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# LEONARD SLATKIN

conductor | composer | author

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- [JULY 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2023/) - How life changes. Normally, June is when orchestral seasons wind down, with subscription concerts ending sometime near the middle or end of the month. At least, that seems to be true when you are a music director. Now that I am a freelancer, the time for guest conducting has passed, and I get to focus
- ["Take Care of This House": Slatkin Reflects on His Visit to the Kennedy Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/take-care-of-this-house-slatkin-reflects-on-his-visit-to-the-kennedy-center/) - As the flight attendant announced our arrival at Ronald Reagan Airport, a hush of dread moved through me with the runway’s first hard jolt. I knew I had come to the place where I was meant to be, in this city that once held me for twelve years. Homecomings are supposed to brighten the heart.
- [Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Composer Jeff Beal to Release New Album](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/laco-and-composer-jeff-beal-to-release-new-album-body-in-motion/) - July 17, 2026 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal have announced the release of the album Body in Motion, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Body in Motion includes Beal’s violin concerto of the same name, written for violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins, and Four Score, composed in honor of Leonard Slatkin’s 80th birthday.
- [JULY 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2026/) - If one pattern has defined my life in music, it is movement. I have never been very good at standing still. I have not taken what most people would call a sabbatical, and even my vacations have tended to come in pieces—days borrowed between engagements, or longer trips planned with the hope of disappearing, briefly,
- [Mayhem at the Market](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mayhem-at-the-market/) - June 23, 2026 “Schnucks grocery store has just implemented a new plan to play classical music in their parking lot in Hampton Village to discourage loitering.” —St. Louis KSDK Channel 5 News GRAFTON TOWNSHIP—Sally Fleming, a regular evening shopper, said she had always preferred making her grocery runs shortly before closing. The aisles were quieter,
- [Take Care of This House](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/take-care-of-this-house/) - As the flight attendant announced our arrival at Ronald Reagan Airport, a hush of dread moved through me with the runway’s first hard jolt. I knew I had come to the place where I was meant to be, in this city that once held me for twelve years. Homecomings are supposed to brighten the heart.
- [JUNE 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2026/) - It is that time of year when concert seasons are winding down, and we take a bit of time to get ready for summer activities. May was one of the most exhilarating months I could have ever imagined, and not all the events were about conducting. The last two weeks of the very long European
- [MAY 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2026/) - Seven countries, seven languages, and ten cities. This nine-week European concert tour has been both exhausting and exhilarating. April came right in the middle of the trip. With Glasgow up first, I was going to see an orchestra I first conducted in 1975. It was an all-French affair with the concertmaster Michael Davis playing Chausson
- [On the Passing of Michael Tilson Thomas](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/on-the-passing-of-michael-tilson-thomas/) - On a warm Los Angeles day in 1962, two high schools competed in a version of the popular television quiz program College Bowl, which pitted two universities in academic combat. For the high school version, topics were known in advance, and each team could be assembled based on the presumed expertise of its students. My
- [APRIL 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2026/) - Wars, interminable lines at airports, unbearable heat in the West, continued chaos at the Kennedy Center, and so much more. What can we do to alleviate some of this tension? And how fortunate are some of us to be able to bring solace and comfort through music? March turned out to be an extraordinary month
- [Leonard Slatkin to Receive Lincoln Medal as a Leading Advocate for the Nation’s Repertoire](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-to-receive-lincoln-medal/) - March 31, 2026 Ford’s Theatre Society celebrates the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its annual gala performance on Sunday, May 31, 2026, at Ford’s Theatre. For more than 45 years, Ford’s Theatre Society has hosted this bipartisan event, during which the organization will present the Lincoln Medal to two distinguished honorees: Grammy Award-winning conductor
- [Warner Classics Releases "Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak" Album](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/warner-classics-releases-pictures-at-an-exhibition-the-paintings-of-bob-peak-album/) - March 6, 2026 Born at the intersection of music, visual arts, and the world of cinema, this vibrant new album by producer Robert Townson brings together ten internationally renowned composers in world-premiere compositions. Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak is modeled after the timeless concept of one of Mussorgsky's greatest works and
- [MARCH 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2026/) - Not much happened in February. Oh, wait. There were a couple of things. Let’s start with the announcement of my new position as music director of the Nashville Symphony. This past summer, I was named artistic advisor, but as we reviewed the scope of the ensemble’s activities in Music City, it became clear that a
- [Leonard Slatkin Announced as the Nashville Symphony’s Music Director](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-announced-as-the-nashville-symphonys-music-director/) - February 11, 2026 Dr. Mark Peacock, chair of the Nashville Symphony’s Music Director Search Committee, announced today that Leonard Slatkin will serve as music director for three years through the 2028/29 season. Slatkin assumes the role following his previous appointment as music advisor. He takes the artistic helm of the orchestra beginning with the 2026/27
- [FEBRUARY 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2026/) - Following the seven-week Asian tour of the past year, 2026 started off calmly. I was at home for a while, recuperating from jet lag and getting used to winter weather. For those of us from Los Angeles, this is no easy task. As the month progressed, the news from Washington kept piling up. My colleagues
- [JANUARY 2026](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2026/) - We made it! Somehow, we managed to get through 2025 and are heading into the New Year with hopes that may or may not be dashed by the many variables in our lives now. But at least for this musician, the year ended on several notes of optimism contained within the piece I led in
- [Lights, camera, action! “Soundtracks of Our Lives” Radio Show on Classic 107.3 FM](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/lights-camera-action-soundtracks-of-our-lives-radio-show-on-classic-107-3-fm/) - December 23, 2025 Tune in Fridays at 5 p.m. Central to Classic 107.3 FM for “Soundtracks of Our Lives,” a new radio series curated by Leonard Slatkin. This show goes behind the scenes to explore movie music from the 1930s to present, beginning with episodes dedicated to composers from the Golden Age of Hollywood, including
- [DECEMBER 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2025/) - The last two months of 2025 were primarily centered in Asia, with stops in four countries. But one event on the first of November generated much excitement, and it was not in Taiwan, Seoul, or any place outside the United States. For the past year and a half, I have tried to help guide the
- [NOVEMBER 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2025/) - The time for taking it easy appears to be over. Conducting and other activities filled up the calendar in October. Sadly, this also marked the end of barbecue season. The cover will adorn my Big Green Egg until March or so. Musical matters began in New York with a week at the Manhattan School of
- [Hear the Beauty of the New Powell Hall with Slatkin, Ax, and the SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/hear-the-beauty-of-the-new-powell-hall-with-slatkin-ax-and-the-slso/) - October 11, 2025 Hear the beauty of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's newly renovated Powell Hall with a concert featuring Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax. The program includes the U.S. premiere of Slatkin's Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25, and Elgar's Symphony No. 1. The concert will be broadcast live on St.
- [OCTOBER 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2025/) - If variety is the spice of life, then I am certainly enjoying some very pungent meals. September turned out to be one of those months in which it was not possible to compare one set of events with another. And just when I thought that all the 80th birthday celebrations were over, there was one
- [European Broadcasting Union to Air National Symphony Orchestra Ireland Concert Sept. 12](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/european-broadcasting-union-to-air-nsoi-concert-sept-12/) - September 11, 2025 Leonard Slatkin's concert with the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and soloist David Fray will be broadcast live on RTÉ lyric fm and through the European Broadcasting Union. The performance on Friday, September 12 at 7:30pm (IST)/2:30 pm (EDT) features Cindy McTee's Timepiece, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, and Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben. The
- [SEPTEMBER 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2025/) - It’s a quiet Sunday morning in Boonville, Missouri. Neither Maggie’s Bar and Grill nor the Main Street Diner are open yet. The shoe store is closed for the day, and the Hotel Frederick is seeing several musicians checking out. Boonville is a quiet little town located about halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City; about
- [AUGUST 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2025/) - From Transylvania to Pasadena—those are words I never expected to write, but they represent two of the very interesting visits that occupied the past month. The former region is not the one associated with vampires, which, as far as I know, do not inhabit the mountains of North Carolina. Let’s start with what turned out
- [Slatkin Returns to the Nashville Symphony as Music Advisor](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-the-nashville-symphony-as-music-advisor/) - July 16, 2025 The Nashville Symphony announced today that Leonard Slatkin will return to serve as Music Advisor for the next three years. Slatkin assumes the role following the conclusion of Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero’s 16-year tenure and will lead the orchestra through a pivotal period that includes the 20th anniversary of Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
- [JULY 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2025/) - Not a Marx brother in sight, but I spent many June days and nights at the opera enjoying Britten’s fun and fantasy-filled adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Several years ago, on this same site, I wrote about putting together a standard opera production at the Metropolitan Opera. That journal entry turned out to be
- [JUNE 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/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
- [Slatkin to Speak at New Hollywood String Quartet's Summer of Angels Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-speak-at-new-hollywood-string-quartets-summer-of-angels-chamber-music-festival/) - May 19, 2025 Leonard will introduce and speak at the four concerts comprising the 2025 Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival, running July 10-13 at the Huntington Library, Art Museum & Gardens in San Marino, CA. The festival will feature the New Hollywood String Quartet playing chamber music repertoire recorded by the original Hollywood String
- [Leonard Slatkin Returns to Opera Theatre of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-returns-to-opera-theatre-of-st-louis/) - May 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.
- [MAY 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2025/) - Sometimes I look at my calendar and say to myself, “What was I thinking?” What might appear simple and straightforward can turn into something unusual and not quite so understandable. It has been a very busy first half of 2025 as orchestras kindly continued to mark my eightieth birthday. With projects piling up, I wondered
- [“Slatkin Shuffle” Radio Program to Air in Las Vegas](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-shuffle-radio-program-to-air-in-las-vegas/) - April 2, 2025 Beginning Sunday, April 6, Nevada Public Radio Classical 89.7 KCNV will syndicate Leonard's weekly radio show, The Slatkin Shuffle, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific. Tune in to hear Leonard share anecdotes about the eclectic collection of songs in his expansive playlist.
- [APRIL 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2025/) - To paraphrase John Oliver, “It has been a busy month.” After the relatively quiet February, March came in like a lion and never let up. When I looked at my calendar, it appeared somewhat normal, but that might have been more in line with a time when I was a younger man. It was a
- [Slatkin Returns to the New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-the-new-york-philharmonic/) - March 24, 2025 This week, Leonard leads the New York Philharmonic, marking his first appearance in David Geffen Hall. His relationship with the institution, however, spans more than 50 years. He first conducted the orchestra in 1974, and the relationship has flourished in the decades since. A highlight in his milestone 80th birthday season, the
- [MARCH 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2025/) - Sometimes a month can go by with just a little musical activity but can still be packed full with events of interest. Actually, I need to go back to the final week of January because I did not have time to write about the conclusion of the Asian trip last time. Here is the summary:
- [FEBRUARY 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2025/) - I could spend this entire essay writing about an incredible trip to Thailand and Bali—the floating market, the train market, the monkey reserve, a royal wedding, and so much more—but I will let Cindy share a few photos and leave the rest up to your imagination. *** *** *** *** *** *** January saw me
- [Slatkin Returns to Japan to Conduct in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hiroshima](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-japan-to-conduct-in-tokyo-osaka-and-hiroshima/) - January 13, 2025 Leonard is preparing for concerts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra January 14-15 in Suntory Hall. The program includes Cindy McTee's Adagio for Strings, Walton's Violin Concerto with soloist Mayumi Kanagawa, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2. Later this week, he will travel with the orchestra to Kagoshima to present a concert in
- [JANUARY 2025](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2025/) - Before all the holidays converged at the same time, the first half of December was relatively quiet for Cindy and me, except for one conducting assignment that turned out to be very interesting. For the past several years, I have been doing some teaching at the Manhattan School of Music. The conservatory is housed in
- [Flying Blind: A Conductor’s Guide to Taking an Audition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/flying-blind-a-conductors-guide-to-taking-an-audition-2/) - December 16, 2024 Leonard Slatkin shares his perspective on how string players should best approach a blind orchestral audition in a series of articles for The Strad titled “Flying Blind,” part one and part two. Earlier this season, he published “All Strings Attached” in which he outlines his approach to working with symphonic string sections, describing
- [Flying Blind: A Conductor’s Guide to Taking an Audition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/flying-blind-a-conductors-guide-to-taking-an-audition/) - Auditioning is one of the most nerve-racking hurdles for any musician. Hours of practice and preparation cannot compare with the actual experience of playing before an unseen group of adjudicators. The orchestral audition of today is a far cry from the process that was in place about 50 years ago. Back in the dark ages,
- [DECEMBER 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2024/) - Reunions and a debut marked this past month, with a few side trips along the way. And of course, we had an election. More about that in a moment. Nearly two years had passed since my last visit to the Detroit Symphony. As its music director laureate, I have the honor of being regarded as
- [Rave Reviews for Slatkin, Ax, and the NSO in Washington, D.C.](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rave-reviews-for-slatkin-ax-and-the-nso-in-washington-dc/) - November 15, 2024 Reviewers praised the opening performance of Slatkin's program with the National Symphony Orchestra, which features Cindy McTee's Double Play, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Emanuel Ax, and Walton's Symphony No. 1. As classical music critic Michael Brodeur of The Washington Post observed, “Slatkin’s close understanding of the music [Double Play]
- [NOVEMBER 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2024/) - Sometimes plans come together in ways that might be predicted but at the same time offer wonderful surprises. I knew that the early September birthday celebrations were just a part of what was to come throughout the season, but I had no idea of the impact they would make on me. After the successful premiere
- [Slatkin's Legacy: A Birthday Celebration at the SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkins-legacy-a-birthday-celebration-at-slso/) - October 23, 2024 The St. Louis community will gather this week to celebrate milestones: Leonard Slatkin's 80th birthday and his 55-year legacy with the SLSO. The weekend of activities October 25-27 includes a concert program with deep personal meaning, a multi-day conducting workshop, and a book discussion in collaboration with the St. Louis County Library.
- [All Strings Attached: The Motor That Drives an Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/all-strings-attached-the-motor-that-drives-an-orchestra/) - They play more notes than anyone else on the stage. They appear in almost every work performed by an orchestra. They can be the heart and soul of the ensemble, differentiating orchestras from their counterparts in the band world. The strings can be identified by their clarity, intonation, sonic brilliance, or blend. Just watching them
- [OCTOBER 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2024/) - 80 is not the new 60; it is 80—period. Not that it seems to have mattered very much, as I feel great. The new number on the left has been around for a few weeks now, and gradually, I have eased my way back into season-opening form. On September 1, we had a few friends
- [Book Release: "Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century"](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/book-release-eight-symphonic-masterworks-of-the-nineteenth-century-a-study-guide-for-conductors/) - September 17, 2024 "Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century" highlights the many decisions conductors make during the study process, as well as in rehearsal and performance, to bring a score to life. Order your copy today and get 30% off the list price with the code RLFANDF30.
