Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez CBE was a French composer, conductor, writer and founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenure in 2010. The CSO is one of five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five".
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes:
The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:
David Zinman is an American conductor and violinist.
The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and referred to as the Oscars for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world. According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for Harmonia Mundi USA, "ultimately it is the classical award, especially worldwide."
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, DBE is a classical pianist and conductor, born in Japan and naturalised in Britain, particularly noted for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.
Frederick Fennell was an internationally recognized conductor and one of the primary figures in promoting the Eastman Wind Ensemble as a performing group. He was also influential as a band pedagogue, and greatly affected the field of music education in the USA and abroad. In Fennell's New York Times obituary, colleague Jerry F. Junkin was quoted as saying "He was arguably the most famous band conductor since John Philip Sousa."
The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is an American orchestra based in the city of Rochester, New York. Its primary concert venue is the Eastman Theatre at the Eastman School of Music.
Arie Vardi is a classical pianist, conductor and piano pedagogue. He is laureate of the Israel Prize in 2017.
Ensemble intercontemporain is a Paris-based, world-renowned ensemble of 31 full-time musicians dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary chamber music. It was founded by Pierre Boulez in 1972 for this purpose, the first permanent organization of its type in the world. Since then the Ensemble has toured extensively both in France and abroad, appearing especially at international festivals. Beyond performing they also have teaching and other outreach activities to support young musicians, composers and conductors.
Samuel Jones is an American composer and conductor.
The Piano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 83, BB 91 of Béla Bartók was composed in 1926. Average playing time is between 23 and 24 minutes.
Diane Wittry is an American musical conductor and composer, named by Musical America as one of the “30 Top Music Professionals 2015.” She is currently the Music Director and Conductor of both the Allentown Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania, and the Music Director and Conductor of the Garden State Philharmonic in New Jersey. The GSP is an orchestra of New York and New Jersey based professional musicians that perform concerts at the Jersey Shore. Additionally, Wittry has been the Artistic Director for the International Cultural Exchange Program with the Sarajevo Philharmonic in Bosnia. From 2001-2010 Wittry served nine seasons as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Norwalk Symphony in Connecticut.
Daniel Cohen is an Israeli conductor. He is the new general music director (GMD) of Staatstheater Darmstadt in Germany, former Kappelmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin for the 2015-2017 seasons, and a Gustavo Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the 2012-13 season, former music director of the Jersey Chamber Orchestra and the founder and artistic director of the Gropius Ensemble
Kristian Alexander is a Canadian conductor and music director. He is the founding Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Kindred Spirits Orchestra, the founding Artistic Director of Markham Contemporary Music Festival and the founding Music Director of the International Music Academy. He was also the founding Music Director of the Mozarteum Symphony Orchestra in Sofia (Bulgaria) and the founding Artistic Director of the International Music Competition in Toronto.
Gustav Meier was a Swiss-born conductor and director of the Orchestra Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. He was also Music Director of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut, for more than 40 years (1972–2013).
Kenneth Kiesler is an American symphony orchestra and opera conductor and mentor to conductors. Kiesler is conductor laureate of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra where he was music director from 1980 to 2000 and founder and director of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak. In 2014, Kiesler was nominated for a Grammy Award for his recording of Darius Milhaud’s opera L’Orestie d’Eschyle. He is Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the University of Michigan.
Kevin John Edusei is a German conductor.