June, 2009 – After three successful seasons of collaboration, Maestro Slatkin concludes his tenure as Music Advisor to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra on June 19 and 20, 2009. The program features Joan Tower’s Made in America, for which he and the orchestra won three Grammy Awards with the Naxos recording, “Made in America” - Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The concerts also feature violinist Karen Gomyo playing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, and conclude with Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.

Summer, 2009 – Leonard Slatkin will appear at many of the country’s major music festivals this summer. Late July finds him with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Meadowbrook Music Festival conducting an all-Tchaikovsky program and one titled “Gershwin Galore.” The following week he participates in the annual Tanglewood on Parade at the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and also conducts a special 70th birthday celebratory concert in honor of Sir James Galway. Mr. Slatkin returns to the Hollywood Bowl on August 4 and 6, leading programs featuring music of Brahms, Tower, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius. Next he conducts the gifted young musicians of the Music Academy of the West Orchestra. His American summer schedule ends resoundingly with a performance of the Verdi Requiem at the Aspen Music Festival. Mr. Slatkin then travels to Copenhagen, Denmark to conduct at the Tivoli Festival in a program featuring works of Dvorak, Rachmaninoff and Brahms.

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April, 2009 – Leonard Slatkin travels to London to record the soundtrack for the upcoming Mel Gibson film, Edge of Darkness. The score was written by Leonard's long-time friend, John Corigliano, and their collaborations have extended back more than 30 years. Mr. Slatkin recorded the composer's First Symphony, which won a Grammy in 1996. Most recently, a recording of Corigliano's Dylan Thomas Trilogy was released on Naxos Records, with the Nashville Symphony and Chorus. Last season Mr. Slatkin performed Corigliano's Third Symphony with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and in 09/10 he and the DSO will collaborate with Sir James Galway in a performance of the composer’s Pied Piper Fantasy.
    GK Films’ Edge of Darkness, directed by Martin Campbell, with screenplay by Andrew Bovell and William Monahan, is currently in post-production, with scoring sessions taking place at the Abbey Road Studios. Release dates are not yet set.

March, 2009 – Maestro Slatkin will participate in a Tribute Concert in memory of composer Donald Erb (1927 – 2008) at the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Kulas Hall on Sunday, March 29 at 7 pm. The program will feature chamber and solo pieces by Mr. Erb, as well as Ritual Observances, a challenging 30-minute work for symphony orchestra, played by the CIM Orchestra and conducted by Mr. Slatkin. Described by Nicolas Slonimsky in the Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians as a “significant American composer,” Donald Erb was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1927. His orchestral music has been played by literally every major orchestra in the United States and by many eminent ensembles in Europe and Australia. He served as a distinguished faculty member at CIM for many years, and was an alumnus as well. Mr. Slatkin has conducted and recorded many works of Donald Erb, and the two enjoyed a fruitful professional relationship and warm friendship.
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February, 2009 – Naxos releases Abraham Lincoln Portraits, with Leonard Slatkin and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. The sixteenth President of the United States has inspired many works of literature, art and music, and this disc helps celebrate the bicentennial of his birth. Works include Ives’ Lincoln, the Great Commoner, Harris’ Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, Ernst Bacon’s Ford’s Theater, and Copland’s stirring Lincoln Portrait.
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January, 2009 – During two consecutive subscription weeks, Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in two World Premieres. The first, on January 9, 10 and 11, is Margaret Brouwer’s Rhapsody for Orchestra, commissioned by the DSO in honor of the late Elaine Lebenbom. Ms. Brouwer was the winner of the 2008 Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Women Composers. Belarus-born composer Alla Borzova’s Songs for Lada has its World Premiere on January 15, 16, 17 and 18 in Orchestra Hall.
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January, 2009 – Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony collaborated with three unique artists, acknowledged masters of their respective instruments, to perform the Triple Concerto for Double Bass, Banjo and Tabla. Written and performed collaboratively by Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck and Zakir Hussain, the performances on January 9, 10 and 11 marked the work’s second outing since its World Premiere by the Nashville Symphony, Maestro Slatkin conducting, during the 2006/2007 season.
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December, 2008 – Leonard Slatkin makes his much anticipated debut as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s new Music Director with inaugural concerts on December 11, 12, 13 and 14. These include the World Premiere of James Lee III’s A Different Soldier’s Tale as well as Carl Orff’s spectacular Carmina Burana. In addition, he will conduct the Civic Youth Orchestra in a special holiday program featuring arrangements for strings and piano (see news item below).
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November, 2008 – Naxos releases Leroy Anderson, Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favorites, with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Also included are Song of the Bells, Suite of Carols (version for brass), A Christmas Festival, and Bugler’s Holiday.
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November, 2008 –
Volume V of the orchestral music of Leroy Anderson, with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra, is released by Naxos, and features Goldilocks and Suite of Carols (version for winds).
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October, 2008 – In collaboration with leading music print publisher Hal Leonard Corporation, Leonard Slatkin has created a namesake series of educational publications. Holidays for Piano and Strings is the first collection to be published in the Leonard Slatkin Youth Orchestra Series. “In 2007, my then 13-year-old son, who plays the piano, asked his school’s music teacher if he could perform something for the annual holiday concert. He also plays viola in the string ensemble. This started me thinking about writing an arrangement that would be appropriate for his age group. If you are in middle school and play a string, wind or percussion instrument, most likely you can be in an ensemble. But when you play the piano, you are alone. There are few outlets for interaction with your fellow musicians at that point in your education. This new series is designed to fill that gap, and allow keyboard students the opportunity to show off a little and have fun with their musical colleagues at school. Some of the pieces are humorous and some serious, and there are references to works and styles from the classical canon.”
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September, 2008 – Naxos releases Volume IV of Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra playing orchestral music of Leroy Anderson, including the Irish and Scottish Suites, Alma Mater and A Christmas Festival.
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September, 2008 – Another new Naxos release features Leonard Slatkin leading the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, with orchestrations compiled by Mr. Slatkin. Also included on the disc is Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, with the exciting young pianist, Peng Peng.
    These eclectic selections, some more outlandish than others, invite us to revel in the high spirits and ingenuity of no fewer than fifteen different composers. The Chinese pianist PENG PENG, who was fourteen at the time of this recording, has won many competitions, including first prize in the 2002 China National Youth Piano Competition.
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October, 2008 – Leonard Slatkin leads the Royal Philharmonic on a tour of the Far East, featuring performances in Shanghai, Macau, Taipei, Taichung and Singapore. His first Asian tour with the RPO will include works of Walton, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Copland and Mahler.