- [Slatkin's Complete RCA Album Collection Available for Streaming and Download](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkins-complete-rca-album-collection-available-for-streaming-and-download/) - September 4, 2024 In honor of Leonard's 80th birthday, Sony Classical has made the complete catalog of his Sony/RCA recordings available for download and streaming.⁠ The playlist includes 923 tracks and more than 82 hours of music, sorted by composer.
- ["Happy Birthday" for Leonard Slatkin's 80th, Arranged by Cindy McTee](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/happy-birthday-for-leonard-slatkins-80th-arranged-by-cindy-mctee/) - September 1, 2024 In honor of Leonard's 80th birthday, his wife, Cindy McTee, surprised him with this arrangement of “Happy Birthday” for piano. download mp3 file Feel free to download a PDF of the piece for performance as you wish.
- [SEPTEMBER 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2024/) - As I write this, it is a few days before September 1st. At this time, I have no idea what is being planned for the day the birthday number on the left changes. Sometimes, momentous occasions are best celebrated quietly. If it were up to me, I would simply watch a Cardinals game, fire up
- [Pre-Order Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/pre-order-eight-symphonic-masterworks-of-the-nineteenth-century/) - August 26, 2024 The second volume in Leonard's score-study series is available for pre-order and scheduled for release on September 17. Use promo code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount at rowman.com! Based on his decades of experience conducting these works, Leonard guides readers through eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the nineteenth century:
- [AUGUST 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2024/) - In August 1964, I made my first public appearance as a conductor. I had done bits of stick-waving in high school and had led the Marriage of Figaro Overture with the California Youth Symphony, but this was the true beginning of my musical life on the podium. The place was Aspen, Colorado. I went there
- [Slatkin Featured in August 2024 Issue of Gramophone](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-featured-in-august-2024-issue-of-gramophone/) - July 12, 2024 Gramophone magazine highlights “Leonard Slatkin at 80” in its August 2024 issue: “He’s turning 80 with at least 220 premieres to look back on, but Leonard Slatkin has a good deal more on his agenda than simply reminiscing about past achievements, finds Thomas May.”
- [Slatkin Receives Abu Dhabi Festival Lifetime Achievement Award](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-receives-abu-dhabi-festival-lifetime-achievement-award/) - July 2, 2024 Leonard received the Abu Dhabi Festival Lifetime Achievement Award at Disney Hall in Los Angeles on June 14. The celebration was part of a concert sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival that featured music by 21 composers and 10 world premieres. This special program honored the visual artist Bob
- [Latest Book Release: “Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-book-release-eight-symphonic-masterworks-of-the-twentieth-century/) - March 5, 2024 Leonard's fourth book was released today by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This study guide to eight twentieth-century orchestral masterpieces is aimed at conductors and anyone interested in learning how to navigate orchestral scores. Use promo code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount on your order from https://rowman.com. The essays in Eight Symphonic Masterworks
- [JULY 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2024/) - Three very different weeks ensued during June, representing the traditional, the unconventional, and the educational. All were satisfying and made for a fine start to a not-too-busy summer conducting schedule. After a month away from the podium, it was time to pick up the baton and strike up the bands, first in Bilbao, Spain. I
- [JUNE 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2024/) - May was a time for catching up and working on projects without conducting anything. With the score-study volumes in full swing, I need to stay ahead of the game with the research and writing. Volume Two is already at the publisher with an anticipated release date in October. My job now is to focus on
- [Slatkin to Conduct World-Premiere Recording at Fox and Concert at Disney Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-conduct-world-premiere-concert-at-disney-hall/) - May 9, 2024 Next month, Leonard will return to his hometown of Los Angeles for a world-premiere recording and performance inspired by the paintings, illustrations, and movie posters created by Bob Peak, one of the most sought-after illustrators of the twentieth century. The recording will take place on the historic Newman Scoring Stage, the same
- [MAY 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2024/) - Let’s see: terrific orchestra, great weather, beautiful ocean views, fantastic food and wine, lovely people, and scenic mountains. As the refrain goes, “Who could ask for anything more?” Such was the first part of April, with two weeks spent in my new role as Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria. If
- [APRIL 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2024/) - Adventures new and old marked a busy March calendar. Overall, it was a most pleasant time on the road. I had never visited, much less conducted in, Vancouver for reasons unclear. Perhaps it was not on my agent’s radar until recently, but the VSO is certainly a prominent orchestra on the Canadian landscape. Fortunately, the
- [MARCH 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2024/) - February was education month for me, in a couple different ways. In recent years, I have devoted some time to teaching at university music schools and conservatories. More than likely, most people think this is a one-way street, with the professor passing down knowledge accumulated over many years. In fact, I probably learn more from
- [Slatkin to Serve as Artistic Consultant to Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-serve-as-artistic-consultant-to-las-vegas-philharmonic/) - February 15, 2024 The Las Vegas Philharmonic announced today that Leonard Slatkin will be the orchestra's artistic consultant beginning with the 2024-25 season, advising the organization on programming decisions. Slatkin will attend the upcoming season gala concert on Saturday, February 24 and will conduct a program of American classics on November 9, 2024. Jeri Crawford, chair of the
- [FEBRUARY 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2024/) - #Although many people think of St. Louis as being in the southern part of the country, we can have some winter weather close to that of Buffalo, New York. Such was the case in the middle of January, when the temperatures dipped below zero; thankfully, the snow was minimal. All bundled up, I began a
- [Slatkin's New Book Available for Pre-Sale](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkins-new-book-available-for-pre-sale/) - December 8, 2023 Leonard Slatkin is pleased to announce that his latest book, Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century: A Study Guide for Conductors, will be published by Rowman & Littlefield on March 5, 2024 and is now available for pre-order. The essays provide an almost bar-by-bar analysis of the scores, detailing the decisions the
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Jazz Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slso-jazz-festival/) - January 8, 2024 The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin reunite for a three-concert festival exploring the intersection of jazz and classical music. Each program ends with a work by George Gershwin—Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture, An American in Paris, and Rhapsody in Blue. The orchestra is celebrating the 50th anniversary
- [JANUARY 2024](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2024/) - And a joyous New Year to all of you! Hopefully 2023 ended on a high note. While most people head home for the holidays, Cindy and I usually go on an extended vacation. For the most part, we travel to places that are somewhat remote. Past trips have taken us to Morocco, the Galapagos, and
- [“Maestro”: Bernstein Comes to the Big Screen](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/maestro-bernstein-comes-to-the-big-screen/) - At several points during my viewing of this film, one question kept nagging at me: Who is the target audience? To answer that query, it is necessary to understand the content of this movie. Ticking all the boxes, Bradley Cooper’s latest opus is clearly a labor of love and an extraordinary piece of cinema. With
- [Elite Recordings for Vox Re-Released](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/elite-recordings-for-vox-re-released/) - November 29, 2023 Naxos has released audiophile editions of two acclaimed Vox recordings conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring the first and third symphonies of Rachmaninov. Karl Nehring of Classical Candor characterized the albums as “excellent performances, excellently recorded, making them eminently recommendable for fans of these gorgeously tuneful symphonies.” RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 1 / Prince
- [DECEMBER 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2023/) - To say that November was a jam-packed month would be an understatement. With the middle portion of a six-week concert tour in full swing, I realized that no two works would be repeated during this trip. Only one of them was new to me, however, and as I explained in last month’s journal entry, The
- [DECEMBER 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2014/) - You never know what is around the corner. Musical pleasures abounded as winter weather started in a bit earlier than expected. However, one highly anticipated guest-conducting trip to Tokyo had to be cancelled. Turns out that I needed to have a medical procedure. Nothing life threatening or related to the 2009 heart attack, but still,
- [Barber’s “Vanessa” Receives Critical Acclaim in Santa Fe](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/barbers-vanessa-receives-critical-acclaim-in-santa-fe/) - August 3, 2016 Santa Fe Opera's production of Barber's Vanessa has garnered rave reviews, with critics lauding the top-notch cast, the elegant and evocative design elements, and Barber's rich, colorful score. As John Stege of the Santa Fe Reporter opined, “Vanessa’s a tight-knit ensemble opera, the sort of thing that SFO usually knocks out of
- [DECEMBER 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2016/) - The Cubs won the World Series for the first time since 1908! Donald Trump was elected President! Cindy and I moved out of our Lyon apartment! November was a very strange, and extremely busy, month. It started off with—well—nothing. I was supposed to lead the Pittsburgh Symphony in a set of subscriptions concerts, but the
- [DECEMBER 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2017/) - What a month! November may be the time to give thanks but, at least this year, it was also the time to visit some old friends. It all started in Washington with the NSO. I had not been back to my old orchestra for several years. There are many fresh faces but still a majority
- [JANUARY 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2012/) - How does that song go? “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” December proved the ditty correct, at least for me. Two weeks were spent in Lyon performing American music. A festival had been devised around my arrival this season and I thought it would be a good idea for musicians and audience to
- [DECEMBER 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2018/) - So much packed into one month: a return to Lyon, a German tour, a birthday celebration and an exotic holiday! Although the ONL had opened its season several weeks earlier, I had the privilege of taking the orchestra on a six-concert tour of Germany. That followed a set of performances in the Auditorium as preparatory
- [DECEMBER 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2015/) - The slight delay in this posting is due to what many of you now will know. After what will be ten seasons with the DSO, I am moving into a different position with the orchestra. At this point, I have no idea what the various questions will be from journalists as well as my regular
- [JULY 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2011/) - What a strange month June turned out to be. It looked pretty simple on paper. One week of concerts in Detroit and a trip to Rotterdam, preparing for a tour of South America. But normal does not seem to apply these days. To start with, I began French lessons in preparation for the new job
- [JANUARY 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january/) - It’s 2016, and this coming year is filled with interesting programs, exciting places to be, and fascinating people to work and play with. But there were some important events that took place last month. Three very demanding programs finished up the old year, with the first week of December particularly complex. First off, there was
- [Rave Reviews in Spain](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rave-reviews-in-spain/) - November 9, 2023 Music critics offered positive assessments of Leonard's concerts in Valencia and Madrid. Writing for Scherzo, respected writer and composer Tomás Marco characterized Slatkin as “an interesting and reliable maestro who accompanied Achúcarro very well and in the second part made an excellent version of Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 1.” “La leyenda de Achúcarro suma nuevos
- [Slatkin in Spain, Poland, Ireland, and France](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-in-spain-poland-ireland-and-france/) - November 1, 2023 Leonard is conducting in four countries this fall, beginning his European trip with engagements in Valencia and Madrid, Spain, followed by Katowice, Poland; two weeks in Dublin, Ireland; and Lyon, France. Program highlights include Resphigi's The Pines of Rome in Valencia, Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 in Madrid, Gershwin's An American in Paris in Katowice, Copland's Symphony
- [NOVEMBER 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2023/) - The road beckoned, and I travelled west and east for what I hoped would be lovely sets of concerts. That wish has so far come true, but the intrusions on beauty by events taking place at home and abroad prevented total immersion in the music. Over and over, I kept wondering what those of us
- [Slatkin Conducts Oregon Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-oregon-symphony/) - October 9, 2023 Leonard is headed to Portland for three concerts with the Oregon Symphony and guest cellist Joshua Roman October 14-16. The program consists of Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, the Elgar Cello Concerto, and Anthology of Fantastic Zoology by Mason Bates. One hour before each performance, Leonard will join Brandi Parisi, host of All Classical Radio, onstage
- [All-New Episodes of “The Slatkin Shuffle”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/all-new-episodes-of-the-slatkin-shuffle-on-classic-107-3/) - October 1, 2023 New episodes of Leonard's weekly radio program, The Slatkin Shuffle, air every Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Central on Classic 107.3 FM. Join Leonard as he plays random selections from the nearly 10,000 tracks on his iPad and shares anecdotes about the eclectic collection of songs in his playlist. Tune in at 107.3FM/96.3HD2, or
- [Slatkin Conducts MSM Students in All-American Program](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-msm-students-in-all-american-program/) - September 29, 2023 Leonard began the 2023-24 season by sharing his passion for American repertoire with the students of the Manhattan School of Music, where he holds the title of Distinguished Visiting Artist in Conducting and Orchestral Studies. The concert, which included works by Ellington, Bates, and Hovhaness before concluding with Gershwin's An American in Paris, is
- [OCTOBER 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2023/) - A mostly calm and quiet September followed my 79th birthday, but I experienced one moment that made my month. Not wanting to make a big deal out of turning another year older, I decided to go to a ballgame that evening. Instead of getting the tickets online, I headed to the ballpark’s box office. When
- [SEPTEMBER 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2023/) - Nothing quite compares to a Taiwanese massage, especially if you happen to be in Taiwan. More on that later. After several weeks away from conducting, the podium beckoned for some rehearsals and performances at the end of July and the first half of August. It started in my birthplace, Los Angeles, where I used to
- [AUGUST 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2023/) - Most of this summer consists of downtime. With so many ongoing and looming projects, I knew I would need to dedicate many of these weeks to my books, music compositions, and outdoor grilling pursuits. Although I had one conducting date at the Hollywood Bowl, I will wait until next month to write about it, along
- [Rhapsody in Hollywood](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rhapsody-in-hollywood/) - July 23, 2023 Leonard is back in his birthplace, Los Angeles, for a concert at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and pianist Makoto Ozone on Tuesday, July 25, at 8 p.m. The program begins with Cindy McTee's energetic Timepiece, followed by the double-blockbusters of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Dvořák's Symphony No. 9,
- [JUNE 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2023/) - There was a time when I would look at my calendar and say to myself, “Self, you are not too busy. Have a nice summer.” That was how it appeared it was going to be for a while this year. But priorities have a way of piling up, and now I find myself with just
- [All-New “Slatkin Shuffle” Episodes](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/all-new-slatkin-shuffle-episodes/) - May 26, 2023 New episodes of The Slatkin Shuffle will air on Classic 107.3 starting this weekend, Saturdays at 10 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. CDT. Join Leonard as he shares anecdotes about the eclectic collection of songs in his playlist. The May 27 episode, “The Walking Shuffle,” is all about this activity and its musical
- [Next Stop: Nashville](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/next-stop-nashville/) - May 2, 2023 Leonard travels to Nashville this week to conduct the Nashville Symphony in a program comprising Copland's spirited ballet Rodeo; Slatkin's own composition, Kinah, an elegy to his parents; and Elgar's emotionally charged Symphony No. 1. Slatkin's visit marks his first return to Music City in ten years due to a cancellation resulting from the pandemic.
