LEONARD SLATKIN
CONDUCTOR | COMPOSER | AUTHOR

LEONARD SLATKIN
CONDUCTOR | COMPOSER | AUTHOR
I was happy to talk to Tom Sudholt of Classic 107.3 - Radio Arts Foundation about the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's 50th Anniversary production of Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Listen to the interview here: https://soundcloud.com/raf-stl/…Coming up at 9am on Friday Morning with the Arts, hear an Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) double feature! Join Classic 107.3 host Tom Sudholt for conversations with Leonard Slatkin, the Conductor Laureate of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Daniela Candillari, the Principal Conductor at OTSL, about productions on stage now.
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Tune in for insights you'll only hear on Classic 107.3, your Voice for the Arts in St. Louis! Find more information and tickets for the 50th Season performances at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis at
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Tune in at 107.3FM or 96.3HD2, stream online at classic1073.org, on audacy.com,📱with the Classic 107.3 app, or wherever else you find your radio content.
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I was happy to talk to Tom Sudholt of Classic 107.3 - Radio Arts Foundation about the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's 50th Anniversary production of Benjamin Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Listen to the interview here: https://soundcloud.com/raf-stl/…Coming up at 9am on Friday Morning with the Arts, hear an Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) double feature! Join Classic 107.3 host Tom Sudholt for conversations with Leonard Slatkin, the Conductor Laureate of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Daniela Candillari, the Principal Conductor at OTSL, about productions on stage now.
.
Tune in for insights you'll only hear on Classic 107.3, your Voice for the Arts in St. Louis! Find more information and tickets for the 50th Season performances at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis at
.
Tune in at 107.3FM or 96.3HD2, stream online at classic1073.org, on audacy.com,📱with the Classic 107.3 app, or wherever else you find your radio content.
.
#classic1073 #operatheatrestl
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LATEST NEWS
Slatkin to Speak at New Hollywood String Quartet’s Summer of Angels Festival
Read moreMay 19, 2025
Leonard will introduce the Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival July 10-13 at The Huntington in San Marino, CA. The concerts will feature the New Hollywood String Quartet playing repertoire recorded by the original Hollywood String Quartet.
leonard slatkinLeonard Slatkin Returns to Opera Theatre of St. Louis
Read moreMay 14, 2025
Leonard returns to the Opera Theatre of St. Louis for its 50th anniversary season as conductor of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The production runs June 14-28 at the Loretto-Hilton Center.
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JUNE 2025
Everything was fine until the missile landed at the airport.
Do I have your attention now? More about that in a bit.
May picked up where April left off, with another outstanding week in Las Palmas. This time, we had an all-orchestral program that truly tested the musicians in three stylistically different works. With the memories of an outstanding Bruckner’s Fourth, we dove into Brahms, Cruixent, and Tchaikovsky with fervor and energy.
Leonard Slatkin
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, and Artistic Consultant to the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
A six-time Grammy winner and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, and the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton. His debut book, Conducting Business (2012), for which he received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award, was followed by Leading Tones (2017) and Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century (2021). His latest books are Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (spring 2024) and Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century (fall 2024), part of an ongoing series of essays that supplement the score-study process, published by Bloomsbury.
Leonard Slatkin
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, and Artistic Consultant to the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
A six-time Grammy winner and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, and the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton. His debut book, Conducting Business (2012), for which he received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award, was followed by Leading Tones (2017) and Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century (2021). His latest books are Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (spring 2024) and Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century (fall 2024), part of an ongoing series of essays that supplement the score-study process, published by Bloomsbury.
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