Young Artists along with the Chinese National Opera Orchestra in a concert commemorating the opening of the Rheinwood Theatre in Beijing. This past year, Mr. Rossi led the WNO Orchestra at Strathmore Hall, conducted the WNO Orchestra for the inaugural National Endowment for the Arts Opera Awards Ceremony, and was assistant conductor for the Young Artist Productions of La Traviata and Carmen. He holds bachelor and master of music degrees from Manhattan School of Music, where he graduated with honors. Mr. Ross currently holds the position of 2nd trumpet in the Washington National Opera Orchestra, and has been a frequent performer with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of John Williams, Charles Dutoit, David Robinson, and Lorin Maazel. His upcoming performances will include conducting the premier of Bruce Adolphe’s new opera, Let Freedom Sing and attending the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen this summer.
Joshua Kangming Tan, a native of Singapore, was 2nd Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducting Competition. He currently studies with James DePreist at The Juilliard School, and has studied conducting with Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Murray Sidlin. He has conducted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra,, Singapore Lyric Opera, Singapore National Youth Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, St. Petersburg Capella Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Cadaques Orchestra, and Orchestra of Colors. Mr. Tan’s 2009 highlights include a Carnegie Hall debut and a televised concert with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
Guerguan Tsenov, a native of Bulgaria, holds master’s degrees in orchestral conducting from Bulgaria’s National Academy of Music, and from The Juilliard School. His teachers include James DePreist, David Zinman and Vassil Kazandjiev. Mr. Tsenov has served as a resident conductor of New York University’s Symphony Orchestra, and has conducted most of the top orchestras in his native country. In America, Mr. Tsenov has collaborated with orchestras such as Detroit Civic Orchestra, Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, AACA Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival, and the Juilliard Conductors’ Orchestra among others. He is a recipient of the International Academy of Arts Award and the Bruno Walter Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Tsenov has been a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival.
Robert Tuohy graduated with distinction from the conducting course at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the DipRAM for Outstanding Final Recital and the Ernest Read Conducting Prize. Since 2007, he has been principal conductor of the King’s College London Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Tuohy has participated in master classes with Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas and Martyn Brabbins, and has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He has served as assistant conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Robert Tuohy was a participant in the 2008 Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar at Manhattan School of Music.
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