- [Slatkin Returns Home to Conduct SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-home-to-conduct-slso/) - April 18, 2023 Leonard is back in St. Louis to conduct a program steeped in Spain and the Spanish language, beginning with Chabrier's España and concluding with Richard Strauss's Don Quixote featuring cellist Joshua Roman and violist Beth Guterman Chu. Rounding out the concert is Mason Bates's Anthology of Fantastic Zoology, a “psychedelic Carnival of the Animals”
- [MAY 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2023/) - Orchestras are heading into the home stretch as the season winds down. Fortunately, I have had enough downtime to continue my work on some projects that do not involve standing on the podium, and this will be the case for most of the summer. At the end of September, I hope to be able to
- [APRIL 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2023/) - Do you remember when airplane travel was fun? There was a time when the flights were just as exciting as the trip itself, for all the right reasons. Today, travel is an adventure before you even get to the airport. Organization is the key to relieving much of the stress that accompanies journeys both domestic
- [APRIL 1, 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-1-2023/) - Quad counties to merge orchestral institutions Mesquala, NE In a highly unexpected move, the collective boards of the orchestras in Abilonia, Quintanova, Mesquala, and Sustanati counties have voted to merge their four groups and call the resulting organization the QUAS Symphonic Ensemble. Although each county has maintained an independent orchestra for the past thirty-five years,
- [New on Naxos: Complete Rachmaninov Symphonies](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-on-naxos-complete-rachmaninov-symphonies/) - March 10, 2023 Naxos has released a box set of Rachmaninov's symphonies recorded by Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Gramophone praised the “impressive, highly desirable interpretations” in this acclaimed edition.
- [Two Weeks of Concerts in Dublin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-dublin-for-two-weeks-of-concerts/) - March 3, 2023 Leonard Slatkin is in Dublin preparing two programs with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Tonight at 7:30 PM GMT/2:30 PM EST they will perform four masterpieces: Wagner's Flying Dutchman Overture, Elgar's Sea Pictures with mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, and Debussy's La Mer. Next week's concert, on March 10 at 7:30
- [MARCH 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2023/) - Each year, in addition to my activities at the Manhattan School of Music, I try to do some educational work at other music institutions in the States. These are almost always schools I have never visited, and it gives me a chance to see how we are doing in terms of training young musicians who
- [Slatkin Returns to Detroit](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-detroit-2/) - February 3, 2023 Leonard Slatkin once again joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for three concerts with pianist Garrick Ohlsson. The program, originally planned for spring 2020, comprises three masterpieces: Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, and Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1. The performance on Saturday, February 4, will be
- [Uncle Frank: Sinatra and the Slatkins](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/uncle-frank-sinatra-and-the-slatkins/) - “A friend is never an imposition.” —Frank Sinatra The time was the early 1950s. The place was Hollywood, and the world was that of the recording studio. If you were on Frank’s good side, you could not ask for a better friend. And if the opposite were the case, you could not ask for a worse
- [Everyone and Our Mother](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/everyone-and-our-mother/) - “Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mother's face.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow She outlived our father by 32 years. I was convinced she would be around after I passed. The world never stopped for Eleanor Aller, and if it had, she would have made sure it was spinning
- [JANUARY 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2023/) - 2022 was a particularly difficult year for me. The music-making (when it occurred) was fine, Cindy and I took some wonderful trips, and I started some projects that you will learn about over the next several months. But I lost some good folks along the way, first and foremost my brother, Fred. After he passed
- [Memorial Celebration in Honor of Cellist Frederick Zlotkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/memorial-celebration-in-honor-of-cellist-frederick-zlotkin/) - December 8, 2022 The Violoncello Society of New York has announced a memorial honoring Leonard's late brother, Fred Zlotkin. The event will take place on Monday, January 30, 4:00 p.m. in Morse Hall at The Juilliard School and is open to all those who wish to attend. The memorial will be live-streamed here.
- [FEBRUARY 2023](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2023/) - “Don’t step on the iguana!” And with those words, Cindy and I arrived at the Galapagos Islands for 10 days of truly incredible vistas and encounters with wildlife. It turns out that Ecuador is pretty much a straight shot down from St. Louis, but you wouldn’t know it from the route that the three airplanes
- [Slatkin Spends Memorable Week in Spokane](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-spends-memorable-week-in-spokane/) - January 25, 2023 Slatkin's first visit to Spokane culminated in both a warm welcome from audiences and rave reviews from critics. As Larry Lapidus of the Spokesman-Review averred, “[T]he meticulous clarity with which he conveyed the instructions of the score to the orchestra was a source of wonder. Every dynamic marking, every hint of phrasing and expression, every
- [DECEMBER 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2022/) - November marked a relatively calm month of conducting good music, and nothing overly strenuous. Consequently, as I begin a period of several weeks off, I do not need much time to wind down. Well, maybe I should not discount jet lag as I adjust to the time difference between Japan and St. Louis. In the
- [DECEMBER 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2022/) - November marked a relatively calm month of conducting good music, and nothing overly strenuous. Consequently, as I begin a period of several weeks off, I do not need much time to wind down. Well, maybe I should not discount jet lag as I adjust to the time difference between Japan and St. Louis. In the
- [Slatkin Returns to Japan to Conduct NHK Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-japan-to-conduct-nhk-orchestra/) - November 16, 2022 Leonard Slatkin will lead the NHK Symphony Orchestra's concerts in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka November 18 through November 27. The orchestra will present two programs. The first comprises the complete ballet versions of Copland's Appalachian Spring and Rodeo, which will be performed November 18 and 19 at NHK Hall in Tokyo. The second program features
- [Rave Reviews for “Gianni Schicchi” at Opera Theatre of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rave-reviews-for-gianni-schicchi-at-opera-theatre-of-st-louis/) - June 1, 2021 Opera has returned to the Gateway City with the opening of Opera Theatre of St. Louis's 2021 festival season. As reviewer Eric Meyer noted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Palpable anticipation radiated from audience, staff and performers alike before the opening performance.” The first production of the season, Gianni Schicchi, is in the words
- [Barber: Vanessa](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/barber-vanessa/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" row_bg_type="color" color_row_height="content-height" bg_type="cover" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" row_top_style="none" row_bottom_style="none" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" row_padding_vertical="0" row_padding_horizontal="0" row_margin_vertical="0" remove_element_spacing="no" vertical_center="false" inner_column_height="col-natural" row_expanding="no" row_animation="none" row_animation_delay="0" minimize_row="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Barber: Vanessa [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_image image="1195" image_size="full" frame="noframe" caption_pos="hover" remove_rounded="yes" fullwidth="no" overflow_mode="none" link_target="_self" lightbox="no" intro_animation="none"
- [Un-Tár-nished](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/un-tar-nished/) - Films about classical music and the artists who inhabit this world are becoming all the rage. Over the past year, I have seen a documentary about Marin Alsop, learned of an upcoming biopic about Leonard Bernstein, and discovered the recently released Tár. I know of planned films about Mahler as well as a fictional movie
- [NOVEMBER 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2022/) - Finally, it was back to more-or-less regular music-making. Although one could still see signs of Covid with different restrictions in place at restaurants, in public gathering places, and in concert halls, everyone seemed happy to be back doing what they love. The first stop on a three-week tour was in Hannover, Germany. This northern city
- [JANUARY 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2018/) - “… and a Happy New Year!” Wasn’t 2017 fun? There was certainly no shortage of mind-numbing events and statements coming from all over the world. There are many days when I am grateful to be able to immerse myself in music, as if seeking refuge from elements of society that have gone off track. What
- [Critical Praise for “Bernstein's Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/critical-praise-for-bernsteins-philharmonic-a-centennial-festival/) - November 16, 2017 Leonard Slatkin's performances with the New York Philharmonic for the Leonard Bernstein centennial celebration were met with rave reviews. The program included Richard Strauss's Don Quixote, which Bernstein conducted in his 1943 Philharmonic debut, stepping in for the ailing Bruno Walter in a nationally broadcast concert that made him an overnight success.
- [BACH: Conductor's Transcriptions](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/bach-conductors-transcriptions/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" row_bg_type="color" color_row_height="content-height" bg_type="cover" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" row_top_style="none" row_bottom_style="none" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" row_padding_vertical="0" row_padding_horizontal="0" row_margin_vertical="0" remove_element_spacing="no" vertical_center="false" inner_column_height="col-natural" row_expanding="no" row_animation="none" row_animation_delay="0" minimize_row="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content element_name="BACH: Conductor's Transcriptions" title="BACH: Conductor's Transcriptions" type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] CORIGLIANO: Of Rage and Remembrance, Symphony No. 1 [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first
- [OCTOBER 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2022/) - In the month after my brother’s passing, much of what I accomplished was colored with loss. Although I was always able to do what was asked of me, there were moments of heaviness when I became distracted by wonderful memories of Fred’s life. But carry on we must. For the second time, it was my
- [International Violin Competition Finalists to Play with Slatkin and Indianapolis Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/six-finalists-of-international-violin-competition-to-play-with-slatkin-and-indianapolis-symphony/) - September 20, 2022 After eight days of competition, six musicians have advanced to the final round of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Each violinist will perform a concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Leonard Slatkin on Friday and Saturday, September 23-24, at 8 p.m. at the Hilbert Circle Theatre.
- [Slatkin Hosts Documentary about Classical Music Critic Sarah Bryan Miller](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-hosts-documentary-about-classical-music-critic-sarah-bryan-miller/) - September 15, 2022 Sarah Bryan Miller, who served for more than 20 years as the classical music critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is the subject of a new documentary, The Places Music Has Taken Me: An Unfinished Story of Sarah Bryan Miller. Known as “Bryan” to friends, family, and colleagues, Miller died of cancer
- [Frederick Zlotkin, 1947-2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/a-few-words-about-fred/) - My brother, Fred, did not know that I was writing a chapter about him for inclusion in a future book, recounting events from many years ago. I meant for this to be a surprise, possibly not sharing it with him until publication. However, on September 1, 2022, at the age of 75, he passed away
- [Frederick Zlotkin, 1947-2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/frederick-zlotkin-1947-2022/) - September 2, 2022 With a heavy heart, Leonard Slatkin announces the death of his brother, Frederick Zlotkin, a wonderful father, musician, and friend. The American cellist Frederick Zlotkin was born on March 10, 1947, in Los Angeles. He was the son of violinist and conductor Felix Slatkin and cellist Eleanor Aller. Frederick began his cello
- [SEPTEMBER 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2022/) - As planned, August was a relatively quiet month for music-making. In fact, my only scheduled appearance was in Chicago, where I helped celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Flute Association at their annual convention. In addition to conducting five works for various flutes and orchestra at Symphony Center, I also gave the conference’s keynote
- [SEPTEMBER 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2022/) - As planned, August was a relatively quiet month for music-making. In fact, my only scheduled appearance was in Chicago, where I helped celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Flute Association at their annual convention. In addition to conducting five works for various flutes and orchestra at Symphony Center, I also gave the conference’s keynote
- [AUGUST 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2022/) - Quite some time ago, I planned for this summer to be one of peace and quiet, with very little conducting and a lot of time to focus on other projects. For the most part, this is working out well. On the book front, I have nearly completed a fourth volume of my writings. Primarily a
- [Slatkin to Conduct New York Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-conduct-new-york-philharmonic-at-bravo-vail/) - July 11, 2022 Leonard Slatkin will conduct two programs with the New York Philharmonic at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, the orchestra's summer home-away-from-home since 2003. The first concert, on July 26, features Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and cellist Zlatomir Fung performing Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. The second concert, on July 27, is a
- [JULY 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2022/) - For a complete change of pace, I decided to take most of the summer off, starting in June and going through mid-September. I agreed to participate in a couple isolated events, but they are not with the usual suspects. One of them occurred in early June. I was sitting around, working on the two books—yes,
- [New Album Release: Jeff Beal's Paper Lined Shack](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-album-release-jeff-beals-paper-lined-shack/) - June 24, 2022 Today marks the release of The Paper Lined Shack on Supertrain Records. The album features Leonard Slatkin conducting the Eastman Philharmonia and soprano Hila Plitmann in Jeff Beal's song cycle inspired by the diary of Beal's great-grandmother Della, a widow who raised her family on a ten-acre farm in Idaho. Beal's composition was
- [Slatkin Named Principal Guest Conductor of Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-named-principal-guest-conductor-of-orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria/) - June 15, 2022 The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria has announced the three-year appointment of Leonard Slatkin as Principal Guest Conductor. Slatkin made his debut with the orchestra this past April. “It was a truly memorable experience to make music with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria,” Slatkin stated. “This is a fantastic ensemble, responsive
- [JUNE 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2022/) - With the musical season winding down and summer almost upon us, my last conducting dates took place on behalf of others. Let me explain. In mid-April, I received a call from the Rhode Island Philharmonic asking if I were available to stand in for Bramwell Tovey to conduct the final concerts of their subscription series.
- [MAY 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2022/) - Highs and lows dominated the opening of the spring season. My old globe-trotting ways have returned, but numerous restrictions, protocols, and health checks made parts of the journey burdensome. I was in Europe at the end of March, having conducted a fine concert in Dublin. It was a luxury to be able to stay in
- [“Music for Peace” with the Hiroshima Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/music-for-peace-with-the-hiroshima-symphony/) - April 21, 2022 Under the banner of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra's “Music for Peace” initiative and in recognition of the organization's 50th anniversary as a professional ensemble, Leonard Slatkin leads a program featuring Mahler's Symphony No. 6 on Saturday, April 23, at 3 p.m. in Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen Hall. “It is an honor for me to conduct
- [Michael Neidorff](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/michael-neidorff/) - Accompanied by my future husband, I first met Michael in April of 2010, in St. Louis. The occasion was the Cardinals' season opener at Busch Stadium where we were treated to two fabulous box seats. Also on the agenda was a tour of the Botanical Garden where I snapped the picture below, my absolute favorite
- [Grammy Nomination for Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/grammy-nomination-for-leonard-slatkin-and-the-detroit-symphony-orchestra/) - [spb_boxed_content type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] November 28, 2017 Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have been nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Best Orchestral Performance category for the recording of Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches. Voting by members of the Recording Academy begins December 7 and ends
- [APRIL 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2022/) - Usually, when I begin writing these monthly essays, I have a pretty good idea as to how they will be structured. The beginning and end are clear, and all that I need to do is fill up the space in between. But March was different, in so many ways. If there was one thought that
- [MARCH 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2022/) - Musicians are wondering what they can do in the wake of the brutal invasion of Ukraine. And the answer is, not much. With my father’s side of the family being from that region of the world, this provocation hits close to home. My friends, Russian and Ukrainian alike, are distraught and united in their support
- [New Album Release on Naxos: “Slatkin Conducts Slatkin”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-album-release-on-naxos-slatkin-conducts-slatkin/) - February 11, 2022 Today marks the release of a very personal project honoring three generations of the Slatkin family. Slatkin Conducts Slatkin featuring the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, and Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin is now available on Naxos Records.