August 8, 2008 – Leonard Slatkin conducts the World Premiere of Chen Yi’s Olympic Fire, a BBC commission, whose inaugural performance coincides with the opening of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. The program also features works of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, in commemoration of the anniversary of his death 50 years ago, as well as Sergei Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Paganini, with pianist Olga Kern.

July 18, 2008 – Leonard Slatkin replaces Maestro James Levine in Tanglewood, conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program including Mahler Symphony No. 1 and John Harbison’s Symphony No. 5. Mr. Slatkin had previously been scheduled to lead the BSO in the Saturday evening program, performing works by Vaughn Williams, Copland and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Midori.

June 2008 - Naxos releases Volume III of Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra playing the first complete cycle of Leroy Anderson’s orchestral works, including the well-known “Sleigh Ride.”
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June 2008 - Leonard Slatkin conducts his final concerts as Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra, including three performances of a concert version of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” an NSO debut by exciting young cellist Sol Gabetta, and a Gala Farewell featuring Yo-Yo Ma, world renowned cellist and long-time friend and collaborator of Maestro Slatkin.

May 9, 2008 - The Speakers Committee of the National Press Club, Washington, DC, features Leonard Slatkin, who shares with the luncheon attendees: "Reflections and Forethought - 12 Years in DC and Beyond."

April 30, 2008 - Members of The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras welcome Leonard Slatkin to Strathmore Hall to lead their rehearsal and lend his expertise as they prepare for their season concert.

April 29, 2008 - Leonard Slatkin conducts the National Chamber Players of Washington DC in a concert featuring Mahler Symphony No. 4 on behalf of the Autism Speaks organization.

April 2008 - Naxos releases Volume II of Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra playing the first complete cycle of Leroy Anderson's orchestral works.
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February 10, 2008 - Leonard Slatkin, Composer Joan Tower and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra celebrate the announcement of their winning three Grammy Awards for the Naxos recording, “Made in America” - Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

February 4,2008 - Leonard Slatkin, Artist-in-Residence at American University, hosts a panel discussion at the University featuring distinguished members from the corporate and private sector entitled: “Sound Investments: How Music Shapes Our Lives.”

January 2008 - On the Naxos label, Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra playing the first complete cycle of Leroy Anderson’s orchestra music. Volume I is now available.
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“... a brisk and keen-edged romp through Glinka’s overture to his opera ‘Russlan and Ludmilla.’ Slatkin pushed the tempos from the start, and the DSO responded with bravura style and glittering colors.”
– The Detroit News

“In addition to a gripping reading of the Verdi (La Forza del Destino) overture, Slatkin led a theatrically charged yet playful romp through Carl Orff’s populist blockbuster ‘Carmina Burana,’ and a deftly realized world premiere by James Lee III, a young Michigan-born composer with a bright future.”
– Detroit Free Press

“Slatkin knows how to rev up a crowd... he got down to real symphonic business with an alternately moody and noisy foray into George Enescu’s familiar ‘Romanian Rhapsody’ in A Major, Op. 11, No. 1. The CSO winds and strings sounded lush yet full of energy...”
– Chicago Sun Times

“Slatkin’s interpretative ideas unleashed the emotional and pictorial depth with exceptional freshness. He inspired a cohesive, brilliant response from the orchestra, which offered nuance, warmth and, in climactic moments, tremendous force. An arresting performance.”
– The Baltimore Sun

“He led the DSO through a full-length performance that displayed an orchestra on its toes, playing up for its new maestro, delivering this kaleidoscopic music with the polish of experience but with the animation of a first encounter.”
– The Detroit News

“Slatkin is articulate, intelligent, unstuffy and good with audiences – he’s also a superb musician.”
– Independent on Sunday

“Mr. Slatkin conveyed the bitterness beneath the high spirits of the Scherzo movement, and the aggressive edge that runs through the fractured and frantic final Presto.”
– The New York Times