- [New Episodes of “The Slatkin Shuffle” and “American Musical Journey” on Classic 107.3](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-episodes-of-the-slatkin-shuffle-and-american-musical-journey-on-classic-107-3/) - January 20, 2022 This weekend, American Musical Journey, Slatkin's radio program about the evolution of music in the United States, moves into a new time slot on Classic 107.3 FM—Sundays at 12 p.m. Central. In this series, Slatkin traces the chronology of American music from the Revolutionary War to present day, exploring the paths that led
- [“Slatkin Conducts Slatkin” Album Available for Pre-Order](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-slatkin-album-available-for-pre-order/) - February 2, 2022 Leonard Slatkin's latest recording, Slatkin Conducts Slatkin, is now available for pre-order in advance of its official release on February 11. The album features the Detroit Symphony Orchestra playing Slatkin's compositions Endgames and Kinah, and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra performing The Raven with narrator Alec Baldwin. It also includes In Fields by his son, Daniel Slatkin,
- [“Slatkin Conducts Slatkin” Album Available for Pre-Order](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-slatkin-album-available-for-pre-order/) - February 2, 2022 Leonard Slatkin's latest recording, Slatkin Conducts Slatkin, is now available for pre-order in advance of its official release on February 11. The album features the Detroit Symphony Orchestra playing Slatkin's compositions Endgames and Kinah, and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra performing The Raven with narrator Alec Baldwin. It also includes In Fields by his son, Daniel Slatkin,
- [FEBRUARY 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2022/) - Another month, another period of no conducting. There was a time when I would have been quite happy to write those words, but as the pandemic drags on, a degree of frustration is kicking in. I only had one date scheduled for January. I was supposed to work with the students at Carnegie Mellon in
- [JULY 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 8](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2020-recovery-edition-part-8/) - Slatkin proposes that orchestras make as much of their recorded material available to the public for free.
- [Naxos to Release “Slatkin Conducts Slatkin” Album on February 11](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/naxos-to-release-slatkin-conducts-slatkin-album-on-february-11/) - January 5, 2022 Naxos Records has announced a release date of February 11 for Leonard Slatkin's latest recording, Slatkin Conducts Slatkin. The album features works written by generations of Slatkin's musical family, beginning with three of his own compositions: Endgames, a whimsical concertino grosso for woodwind ensemble and strings played by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; The Raven,
- [JANUARY 2022](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2022/) - Happy New Year! Just when we thought nothing was worse than 2020, good old Father Time reminded us that he still had some tricks up his sleeve. December ended quietly for Cindy and me. The only conducting I did was a set of holiday concerts in Lyon and Aix-en-Provence. Originally, we had planned to do
- [DECEMBER 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2021/) - It has been three years since I stepped down from my more-than-40-year role as a music director. Having held this position with orchestras both in the States and Europe, I covered a lot of musical ground and accumulated a planeload of airline miles. Some people believe I have retired from conducting, but that is hardly
- [Slatkin Makes Debut with MÁV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-makes-debut-with-mav-symphony-orchestra-in-budapest/) - November 19, 2021 Leonard Slatkin is in Budapest working with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra, marking his first time conducting a Hungarian orchestra in his fifty-year career. He will lead the orchestra in John Corigliano's Elegy, the Suite in F-sharp Minor by Ernst von Dohnányi, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” at the Franz Liszt Academy
- [NOVEMBER 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2021/) - It was homecoming month for me, with three of the five orchestras I led as music director on the docket. Over three consecutive weeks I conducted in St. Louis, Detroit, and Lyon. Only D.C. and the BBC were missing. But these three reunions were certainly enough to reestablish longstanding connections. Now that we reside close
- [Naxos to Release Complete Leroy Anderson Box Set](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/naxos-to-release-complete-leroy-anderson-box-set/) - November 2, 2021 This month, Naxos Records will release a five-CD box set of Leroy Anderson's complete orchestral works as recorded by Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Rigorously trained in the classical tradition, Anderson wrote tunes that topped the pop charts, making compositions such as Sleigh Ride and The Typewriter world famous. This first
- [Orchestre National de Lyon Triumphs in the States](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/orchestre-national-de-lyon-triumphs-in-the-states/) - March 6, 2017 The Orchestre National de Lyon's six-concert, six-city tour of the United States was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews. From Carnegie Hall to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the orchestra lived up to its reputation as “probably the most refined ensemble of the world” (The Guardian). “Orchestre National de Lyon Soars with
- [SEPTEMBER 2021: Birthday Edition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2021-birthday-edition/) - Birthdays seem to come more frequently these days. And those of the past are getting more difficult to remember. Where was I last year at this time? There were certainly lots of well-wishers, and my inbox was fuller than usual. 77 is a number that conjures up nothing. Okay, there was that TV show (77
- [Slatkin Conducts Two Productions with Opera Theatre of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-two-productions-with-opera-theatre-of-st-louis/) - May 20, 2021 Opera Theatre of St. Louis brings its 2021 season outdoors at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the campus of Webster University. The festival begins with the May 22nd opening of Puccini’s comic opera in one act, Gianni Schicchi, a masterpiece of legal hijinks and family dysfunction. Highway 1, U.S.A., a long-neglected opera by
- [Leonard Slatkin Turns 75](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-turns-75/) - September 1, 2019 Today is Leonard Slatkin's 75th birthday, a milestone he will celebrate with family, friends, and fans at Busch Stadium as he throws out the ceremonial first pitch at this afternoon's Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds baseball game. Friends in the classical music industry have posted birthday greetings online at ClassicalSource on a special tribute
- [Rave Reviews for GRAMMY-Nominated Copland Recording](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rave-reviews-for-grammy-nominated-copland-recording/) - Leonard Slatkin's recording with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra of Copland's Billy the Kid and Grohg has garnered widespread critical acclaim.
- [Slatkin Arrives in Lyon to Conduct Two Programs](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-arrives-in-lyon-to-conduct-two-programs/) - October 19, 2021 Leonard Slatkin is back in Europe for the first time since the global pandemic began. This week he returns to France, where he holds the title of Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon. The ONL will perform two programs featuring Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, Rabaud's La Procession nocturne, and John
- [Slatkin Conducts Two World Premieres in Detroit](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-two-world-premieres-in-detroit/) - October 15, 2021 Music Director Laureate Leonard Slatkin returns to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducting Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and two world premieres: Samuel Adler's Mirror Images and Joseph Schwantner's Violin Concerto with soloist Yevgeny Kutick. The concerts take place Friday, October 15 at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 16 at 8 p.m. at
- [Slatkin Premieres “Brahmsiana” with The Orchestra Now](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-premieres-brahmsiana-with-the-orchestra-now/) - September 16, 2021 Leonard Slatkin will lead the world premiere of Brahmsiana, his arrangement of Brahms melodies, with The Orchestra Now (TŌN) at Bard College's Fisher Center. “There are compelling reasons to recast pieces of music, perhaps most importantly, to bring them to a broader public through performance by soloists and ensembles other than those for which
- [“Made in America” with SLSO at Powell Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/made-in-america-with-slso-at-powell-hall/) - October 7, 2021 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin takes the stage this weekend for a program that travels backwards in time to get three very different views of America. The performances on October 9 and 10 feature Joan Tower's Made in America, William Bolcom's Violin Concerto with soloist David Halen, and Béla Bartók's Concerto for
- [OCTOBER 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2021/) - Excitement was in the air, anticipation was high, and apprehension abounded. This was how the new season of music began in a time of confusion. Everyone had so hoped that we would be back to what we knew before the pandemic, but caution remained the watchword of the day. I reflected on what has brought
- [Slatkin Launches New Book, “Classical Crossroads”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-launches-new-book-classical-crossroads/) - September 13, 2021 This week marks the publication of Leonard's third book, Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century, available September 15 from Rowman & Littlefield and anywhere books are sold. Leonard recently sat down with Paul Schankman of HEC-TV to discuss the new book, in which he reflects on the modern evolution of classical music
- [AUGUST 2021: A Tale of Two Orchestras](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2021-a-tale-of-two-orchestras/) - As the summer broiled along, I participated in two music festivals. Both involved a combination of professional and student musicians, but that was pretty much where the similarities ended. I have been going to Aspen since 1964, and it is safe to say that my path as a conductor began there. Much has changed. There
- [Slatkin at Taipei Music Academy & Festival SF](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-at-taipei-music-academy-festival-san-francisco/) - July 7, 2021 Leonard Slatkin will work with young musicians aged 15 to 30 as a faculty member of the 2021 Taipei Music Academy & Festival. Originally scheduled to take place on the campus of the National Taipei University of the Arts, the program has been moved to the San Francisco Conservatory due to increased
- [Author Event: An Evening with Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/author-event-an-evening-with-maestro-leonard-slatkin/) - August 2, 2021 Tickets are now on sale for the St. Louis County Library's Author Series kickoff event—a special evening with conductor, composer, and author Leonard Slatkin. Slatkin will discuss his third book, Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century, with John Clare, CEO and general manager at Classic 107.3 FM.
- [JULY 2021: Season Rollout Edition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2021-season-rollout-edition/) - Most of you who read these monthly musings know that I am big on preserving the heritage and legacy of composers from the United States. Our tradition is rich and full. There was a time when many of these creators were heroes, part of the ongoing march of cultural history. It is important to understand
- [Leonard Slatkin Joins the Arabella Arts Roster](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-joins-the-arabella-arts-roster/) - July 8, 2021 The classical management agency Arabella Arts has announced exclusive representation of world-renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. “I am thrilled to be working with my dear friend Stefana Atlas and the amazing talents at Arabella Arts,” Slatkin affirmed. “Different ideas and approaches are needed at
- [Leonard Slatkin Returns to the Aspen Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-returns-to-the-aspen-festival/) - June 23, 2021 Leonard Slatkin will conduct the Aspen Chamber Symphony in a concert featuring pianist Inon Barnatan on July 2, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. MT in the Benedict Music Tent. Two Beethoven monuments kick off the season’s first Aspen Chamber Symphony concert, with African-American composer Julia Perry’s A Short Piece for Orchestra opening the
- [JULY 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2021/) - Although we have not yet arrived at the “dog days of summer,” temperatures have been warm enough to cause some of us to wonder when they will hit the century mark. Meanwhile, much of the world has started returning to regular performance routines. I am going to write about two main points in this month’s
- [Acclaim for William Grant Still's “Highway 1, U.S.A.” at Opera Theatre of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/acclaim-for-william-grant-stills-highway-1-u-s-a-at-opera-theatre-of-st-louis/) - June 4, 2021 OTSL resurrects a seldom-performed opera by William Grant Still, regarded as “the dean of African-American composers.” Highway 1, U.S.A. is an intimate, one-act work with a sweeping score that blends elements of Romanticism, blues, and musical theater. Its story centers on filling-station owner Bob, his wife Mary, and Bob's ungrateful brother, Nate. As Seth Colter
- [JUNE 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2021/) - If it’s June, it must be time for opera. Or at least that is how it usually works in St. Louis. In 1976, a group of passionate advocates for the artform got together and decided it was time for the city to have its own company. Their first foray was a success, and Opera Theatre
- [NEA Funding for “The Slatkin Shuffle” on Classic 107.3 FM](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/9260-2/) - May 13, 2021 The National Endowment for the Arts announced yesterday that Radio Arts Foundation will be the recipient of a Grant for Arts Projects in the category of music. The NEA awards these grants to promote “public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of excellent art,
- [MAY 2021: Getting in Shape Edition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2021-getting-in-shape-edition/) - Looking at me, you would never know that I was once a skinny, underweight teenager. And before that, back in the ’50s, I was served a malted milk a day to get my girth up to snuff. Those days are long gone. With the ever-present battle of the bulge raging, the pandemic provided an opportunity
- [SEPTEMBER 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2017/) - Finally, a relatively quiet month. I did not conduct one note, write a piece of music or play anything on the piano. Okay, there was some studying, as a few new works are on the horizon, but a real vacation was in order, and I took advantage of this rare occurrence. After the success of
- [MAY 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2021/) - A little over a month after returning to the podium, I have been struck by how various orchestras are dealing with rehearsing and presenting concerts. In the past, a conductor could just show up, ask how long the orchestra could rehearse before taking a break, and try to accomplish the goals for the day. Now
- [Slatkin Continues Musical Journey with SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-continues-musical-journey-at-powell-hall/) - April 21, 2021 In a time of limited travel, Leonard Slatkin takes listeners across the globe. Englishman Benjamin Britten writes an ode to his mentor—music that dances, sings, sobs, and celebrates; the SLSO’s Erin Schreiber finds the folk-like, Romani spark at the heart of Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane; and Alberto Ginastera sings the songs of his
- [Slatkin Returns to Detroit April 15-16](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-detroit/) - April 7, 2021 Celebrating ten years of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts, Leonard Slatkin returns to conduct two concerts featuring works by William Grant Still, Alberto Ginastera, Gerald Finzi, Jennifer Higdon, and Ernest Bloch. Thursday, April 15 STILL/arr. Slatkin: Little Folk Suites GINASTERA: Concerto for Strings LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm
- [Slatkin Steps in at Rhode Island Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-steps-in-at-rhode-island-philharmonic/) - April 6, 2021 Leonard Slatkin will return to Rhode Island this week to fill in for conductor Bramwell Tovey in a program featuring Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances, Wagner's Siegfied Idyll, and Jon Kimura Parker performing Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 21 (the Elvira Madigan concerto). The concert will be live-streamed on Saturday, April 10th, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Purchase a livestream
- [APRIL 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2021/) - “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” —Thomas Jefferson Sometimes, purely by accident, circumstances put us in a place where we are convinced that coincidence is also part of fate. Such was the case as Cindy and I headed off on our first real trip in
- [APRIL 1, 2021](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-1-2021/) - “The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, like most large ensembles, has been forced by Covid rules to play with fewer musicians on stage, in an empty hall, effectively as a chamber orchestra. As they were rehearsing, the players realized this was the first time in its history that the orchestra was appearing without a conductor.” —Slipped Disc,
- [Slatkin Conducts Rhode Island Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-rhode-island-philharmonic/) - March 16, 2021 Leonard Slatkin returns to the stage for live concerts with the Rhode Island Philharmonic on Saturday, March 20. The program includes Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending with violinist Jennifer Frautschi, the First Symphony of 18th-century Black French composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Cindy McTee's Adagio, and Percy Grainger’s arrangement
- [MARCH 2021: Recovery Edition, Part 30](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2021-recovery-edition-part-30/) - “My music is best understood by children and animals.” —Igor Stravinsky Time to get back on the horse. Five months after my end-of-summer podium appearance in Frontier Park, I found myself wondering if I could still conduct. This was not on account of any ailment or indisposition but rather because I would soon be returning
- [FEBRUARY 2021: Recovery Edition, Part 29](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2021-recovery-edition-part-29/) - “Having a routine that bordered on stagnancy had its benefits.” —Clive Barker, The Scarlet Gospels Those of you who are performers know that we typically had no patterns when it came to a daily schedule. Rehearsals and concerts would occur at any time. This variability affected virtually all our regimens, including diet and family. We settled
- [New Recording Release: Kastalsky's Requiem](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/naxos-releases-recording-of-kastalskys-requiem/) - August 28, 2020 The world-premiere recording of Alexander Kastalsky’s Requiem for Fallen Brothers was released by Naxos Records in its complete and revised, 17-movement version for orchestra, choir, and soloists. The album—which was recorded live in Washington National Cathedral on October 21, 2018, during a performance commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armistice—features the combined forces
- [American Panorama, a DSO Winter Music Festival, February 5-26](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/american-panorama-a-dso-winter-music-festival-february-5-26/) - January 10, 2019 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra reprises its annual Winter Music Festival tradition for a sixth installment, this year celebrating the symphonic repertoire and wide-ranging musical spirit of the United States. American Panorama, a three-week festival from February 5 to 26, includes more than two dozen concerts and events in Orchestra Hall and The
- [The Orchestre National de Lyon Triumphs in Berlin and Beyond](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-onl-triumphs-in-berlin-and-leipzig/) - November 9, 2018 The Orchestra National de Lyon's concerts in Berlin and Leipzig were met with standing ovations from audiences and rave reviews from critics. Under the baton of Directeur Musical Honoraire Leonard Slatkin, the orchestra is touring Germany through November 13, performing in a total of six cities. “Dream and Wonder: Berlin Guest Performance
- [DSO to Honor Music Director Leonard Slatkin at Annual Heroes Gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-to-honor-music-director-leonard-slatkin-at-annual-heroes-gala/) - June 6, 2018 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will honor philanthropists Penny & Harold Blumenstein and Music Director Leonard Slatkin at the eighth annual Heroes Gala and Benefit Concert on Saturday, June 23. Proceeds from the gala will support the DSO’s commitment to transforming the lives of young people through music education. Teddy Abrams, music director of
- [DSO Kicks off February French Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-kicks-off-february-french-festival/) - February 4, 2018 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's fifth annual winter music festival will celebrate the music and culture of France, including six Orchestra Hall concerts conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin. “Le Max” (Midtown Detroit’s Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center) will buzz with additional special events, unique food and drink options, and
- [Slatkin Leads Peabody Symphony Orchestra with Soloist Marina Piccinini](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-leads-peabody-symphony-orchestra-with-soloist-marina-piccinini/) - April 12, 2017 Leonard Slatkin will conduct the Peabody Symphony Orchestra at Johns Hopkins University in a concert featuring renowned flutist Marina Piccinini. The program includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, Aaron Jay Kernis's Concerto for Flute, which Slatkin and Piccinini premiered last season with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Elgar's Enigma Variations. This free event
- [Now Available on Naxos: Ravel's “Antar”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/now-available-on-naxos-ravels-antar/) - April 6, 2017 Naxos has released the next installment in the Orchestre National de Lyon's Ravel cycle with the premiere recording of Antar. Ravel's colorfully re-orchestrated selections from works by Rimsky-Korsakov have been revived and reconstructed alongside a new text (written by Amin Maalouf and narrated by André Dussollier) that symbolizes the romance and chivalric spirit
- [FEBRUARY 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2017/) - Is there a point in music when the phrase “too much of a good thing” applies? Certainly not when it comes to Mozart. The great Austrian was the focus of our Winter Music Festival, previously inhabited by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Brahms. But there was also a week when the DSO played out in the neighborhoods,
- [Slatkin Conducts Tchaikovsky Symphony Cycle in Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-tchaikovsky-symphony-cycle-in-lyon/) - November 16, 2016 As part of the Orchestre National de Lyon's four-week Russian Festival, Leonard Slatkin leads the orchestra in all six of Tchaikovsky's symphonies over the course of three concerts: Thursday, November 17 @ 8:00 pm TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Daydreams” TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 Tuesday, November 22 @ 8:00 pm TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony
- [DSO Presents Three-Week Mozart Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-presents-three-week-mozart-festival/) - January 9, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's fourth annual Winter Music Festival will be a three-week celebration of Mozart's masterpieces and influence. The festival kicks off on Thursday, January 19, and concludes on Sunday, February 5. The festival (#MozartFest) is anchored by DSO performances of six different programs in Orchestra Hall conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin.
- [Detroit Welcomes the 2017 League of American Orchestras Conference](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/detroit-welcomes-the-2017-league-of-american-orchestras-conference/) - June 13, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcomes next year's League of American Orchestras National Conference to Detroit, June 6-8, 2017. This premier event for orchestra professionals across the country provides a forum for emerging practices and innovation. The conference offers opportunities to learn about and test new ideas, solve problems, acquire new skills, and
- [Rave Reviews for DSO's Copland Release on Naxos](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rave-reviews-for-dsos-copland-release-on-naxos/) - July 13, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's latest release on the Naxos label is Aaron Copland's iconic Symphony No. 3, recorded with the composer's original coda intact. Reviews of the new recording have been overwhelmingly positive, with critics admiring Maestro Slatkin's pacing, the orchestral balance, and the poignant, expressive playing of the DSO musicians. ***
- [MAY 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2016/) - The end of a grueling, nine-week global schedule finished up with gusto and subtlety. We literally traveled around the world during these past two months, winding up in Tokyo for a most wonderful three-week stay. Prior to that, there was much to do in Lyon. The two weeks spent there contained a number of concerts and
- [MARCH 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march/) - Whew! That was exhausting. It was a good thing that February contained one extra day, as I needed any break possible. It all started back in Lyon, with a program that would also be played in Paris. As many of you may know, the Auditorium is blessed with a fantastic organ, recently restored. And as
- [JANUARY 2021: Recovery Edition, Part 28](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2021-recovery-edition-part-28/) - “Normalcy is not interesting.” —Lindsay Lohan Hallelujah! 2021 has arrived, perhaps a bit more slowly than any of us would have preferred. And with it comes a very slight degree of optimism. Many believe that things could not get much worse, but that remains to be seen. Vaccine distribution has signaled a possible return to
- [JANUARY 2021: Wellness Initiative](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2021-wellness-initiative/) - “You can't fix yourself out of a mental health issue. You can't wake up and say, ‘Today I'm not being depressed!’ It's a process to get well, but there is recovery.” —Margaret Trudeau When I received a request from violinist Holly Mulcahy to write about what music we might use to improve mental health as
- [DECEMBER 2020: What I Did on My Spring, Summer, and Fall Vacation](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2020-what-i-did-on-my-spring-summer-and-fall-vacation/) - “My best vacation is somewhere I could hide, somewhere warm and not a lot of people around.” —Derek Jeter Ah, Derek. You got your wish. As we come to the end of this decade, which has taken place in less than one year, it seems like a good idea to take stock of what has
- [DECEMBER 2020](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2020/) - For your listening pleasure this holiday season, I am happy to share Inspired Themes from the Inspired Films, an album arranged and conducted by my father, Felix Slatkin, in 1962. The recording features twelve tracks from the great biblical epics. On one of them, my parents are the violin and cello soloists, marking the only
- [Slatkin Receives 35th GRAMMY Nomination](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-receives-35th-grammy-nomination/) - Leonard Slatkin is nominated for a 2021 GRAMMY in the Best Choral Performance category for the recording of Kastalsky's Requiem
- [NOVEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 27](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-recovery-edition-part-27/) - “I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” —Erma Bombeck All of a sudden, there is a break in the gloom. For the first time in quite a while, people are actually starting to believe there will be a future. Perhaps for that reason, many are still acting irresponsibly. More on that
- [NOVEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 26](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2020-recovery-edition-part-26/) - Amidst all the furor during this election season, it has been easy to forget that the tiny world of classical music has its own battles to fight. For a few days, COVID-19 has not been top of mind, even as cases in the United States have reached all-time highs that increase on a daily basis.
- [NOVEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Election Day Special](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2020-recovery-edition-election-day-special/) - With lines stretching for blocks, waiting times of more than eight hours, and many ballots cast early, either in person or by mail, voter turnout is of historic proportions despite all the chaos and turmoil of 2020. With that in mind, we sometimes forget that we are voting not only for president, but also for
- [OCTOBER 2020: Recovery Edition, A Side Trip](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2020-recovery-edition-a-side-trip/) - Whatever happened to the calm before the storm? As I write this, we are about a week away from the election, or as I prefer to call it, “Waiting for the Seventh Trumpet.” Any diversion of attention is welcome during this time, and some charming events took place this past weekend. Not that any of
- [Slatkin Awarded Prix Charbonnier](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/federation-of-alliances-francaises-awards-prix-charbonnier-to-slatkin/) - October 22, 2020 On Saturday, October 24, the Federation of Alliances Françaises will present its most prestigious award, the Prix Charbonnier, to internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin. The award ceremony is among the capstone events of the Federation’s 2020 Annual Convention, this year held online for constituents of the more than 100 Alliance Française chapters
- [OCTOBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 25](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2020-recovery-edition-part-25/) - “Every step of life shows much caution is required.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe During the more than half a year of pandemic shutdowns, I have spent a lot of time dwelling on what others should or should not be doing. Whether addressing matters concerning performers, administrators, or audiences, my observations and suggestions have come from
- [OCTOBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 22](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2020-recovery-edition-part-22/) - “Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.” —Stephen Colbert The Lone Ranger. Batwoman. The Green Hornet. Iván Fischer. What do they all have in common? They wear a mask when they perform. Get used to the sight. Many musicians around the world have adopted the facial covering as ensembles try and come
- [OCTOBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 24](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2020-recovery-edition-part-24/) - “Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.” —Jean-Paul Sartre In recent weeks, there has been a lot of news about orchestras settling contracts, some for up to five years. This is a very encouraging sign, as security for the musicians has been hard to calculate during this shutdown. One must
- [OCTOBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 23](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2020-recovery-edition-part-23/) - “It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, ‘As pretty as an airport.’” ―Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul One of the fingernail-biting experiences in life is watching the scoreboard as the last day of the regular baseball season approaches. Will your team get to
- [Slatkin Writes “Road to Recovery” Series](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-writes-road-to-recovery-series/) - Slatkin's series of journal entries on the road to recovery for the orchestra industry is available on his website.
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 17](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-recovery-edition-part-17/) - “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” —Peter Drucker Our strange journey to a destination still unknown has been a bumpy ride so far. Musicians and orchestra staff have hit a stumbling block completely unlike the shutdowns that occur with strikes and lockdowns. Somehow, most have
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 16](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-16/) - “The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I want it out.” —Prince It is a late afternoon on a Thursday, sometime in mid-September. Sam and Janet are contemplating what to do that night. Sam: “I’m beat. Those kids at the office
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 15 (10:20 a.m., Aug. 18)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-15-1020-a-m-aug-18/) - “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” —Harlan Ellison In 1998, the author of the quote above was given a task from the creator of the television series The X-Files. I have a writing exercise for you. I’d like you to
- [JUNE 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 1](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2020-recovery-edition-part-1/) - Slatkin provides a potential chamber-orchestra model as the world copes with COVID-19.
- [JUNE 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 2](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2020-recovery-edition-part-2/) - Leonard Slatkin elaborates on a potential model for returning to the concert hall during the COVID-19 recovery process.
- [JUNE 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 3](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2020-recovery-edition-part-3/) - Leonard Slatkin opines on the process of returning to the concert hall during the COVID-19 recovery phase.
- [JUNE 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 4](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-road-to-recovery-part-4/) - Leonard Slatkin shares his outlook on the fall of 2020 and offers advice to conductors
- [JUNE 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 5](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2020-recovery-edition-part-5/) - Leonard Slatkin points out the effects of the ongoing pandemic on American orchestras of all sizes.
- [JULY 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 6](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2020-recovery-edition-part-6/) - Leonard Slatkin suggests that classical musicians have come to an important crossroad during this pandemic and must consider their options.
- [JULY 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 7](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2020-recovery-edition-part-7/) - Leonard Slatkin shares his latest thoughts on coping with the pandemic.
- [JULY 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 9](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2020-recovery-edition-part-9/) - Slatkin ponders travel restrictions and potential quarantines for guest artists in the fall of 2020.
- [JULY 2020: National Pastime Edition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2020-national-pastime-edition/) - Slatkin plays the role of announcer in this satire on the 2020 season for the St. Louis Cardinals during the pandemic.
- [JULY 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 10](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2020-recovery-edition-part-10-2/) - Slatkin advocates for engaging audiences through recorded concert archives
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 11](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-11/) - Slatkin addresses the issue of staff cuts in arts organizations due to COVID-19 cancellations.
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 12](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-12/) - Slatkin ponders the process of re-establishing orchestral sound once orchestras can reconvene after a long absence due to the global pandemic.
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 12](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-12/) - Slatkin ponders the process of re-establishing orchestral sound once orchestras can reconvene after a long absence due to the global pandemic.
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 13](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-13/) - Slatkin explains the process of getting a COVID-19 test before a routine medical procedure.
- [AUGUST 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 14](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2020-recovery-edition-part-14/) - Slatkin considers the many unknowns surrounding the upcoming concert season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 18](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-recovery-edition-part-18/) - “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” —Mark Twain Do you remember radio? Fifty-one years ago I was driving from St. Louis to Oberlin on July 19th. It was a cloudless evening when I heard the voice of Neil Armstrong as he descended the ladder and then stepped foot
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 19](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-recovery-edition-part-19/) - “If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.” —Mandy Patinkin There was a catchphrase used by a company that manufactured recording products. “Is it live or is it Memorex?” That firm must be in a total state of confusion these days. We have come to the time when
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 20](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-recovery-edition-part-20/) - “I was never less alone than when by myself.” —Edward Gibbon On March 11, 2020, I stepped off the podium at Orchestra Hall in Detroit. The strains of “Oh, Fortuna,” as interpreted by Carl Orff in his Carmina Burana, were the last notes I would lead for ... no one knew how long at the
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 21](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-recovery-edition-part-21/) - “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” —Benjamin Franklin Each of us has a misgiving or two about social networking. Although as a society our daily lives have included this form of communication, very rarely are thoughts expressed that offer potential solutions to the dilemmas facing our
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Recovery Edition, Part 21](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-recovery-edition-part-21/) - “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” —Benjamin Franklin Each of us has a misgiving or two about social networking. Although as a society our daily lives have included this form of communication, very rarely are thoughts expressed that offer potential solutions to the dilemmas facing our
- [SEPTEMBER 2020: Potholes Edition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2020-potholes-edition/) - “The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.” —Walter Lippmann We have a lot to discuss this time around. Arts, politics, society, and health have all intersected, at least for me.
- [MID-SEPTEMBER 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-september-2007/) - Originally, I had only planned to write once a month, summarizing activities that had occurred previously. But the first few weeks of September have had a couple of nice surprises that I felt were worth sharing early. The recording industry has been in something of a downturn, but there are signs that the situation may
- [JULY 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2007/) - The month of June has been quite exciting for me. First, we wrapped up the subscription season of the NSO with the premiere of a harp concerto. The soloist was the orchestra's principal harpist, Dotian Levalier, who played with great feeling and panache. The piece is by Mark Adamo, who is primarily known as an
- [DECEMBER 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2007/) - Another whirlwind month has come to a close. There are times when I am not sure that it is possible to keep up with the calendar. And traveling these days is certainly not one of life’s greatest pleasures. The first two weeks of November were spent with the Royal Philharmonic. For the first time in
- [NOVEMBER 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2007/) - Well, October was certainly a busy month. In Washington, at the NSO, we began the subscription season. Beethoven 9 was up first. It is amazing how my thoughts of this work have changed over the years. Time was when the last movement was the only one worth listening to. But now, the drama and tension
- [OCTOBER 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2007/) - On Changes in Life By now, most of you will have learned of my recent appointment as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony. Between the positions that I am completing and the ones that are coming up, it is even confusing to me. So let's summarize. I have just ended my three-year stint at the
- [SEPTEMBER 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2007/) - The summer season is winding down and orchestras all over the world are gearing up for a busy fall. For me, most of August was spent in Aspen, Colorado. Having been a student there from 1964, I have certainly seen not only the city, but the School and Festival change dramatically. What were once small,
- [AUGUST 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2007/) - Greetings from Aspen, Colorado! It is lovely here, as usual, but with a bit more rain that expected. July turned out to be a very exciting month. In my position as Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl (a Guinness record for length of titled position), I spend almost three
- [JUNE 2007](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2007/) - Two years have past since we launched this site providing immediate access to an array of information pertaining to my concerts, recordings and activities, yet it does not seem complete without your first finding a greeting or note of welcome from me. So, here's my first try at it. Let me thank all of you
- [MID-DECEMBER 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-december-2008/) - Usually these columns are devoted to what has occurred over the course of one month, occasionally veering off into something unusual. However, events of this past week almost certainly demand a special edition of their own, so here it is. It is difficult to know what has been more important, moving or even fun. After
- [DECEMBER 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2008/) - Another month filled with travel and good music making. When I think about my original plan, no permanent orchestra and just guest conducting, I now realize that this kind of schedule would have been too grueling. But it is still nice to see both familiar and new faces once in a while. The month started
- [OCTOBER 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2008/) - September is usually a very busy month. There are seasons to open and I usually have to be right in the thick of things. But this year it is a bit different. After having spent the first week packing up and moving music and belongings up to Detroit, I started the concert calendar at Indiana
- [OCTOBER 2008: Far East Diary](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2008-far-east-diary/) - Oct. 1: An 11-hour flight to get to Shanghai from London. It is mild here, and our hotel is located about a half-mile from the Arts Center. That venue was the host site for a small dinner this evening. So my first meal was not of Chinese food, but French! Walked around a bit and
- [NOVEMBER 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2008/) - With the Far East tour completed, the remainder of October was devoted to a bit more traditional fare, at least as far as my own concerts were concerned. But still, not having conducted my own orchestra in Detroit, it still did not feel as if the season had really started. At least the first date
- [SEPTEMBER 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2008/) - Another long orchestral season has come to a close and it is time to start gearing up for a busy 2008-2009 year. August saw a string of concerts in three venues, but with lots of travel involved. I started off in Detroit. For many years, the orchestra's summer home was at the Meadowbrook Music Festival,
- [AUGUST 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2008/) - Summertime and the livin' is, well, not as easy as it should be. July started off as planned with a trip to Nashville. Conducting on the 4th of this month is always an interesting experience, no matter where you are. I have done concerts all over the U.S. as well as a few in Europe.
- [JULY 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2008/) - And so it ends. June saw my final concerts as music director of the National Symphony. These occupied most of the month and, as you can imagine, was a highly charged three weeks. But there was almost as much packed into the first week as well. Since 1974, it has been my privilege to conduct
- [JUNE 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2008/) - It seems as if this season will go on for quite some time. Between the travel and not really getting any vacation, some of the weeks can get tiring. But almost all of them are exhilarating. May started with a pet project of mine, the “Composer Portrait.” This is a series that I began in
- [MAY 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2008/) - Home at last! After almost 12 weeks on the road, I have finally landed back in Washington. This will be a three-week stint with the NSO, which right now feels more like three months. No more hotel rooms and horrid Internet connections. And the projects that are looming here are interesting. But the past month
- [MID-APRIL 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-april-2008/) - Normally, I try to keep this column down to once a month. But every so often, something happens which demands a “special edition.” For the past eight days, I have been in Detroit, the first time I have conducted there since being appointed music director. This was originally to have been a guest date, but
- [APRIL 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2008/) - Life on the road is tough. A different orchestra each week, travel difficulties, strange accommodations. But when it goes well, all the travails get put behind. March started off in Milan, where I have conducted four times over the past year or so. Having gotten through the three-week stint in Germany, a change of language
- [MARCH 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2008/) - On the road again. The shortest month of the year can seem the longest when travel is involved. The NSO went to NY, and I did my final concert in Carnegie Hall as the orchestra's music director. There is still something special about walking into the same place where almost every great musician has performed.
- [FEBRUARY 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2008/) - The New Year has gotten off to a quick start, hampered by a severe cold. Beethoven 9's in Milan were great fun, a term one does not usually associate with this piece. But it seemed appropriate for the audience, which was looking for this high level of entertainment to bring in the festivities. Our tenor
- [JANUARY 2008](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2008/) - Happy New Year! 2007 has ended on a mostly upbeat note. In some years, December is a more quiet time for symphonic conductors. What with Holiday Pops, Messiahs, and other concerts devoted to this time of year, there is not much place for a lot of the traditional or adventurous symphonic fare. Or is there?
- [JUNE 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2009/) - On the road once more. This time for six weeks. Groan! Now that I actually have a physical place of residence, it seems more difficult to be away. All those boxes that need to get unpacked, getting used to a new kitchen, and those pesky tools that I need to stay away from. This has
- [OCTOBER 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2009/) - Finally! A chance to spend more than one week with the DSO! Music directors are supposed to be working with their orchestras on a regular basis. In the previous season, since my appointment in Detroit happened rather quickly, I was only available for five subscription concerts. So, in most ways, this 2009/2010 season is truly
- [JULY 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2009/) - One can feel it in the air. The end of the concert season is close and various forms of time off are near. There is a physical letdown and the best you can do, after the ardors of a tough season, is to take little vacations along the way. Such was the case at the
- [SEPTEMBER 2009: Special Edition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2009-special-edition/) - Usually I am content just to write about the past months activities, with no stopping off for side trips. But since 65 seems to be one of those special occasions, and since it turned out to be unique, I have decided to share it with everyone a bit earlier than usual. For three days, I
- [DECEMBER 2009: Happy Holidays](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2009-happy-holidays/) - Hanukah is over, Christmas approaches. Since I am taking it easy for the next few weeks, it seemed like a good idea to write a bit earlier than usual. It also gives me the opportunity to give some unusual musical suggestions for last minute holiday giving, plus a short follow-up to that fake news release
- [DECEMBER 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2009/) - No complaints this month. In many ways, I am lucky to be writing anything at all. But with the enforced vacation, due to a heart attack on November 1st, I have had some time to reflect about many matters, most having very little to do with music. But here is what happened: During my week
- [NOVEMBER 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2009/) - We ended last month with the Cardinals winning their division, the Tigers still in first place, the Lions on a one-game winning streak and the DSO in great shape. Three of the four collapsed quickly. The orchestra remained in first place. Earlier that month, a production of Tosca debuted at the Metropolitan Opera which was
- [SEPTEMBER 2009: Change Is in the Air](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2009-change-is-in-the-air/) - “Harsh booing at the gala opening night of the Metropolitan Opera—where strong negative reactions are rarely heard, at least in comparison with European opera houses—was still ringing in the ears of the opera world on Tuesday.” — The New York Times, Sept. 23, 2009 The Detroit Symphony has announced plans for a completely revamped season,
- [SEPTEMBER 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2009/) - Egad!!! I am 65. Some folks have said that this is the new 45, but I don’t remember that time as being so great either. In any event, August was a fine month before I officially hit old age. Wrapping up the week at Tanglewood was a concert that helped kick off the celebration of
- [AUGUST 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2009/) - This month’s installment will be quite a bit shorter than most. The reason is simple: I took most of July off. As with last summer, my son Daniel and I took three weeks to visit various baseball parks around the country. Our time was divided into the West Coast stadiums and then Chicago and St.
- [MAY 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2009/) - Many people tell me that I work too hard. There are probably some who don’t think I work hard enough. All I know is that I have just spent one year during this past April. So hang in with me. This is not going to be short. It started with a return to Detroit, doing
- [APRIL 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2009/) - For all the weather ills that befall us at this time of year, March is in many ways my favorite month. Baseball is back. Four and a half months of withdrawal are at an end. All is right with the world. More on this later. I was very fortunate that the first two weeks of
- [MARCH 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2009/) - A great deal of February was spent in teaching mode. First up was a trip to Interlochen, which was not my idea at this time of year. Checking the weather became a fixation as the day of arrival neared. It is at least 10 degrees colder in that part of the world than in Detroit.
- [FEBRUARY 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2009/) - After two very intense weeks in Detroit, I thought it would be a simple matter just to go back on the guest circuit. After all, no administrative responsibilities and all I had to do was just conduct. Naturally, it did not work out quite that easily. First stop was Dallas, where I had not conducted
- [MID-JANUARY 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-january-2009/) - It is only halfway through January of the new year but there is so much to write about that I thought it best to get a head start. A quick wrap-up to the Taipei visit gets us going. I spent an hour in the hospital. Nothing serious. As it turned out, some good friends of
- [JANUARY 2009](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2009/) - Greetings from Taipei. The final two weeks of 2008 have been spent in Asia: the first in Tokyo, and the current one in Taiwan. It has been eight years since I last conducted any resident orchestras here in the Far East. Most everything has been on tour with American and English ensembles. The NHK Symphony
- [APRIL 2010, Part 1](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2010-part-1/) - Days and Nights at the Opera (Part I) Winter has not wrought its harsh attack on Michigan, at least not yet. The closest it came was during the first week in March, when I had nothing to do. Safely nestled in my apartment, fake fireplace ablaze, I continued to cook a healthy lifestyle for myself,
- [Deborah Fleitz](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/deborah-fleitz/) - The majority of you reading this will not know the name, but you have been a part of her world. Deb was my assistant in Detroit. She was responsible for almost every aspect of my professional life. She kept track of where I was supposed to be and worked with managers, artists and musicians from
- [DECEMBER 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2010/) - Weather forecast. Stormy with little chance of sun. Temperatures remain chilly throughout the month. Expect a break in the clouds if the pressure lets up. The strike dragged into its second month and I continued to keep quiet. But this did not mean that I did nothing. Very few days went by while I was
- [NOVEMBER 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2010/) - Last month I wrote that I did not feel it was the place of a music director to comment on any labor dispute taking place with his or her orchestra. The musicians of the Detroit Symphony went on strike at the beginning of the month, causing the cancellation of the season opening as well as
- [OCTOBER 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2010/) - Fall is upon us, and another concert season awaits. Here in Detroit, the orchestra is in negotiations regarding a new contract. It is not the place of a music director to get involved with either side, so I will not comment on the situation other than to say that I hope by the time you
- [SEPTEMBER 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2010/) - One big plus of doing an opera is that there is a lot of free time once you start performances. In fact, with the new/old Spratlan opus, we had one stretch of eight days off. This gave me a chance to do things I normally do not have time for during the concert season. In
- [AUGUST 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2010/) - This is the summer way-out west tour. For the next couple of months I will be flightless and mostly humidity-less. Colorado, New Mexico and California will the performing destinations. A mix of student and professional ensembles will make up the musical landscape. The major project is the world premiere of Lewis Spratlan’s 1978 opera, Life
- [JULY 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2010/) - After last month’s blog version of War and Peace, I thought it would be a nice respite for all of us to have a shorter and less scattered web posting. And since I will be on the road, literally, it will be a bit tougher to write towards the end of the June. As it
- [JUNE 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2010/) - May was an uneventful month, if you count getting a new job, conducting seven different orchestras, and dealing with volcanoes as uneventful. Perhaps it is best to start at the top. For the past couple of years, I have been thinking about simplifying my professional life. It has been wonderful to be on the road
- [MAY 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2010/) - To say that April was an interesting month would be an understatement of immense proportions. Many of you probably wondered why I did not continue the reportage of my Met assignment. I know this because the very site you are visiting crashed a couple of times due to the number of hits I was taking,
- [APRIL 2010, Part 2](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2010-part-2/) - Days and Nights at the Opera (Part II) March 22: It was a dark and dreary day in Manhattan. The beautiful spring weather of the last week is a thing of the past. Rain and wind took its place. This did not forbode well for the second week of La Traviata rehearsals. I arrived at the
- [MARCH 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2010/) - February may be the shortest month of the year, but perhaps because of the missing few days, it also feels like the busiest. I barely had time to think, much less take it easy. The Detroit Symphony had been nominated for a Grammy with the album we made featuring Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir
- [Kastalsky Recording Available for Pre-Order](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/kastalsky-requiem-recording-available-for-pre-order/) - Naxos will release the recording of Alexander Kastalsky's Requiem for Fallen Brothers on 8/28/20.
- [Slatkin Seeks Participation in Book Project](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/reader-input-requested/) - Leonard Slatkin is involving his readers in the development of his upcoming book about the changing landscape of classical music in our time.
- [FEBRUARY 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2010/) - Trim. Fit. Hale. Frisky. Svelte. Diminutive. These are not usually words I have heard, or seen in print when journalists speak about me. But each of those terms appeared following my first appearances in Washington and Detroit. It made me wonder how I had really looked prior to the heart attack. Fortunately, my looks were
- [JANUARY 2010](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2010/) - Hanukah is over, Christmas approaches. Since I am taking it easy for the next few weeks, it seemed like a good idea to write a bit earlier than usual. It also gives me the opportunity to give some unusual musical suggestions for last minute holiday giving, plus a short follow-up to that fake news release
- [DECEMBER 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2011/) - Just when I think things are beginning to slow down, a month such as the last one occurs. Granted, much of the news was not related to travel or even conducting outright. Nevertheless it was a wonderfully busy time. Let’s start with the best part. Cindy and I got married on November 20th. The small
- [NOVEMBER 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2011/) - October might be the best month of the year for me. I had my two orchestras up and running, Cindy and I moved into a new house, and both Detroit and St. Louis were in the baseball playoffs. The Lions had won their first four games of the young football season. Music first. No one
- [OCTOBER 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2011/) - A café by the river Rhône. Sunny September skies. The sounds of many languages floating in the air. It is Lyon and the start of a beautiful relationship. Although it should really be called “The City Where Cholesterol Is King,” Lyon is my second home now and this was the first time I would see
- [SEPTEMBER 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2011/) - After almost six weeks of tending to Cindy, it was time to get back on the podium. She was doing extraordinarily well and all the signs pointed to a complete remission. There were still chemo and radiation treatments to go but they seemed more precautionary than necessary. I continued to admire Cindy’s strength and resolve
- [AUGUST 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2011/) - July was not a month for music, at least as far as I was concerned. Upon returning from South America, it was my job to take care of Cindy, who would be undergoing a double mastectomy at the beginning of the month. There were numerous decisions to be made, all of them difficult. One of
- [JUNE 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2011/) - About halfway through May, I started thinking about some of the composers I would be conducting just in a four-week span. The list is something like this: Prokofiev Del Tredici Milhaud Gershwin Dvořák Beethoven Tchaikovsky This reminded me of how fortunate I am to be in the music profession. Rehearsing and performing compositions of this
- [MAY 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2011/) - Although I had a hefty tax bill to pay, nothing could diminish my pleasure in having my own orchestra back. After the free concerts we gave in Detroit, things began to return to normal in our second week. Putting an abbreviated season together was not easy. Several decisions were made quickly. All of the guest
- [MID-APRIL 2011: The Nightmare Ends](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-april-2011-the-nightmare-ends/) - It took six months, interminable meetings and ultimate patience, but the strike that beset the Detroit Symphony Orchestra finally ended. After maintaining a self-imposed silence, I was able to greet my orchestra with the simple words, “Welcome home.” Not that the two days leading up to the first rehearsal were all that easy. We had
- [APRIL 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2011/) - Although several conductors cancelled, and one tragically passed away in March, I was not needed as a fill in and simply stayed on my planned schedule. Of course that still meant no concerts with the Detroit Symphony, as the strike went into the half-year mark. More and more people are asking me how I am
- [MID-JANUARY 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-january-2011/) - Bonjour et bonne année! The better part of three weeks has been spent in France, two of them getting to know my new orchestra and city. But first, it was a little holiday. I must have been coming to this country for 40 years now, but there is very little that I have had time
- [What Happened to My City?](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/what-happened-to-my-city/) - Today it is up to each of us to make this a place of welcome. The Gateway to the West is also the home for all.
- [MARCH 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2011/) - If March is supposed to come in like a lion, I wonder what animal people will make of this past February? Most of you will undoubtedly know that the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has suspended the remainder of its strike-ridden season. More than half of the concerts had already been taken down and it really was
- [FEBRUARY 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2011/) - Last time, I wrote a little about the orchestra in Lyon and its ability to retain its individual sound and style. This hit home even harder with my next stop on the tour. Some people think that the Vienna Philharmonic or New York Philharmonic is the oldest orchestra in the world. In reality, it is
- [JANUARY 2011](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2011/) - When we last left off, the Detroit Symphony strike had entered its third month. Now the winter solstice was approaching. This year, it coincides with a lunar eclipse. “It's a ritual of transformation from darkness into light,” says Nicole Cooper, a high priestess at Toronto's Wiccan Church of Canada. “It's the idea that when things seem
- [DECEMBER 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2012/) - Another busy period, one filled with great music and sports heartbreak. The Cardinals did not make it to the World Series but the Tigers did. They needn’t have bothered. San Francisco took them out in four straight games. I had a wager with Michael Tilson Thomas. Whichever team lost, the losing conductor had to wear
- [NOVEMBER 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2012/) - It is that time of year again. No, I am not speaking of the complex season of concerts, but rather the baseball playoffs. And I am potentially in big trouble this time. As I am writing, Cindy and I are about to take off for Lyon. The Cardinals and Giants are starting game six of
- [OCTOBER 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2012/) - Taxi cabs with doors that open automatically. Warm toilet seats that salute you when you enter the restroom. People bowing respectfully when you enter and leave a building. Yes, it was great to be back in Japan. Originally I was not supposed to return until November 2014, but Andre Previn decided that he could not
- [SEPTEMBER 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2012/) - Some people loathe going back to work. I relish it, especially when it entails conducting one of the biggest masterpieces in the repertoire. Performances of the Berlioz Requiem are still a relative rarity. It turns out that even in Lyon the work has never been performed at the orchestra’s home auditorium. This was the season
- [MID-AUGUST 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-august-2012/) - There are some promises that must be broken occasionally. After vowing a real vacation this summer, I accepted an invitation to be one of the participants in John Williams’s 80th birthday concert at Tanglewood. The actual date of his coming into the world was in February, but John only wanted one celebration and it was
- [MAY 2012: Kid Rock and Roll Over Beethoven](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2012-kid-rock-and-roll-over-beethoven/) - The question on everyone’s lips was, “What is this going to be like?” The answer was, “Fabulous.” Over the years I have done my share of concerts with acts from the popular music culture. It started when I was the assistant conductor in Saint Louis. We had a series devoted to the earliest attempts at
- [AUGUST 2012: Leonard Goes to a Rock Concert (Sort Of)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2012-leonard-goes-to-a-rock-concert-sort-of/) - Several months ago, I vowed that I would actually take a vacation for most of the summer. That meant little conducting, a bit of study and a lot of sleep. One of the downsides of the conducting profession is the inevitable life on the road, so I decided to spend the majority of down time
- [AUGUST 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2012/) - As I write this, we are less than a week from the publication of Conducting Business. The first copies are now in my hands and it looks very good. There was just the slightest tremble in my hand as I ripped open the box containing the tome and wondering if this really was happening. There
- [JULY 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2012/) - Wrapping up seasons is an occasion to reflect on what has been done or accomplished over the past months. In this case, my first year as music director in Lyon had to be measured as a fine success. But before I led the last two weeks of concerts there, I had one wonderful week in
- [LATE JUNE 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/late-june-2012/) - We are just about a month away from the publication of Conducting Business on July 24. Amadeus Press has graciously allowed me to post the introductory chapter. I hope this makes some of you interested to read more. Praeludium There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
- [JUNE 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2012/) - Winding down a season usually means that the overall pace slackens a bit. Not this time. The first week of May was relatively calm, with only one set of concerts in Detroit at Orchestra Hall. My brother joined us for a performance of the Korngold Cello Concerto, written for our mother more than 60 years
- [APRIL 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2012/) - Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Friedrichshafen, Heidelberg, and Vienna. Almost enough for a German baseball team. This was a tour schedule that took me to all these places over the course of nine days. Everything went well but you would never have known it from the way this European jaunt started. It had been more then
- [MAY 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2012/) - “You’re baddass!” These two words were spoken to me following a concert in one of Detroit’s suburbs. A young woman came up to me, looked me in the eyes and that is what she said. After figuring out that this was a compliment, I realized that perhaps there are ways to reach the younger generation
- [MARCH 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2012/) - It has been my habit to more or less inform readers of my comings and goings during a given month. This time I am going to start in the middle, dealing with a musical issue. There are not many pieces from the standard canon that I have not conducted. Usually, after a first try, I
- [FEBRUARY 2012](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2012/) - More than 6,000 miles separated conducting engagements in January. At least it was only one flight between Detroit and Tokyo, so the 14-hour trip was not unbearable. When you are dealing with a 14-hour time change, no amount of preparation can offset jet lag. After some time off, the New Year found the DSO playing
- [APRIL 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2013/) - The end of March means one thing: Baseball is back! It is not as if I do not enjoy the other sports and certainly the University of Michigan seems to be doing well in the basketball tournament, but for me it is about being in the outdoors, for the most part, and following a couple
- [JANUARY 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2013/) - Happy New Year! The world did not end so now we must await the next apocalyptic prediction. In the meantime, there was a lot to catch up with during December. Following the Mahler 3 performances in Lyon, the next week was spent in the recording studio, or in our case, the concert hall. The ONL
- [FEBRUARY 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2013/) - When exactly do people stop wishing each other a “Happy New Year”? This one started out with quite a varied repertoire, and some interesting venues along the way. First up was Rotterdam, scene of the heart attack. The program was certainly designed to keep the festivities of January going, with music by Strauss Jr. and
- [MARCH 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2013/) - When asked who he thought was the greatest living composer, Leonard Bernstein replied, “Beethoven!” Having spent three full weeks traversing the nine symphonies, I can only come to the same conclusion. Of course there were weeks, months and a lifetime of study leading up to these performances. Thoughts and ideas changed and a feeling of
- [APRIL 2013: The Russian Connection](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2013-the-russian-connection/) - Rather than wait, I felt compelled to write sooner regarding my sojourn to Moscow at the beginning of the month. It is important to have some background in several areas. First, my family origins are in Russia with my mother’s family coming from Belarus and my dad’s from Odessa. Those of you who have read
- [MAY 2013: New York](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2013-new-york/) - From Motown to Manhattan. That was the slogan in Detroit for May. For the first time in 17 years, the DSO was headed for Carnegie Hall, part of the Spring for Music Festival. The basic concept was that orchestras were to present program ideas and those with the most intriguing would be invited to participate,
- [MAY 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2013/) - April in Lyon. Spring decided to wait a little before showing up. After the Moscow adventure it was nice to get back to my other home. These would be the final two weeks in the Auditorium, as it will be closed for about 5 months while crews repair the air conditioning and heating systems. Also,
- [JUNE 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2013/) - By the end of May, it appeared that Stravinsky might have had the last laugh after all. 100 years after the premiere of The Rite of Spring, the actual season of spring decided not to show up around much of the U.S. and Europe. Unseasonably cool and sometimes cold temperatures prevailed and all the flowers
- [JUNE 2013: Van Cliburn Diary](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2013-van-cliburn-diary/) - Starting with the day of arrival, I began keeping a journal of thoughts regarding the 14th Cliburn competition. All the entries are as I wrote at the end of the day, with nothing altered. June 4, 2013 It’s hot here in Fort Worth, and not only outside. This is the final day of competition to
- [JULY 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2013/) - For most of my career I have avoided cycles. It has been season after season of as much variety as possible in my repertoire choices. But this past year has been quite different. There was the Beethoven Symphony Cycle in Detroit as well as the four Ives Symphonies. In Lyon we have been inundated with
- [AUGUST 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2013/) - VACATION! This is a word that I have not had in my vocabulary for quite a while. After an extremely busy season, winter, spring and summer, I am taking several weeks off to recharge the batteries. July provided some more than pleasant musical experiences. First up was a series of concerts at Greenfield Village. This
- [SEPTEMBER 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2013/) - As I write this, vacation is about to come to an end. Having a nice long stretch of time off proved invaluable. Among other things, I wrote a piece for woodwinds and strings that will be premiered in the 14-15 season. This was something I had planned for a long time but needed an extended
- [OCTOBER 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2013/) - Vacation is over. No more Mai Tais. The only surfing to be done is on the Internet. I had not seen either of my orchestras since July and missed them both very much. In a way, the true relationships started around the same time. My first three seasons in Detroit were each abbreviated due to
- [MID-OCTOBER 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-october-2013/) - Fall is a beautiful time in Michigan. The baseball team has made it to the playoffs for the third year in a row. Apples are plentiful from the orchards in the area. The music scene is springing back into action. Although it is the start of my sixth season with the Detroit Symphony, it really
- [NOVEMBER 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2013/) - When we left off last month, I had finished a set of performances in Detroit with the Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony. Usually I do not repeat a work in consecutive weeks, but as it happened, the same piece was scheduled for my return to Lyon. A question I am asked quite often is, “What are the
- [MID-DECEMBER 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mid-december-2013/) - Some of you loyal readers will have noticed that there are subtle changes in the appearance and content on this site. Over the next few months, these alterations will continue, as we think it is time for something different. Performance content will be more complete, the news section will be updated more frequently and even
- [DECEMBER 2013](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2013/) - It is somewhat unusual for me to be making a debut with an orchestra these days. With a limited guest-conducting schedule, due to running two orchestras, I have to be a bit more selective about where I will be guesting. So it was surprising to many that I spent a week in La Coruña with
- [JULY 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2014/) - It was unseasonably warm at the start of June in Lyon. Temperatures soared into the upper 80’s. But it is always so lovely that not too many people mind the heat. Unless they live on the fifth floor of an apartment building and the elevator is not working. I have no idea how long the
- [JANUARY 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2014/) - And a very Happy New Year to all of you! It is getting more and more rare for me to spend this time of year at home, and this year, I could be found in the Far East. But the journey began in Lyon. We wrapped up the old year with a concert of familiar
- [AUGUST 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2019/) - “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” —Franz Schubert Aside from my own, I had never attended a wedding of any kind during my entire lifetime. After all these years, on July 7th, I found myself at the Sherwood Country
- [APRIL 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2019/) - On the other side of the world, musicians are doing what they are supposed to do: connecting to the past, present and future. It was the longest single period I have ever spent in Asia, five weeks working with five different orchestras. Although it would have been easier if the itinerary had not sent me
- [AUGUST 2018: In Praise of the Seconds in Command](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/in-praise-of-the-seconds-in-command/) - It all looks so easy. The door opens, the music director enters, the orchestra stands, then they sit, and the conductor starts the concert. Granted, there is a lot of study, preparation and rehearsal before the audience hears one note. But even the members of the band often do not realize the importance of the
- [JUNE 2018: Notes from the Heart, Part 1](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/notes-from-the-heart-part-1/) - On November 1, 2009, my heart attacked me. It was a sneak attack, as six weeks prior I was informed by my general practitioner that a physical exam showed me to be in good health. Over the succeeding years I modified my diet but never really followed anything strict. Eight-and-a-half years later, I entered the
- [AUGUST 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2017/) - What a way to end my concert calendar for the 16-17 season! A three-week Asian tour with the DSO. This trip was a long time coming. When I began my tenure in Detroit, one of my mantras was that we would not go on the road until we had funding in place. The strike that
- [APRIL 2017: Mahlerian Madness](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/mahlerian-madness/) - I have a confession. Pretty much throughout my years as a student at the Juilliard School, I hated Gustav Mahler. The symphonies were too long, too loud, derivative and, at least to me, boring. One morning a friend spotted me in the cafeteria and said he had an extra ticket to a concert that night
- [AUGUST 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2016/) - After a terribly long trip from Nagoya, we arrived in Santa Fe, a place so opposite the Japanese cities we visited on the ONL tour that not only jet lag, but also cultural shock, set in. I am here for the duration of the summer, conducting five performances of Samuel Barber’s masterpiece, Vanessa. When I
- [JULY 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2016/) - Most of the time, I devote this space to simply recounting what has taken place over the previous month, at least as far as my musical life is concerned. Every so often I deviate from this if there are abrupt changes in the world that seem to shake all of us to the core, for
- [JUNE 2018: Notes from the Heart, Part 2; The Procedure](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/notes-from-the-heart-part-2-the-procedure/) - Musicians hate, really hate, getting up early in the morning. That is why orchestra rehearsals don’t start until around 10 a.m. So I felt both lethargy and anxiety when I arrived at the University of Michigan Medical Center at 5:30 a.m. to begin preparations for the day’s events. After the tests that were given the
- [JUNE 2018: Notes from the Heart, Part 3; A Welcome Diversion](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/notes-from-the-heart-part-3-a-welcome-diversion/) - A hospital is not supposed to be a place you go for thoughts and reflection. Everyone is there to make you better. But sometimes a question can come up from one of the staff that causes you to think outside the box. After a couple days, I was told that it was time to take
- [JUNE 2018: Notes from the Heart, Part 4; An Incredible Moment, Suspended in Time](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/notes-from-the-heart-part-four-an-incredible-moment-suspended-in-time/) - There are times in life when your heartstrings are pulled so tightly that it is impossible to contain your emotion. When that occurs, you transition from one plane of existence into another dimension. Such was the case on June 23rd. For the past eight years, the Detroit Symphony has paid homage to individual benefactors during
- [NOVEMBER 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2019/) - Journeys unknown and paths less taken were part of October's itinerary for conductor Leonard Slatkin
- [MAY 2020](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2020/) - Leonard shares his daily regimen during the Coronavirus lockdown as well as the Top 20 albums that influenced him in his early years.
- [MARCH 2020](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2020/) - Leonard Slatkin tells of his adventures conducting and traveling through Spain.
- [APRIL 2020](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2020/) - Slatkin describes his quarantine routine and announces the on-demand release of his radio show, "The Slatkin Shuffle."
- [FEBRUARY 2020](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2020/) - Leonard Slatkin recaps his conducting engagements in Spain, Lyon, and Dublin in January.
- [JANUARY 2020](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2020/) - Leonard Slatkin recounts his December 2019 adventures.
- [DECEMBER 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/december-2019/) - Slatkin details his November 2019 travels and conducting experiences.
- [OCTOBER 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2019/) - I know, I know. You want to hear about my fake-news death and the Jimmy Kimmel show. That will come a bit later in this entry. To start, I need to get back to music. After a five-week absence from the podium, very intentional, I returned for a set of single, one-off concerts during September.
- [SEPTEMBER 2019 (Post-Birthday Edition)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2019-post-birthday-edition/) - “Welcome to Busch Stadium. It is a beautiful day for a ball game with temperatures in the upper 70s and a few clouds helping to keep the crowd cool. The Cincinnati Reds come in for this first game of today’s double-header with the Cardinals sitting atop the National League Central division by two-and-a-half games …”
- [SEPTEMBER 2019 (Pre-Birthday Edition)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2019-pre-birthday-edition/) - Lurking around the corner is the monster simply known to me as 75. This is not to be confused with the film that will hit theaters soon, It: Chapter Two, but the comparisons are not too far off. There is this entity that tries to lure both young and adult human beings into another world. In the
- [JULY 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2019/) - “I actually think that the job of chief conductor is becoming obsolete. The famous names from the past, Willem Mengelberg and Eduard van Beinum, spent a lot of time in Amsterdam. These days chefs constantly travel from one orchestra to another.” Those words come from the soon-to-retire Bernard Haitink. Boy, does he have it right.
- [JUNE 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2019/) - Life with fewer responsibilities. It has been a long time coming, but I have a feeling that new challenges await. In the meantime, hitting the guest circuit has been a most refreshing change for me. Not that there are not tasks to be accomplished as well as other goals to be achieved. After the heart
- [MAY 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2019/) - This April was a month like no other, similar to a rollercoaster ride of emotion, conflict and elation. On Easter Sunday, Cindy’s mother passed away. At age 89, Jackie was a bundle of energy. Over the past few years, that vitality began to dwindle. Although she remained strong in mind, her body was giving way
- [APRIL 1, 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-1-2019/) - It is usual at the beginning of the month for me to write a lengthy piece about what I have been doing, along with a bit of travel news. Indeed, that will occur in a couple days, as I am traveling and have not had the chance to put keystrokes to computer in a meaningful
- [MARCH 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2019/) - When is a lot of American music simply too much? Never! The entire month of February was spent conducting creations from the States, some old and some new. Over the course of four weeks, I led pieces by 18 different American composers. Performing these wonderful works was nothing short of exhilarating. It all started in
- [FEBRUARY 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2019/) - Well, that didn’t take long. After a lovely New Year’s Eve concert in St. Louis with music, fun and friends, Cindy and I got home around 10:30. I had written most of last month’s web piece and sent it off to post. It never dawned on me that there might just be something cringeworthy to
- [FEBRUARY 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2019/) - Well, that didn’t take long. After a lovely New Year’s Eve concert in St. Louis with music, fun and friends, Cindy and I got home around 10:30. I had written most of last month’s web piece and sent it off to post. It never dawned on me that there might just be something cringeworthy to
- [JANUARY 2019](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2019/) - Although it was a good year for a lot of things, many of us were pleased to get rid of 2018. The final month started off with as much, maybe even more, turmoil than usual. Following our adventure in Morocco, Cindy and I headed for the final conducting gig of the year, this one in
- [FEBRUARY 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2018/) - It is not often that I get a relatively calm month in the middle of the concert season, so January turned out to be a nice breather before the heavyweight demands of the next months. With the DSO French Festival on the horizon, as well as assorted dates in Europe, Cindy and I thought that
- [APRIL 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2018/) - The groundhog was right. No signs of spring at all during my four-week trip to Europe. Maybe they should try Katowice Katy instead of Punxsutawney Phil. I am not exactly sure why we did it, but in Lyon it was decided that we would undertake a two-week Scandinavian Festival. This provided an opportunity to revisit
- [MARCH 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2018/) - Even though my music directorship in Lyon has ended, the six-year tenure stayed very much in the forefront during the month of February in Detroit. At this time, during the usually bitterly cold weather in Michigan, we put on a festival, in the past devoted to a single composer. With Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Mozart
- [MAY 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2018/) - It seemed to take forever, but spring finally arrived. With snow on the ground right through the middle of the month, Detroit was poised for a continuing winter. However, the chill disappeared in Orchestra Hall with a program that warmed the soul. The star was our concertmaster, Yoonshin Song, who delivered a magnificent reading of
- [JULY 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2018/) - After several weeks devoted to health and personal matters, I decided it was time to get back to regular writing. By that I don’t mean just the usual diary entries, as there really is nothing much to talk about, other than changing residence. That is a big deal, of course. Cindy and I are now
- [JULY 2018: A Day at the DMV](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/a-day-at-the-dmv/) - Changing residence is always complicated. You must inform friends and family about your new digs. Account information needs to be updated. Finding the best grocery store requires a lot of shopping around. But perhaps the most difficult task to accomplish is the one that involves your automobile. On a hot, steamy day in my new
- [AUGUST 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2018/) - Ah, the sun, surf and sand. Whether vacationing on the Left Coast, scuba diving in the clear waters of the South Pacific or sipping rum punches on the beaches of Mexico, this time of year is mostly about getting as out-of-shape as possible. Sounds good; no? No! Until this summer, I usually could be found
- [SEPTEMBER 2018: Small-Town Gal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/small-town-gal/) - “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name …” Bonnie, over at Kirk’s Pharmacy, has seen it all. Of course, she wasn’t around when the building was the town hospital, founded 113 years ago. She is not in touch with any of the Nisqually Tribe, the original settlers of the region. But she did see
- [OCTOBER 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2018/) - It feels like forever since I wrote a regular monthly piece for my website, but now that I am conducting again, we can get back to normality. There was just a bit of trepidation as I approached the podium in Indianapolis to conduct the finals of their violin competition. Almost four months had passed since I
- [NOVEMBER 2018](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2018/) - Before our monthly update, it seems like time to think about the world in which we live. I am writing this a few hours before heading to JFK for my six-week European tour. October will seem like a distant memory in a few days, but how far can we go to be away from the
- [NOVEMBER 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2017/) - A quick glance at my calendar showed me that there was not going to be very much time to rest during the first couple months of the new season. Fortunately, all the conducting was going to be done with institutions I know well, so at least a degree of familiarity lent some cohesion to the
- [OCTOBER 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2017/) - About a two-hour train ride from Paris to the east lies a city that even many French people don’t know about. But for seventy years, Besançon has been the home to a two-week music festival that attracts a good number of listeners. Every other year there is a conducting competition that has produced a number
- [JULY 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2017/) - It is very likely that those of you reading this want to know all about the Cliburn competition. Normally, I would have led with that, but on a more personal, as well as musical level, there was a more important day that took place for me. After six successful years, I led my final concert
- [JUNE 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2017/) - YEE-HAW!!! Greetings from Fort Worth, Texas, where I am serving as Chairman of the Jury for the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. But that opening yell was not just about yellow roses. As you will read later, it became the calling cry for my French orchestra. May started off with my next-to-last trip as
- [MAY 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2017/) - Extremely intense three weeks in the States, with a lot of hard work and results that made it all worthwhile. With only one day to recover from jet lag, I launched into Mahler’s 10th Symphony with the DSO. Most of you probably know that this is the work that was left incomplete, as the composer
- [APRIL 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2017/) - Following the successful tour of the ONL in the States and a few free days at Disney World, it was time to get back to Europe. But in this case, it was to work with two orchestras I had not seen for almost ten years and another that was a debut. Milan may be the
- [MARCH 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2017/) - YEE-HAW! That was the oft-quoted word that characterized my very first trip to the U.S. with an orchestra from another land. February was devoted to the ONL, with a week in Lyon and then a two-week, eight-concert trip to the States. Taking a full symphony orchestra on a lengthy trip is, literally, always risky business.
- [FEBRUARY 2017: The Right to Be Yourself](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-right-to-be-yourself/) - Normally at this time, I post a monthly recap of musical events that have taken place, and that entry will appear during the second week of February. But something occurred over this past weekend that compels me to write something off-topic. It was Saturday in the late morning, as I was driving to Orchestra Hall
- [JANUARY 2017](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2017/) - It could not have come a moment too soon. One had to wonder how history would paint its picture of this past year. There remains much to be settled, and none of us knows how events in the States or the world will affect the arts. Still, there were two fine weeks of performances left
- [NOVEMBER 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2016/) - After the successful opening of the season in Lyon, it was time to try to achieve the same in Detroit. We certainly had the star power to do it, and there were also a couple of agenda items that I hoped would make this year particularly interesting. Coming from a background which housed about as
- [OCTOBER 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2016/) - With just a little over one month to go before we elect a new President of the United States, there is much to think about. With confrontations between citizens and the police, continued terrorist activity throughout the world, and an insecure economy, one could at least find comfort in the arts, and for a few
- [SEPTEMBER 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2016/) - The next sentence is one I have very rarely written: I conducted one piece for the entire month of August. After chronicling the process of putting together Samuel Barber’s opera, Vanessa, there were just four more performances to present. During the winter season, when I have done an opera, usually I found time to fit
- [JUNE 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2016/) - First off, I hope you are enjoying the new website. It took a lot of work, but now that it is up and running, I feel more connected to this still-early phase of the twenty-first century. Winding down activities for the season always feels like the stakes are ramped up. You have to imagine that
- [APRIL 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april/) - Amid the escalating political rhetoric dominating the news, as well as atrocities being committed in the world, there was some comfort in traveling to places old and new for me this past month. I found myself ending each rehearsal period by telling the orchestras I led that we are so lucky to be musicians. Bringing
- [FEBRUARY 2016](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february/) - When they decided to call it “New Year,” perhaps they were referring to my conducting schedule. With four pieces that I had never performed, all of them substantial works, it was a good thing I had three weeks off beforehand so I could wrap my brain around these creations. In Detroit, we have been priding
- [OCTOBER 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2014/) - There is only one way to begin this. I can only give my heartfelt thanks to all of you who greeted me in one way or another for my 70th birthday. Sometimes it is possible to take your friends for granted, and sometimes you don’t even know who your friends are. On this occasion, I have
- [SEPTEMBER 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2014/) - There has been a lot going on in my head for the past few weeks. Very little of it has to do with turning 70, but clearly something has caused me to think of many things that most likely have been swimming in my brain for decades. To start with, I was going to revisit,
- [AUGUST 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2014/) - It was a very rushed period in Lyon. We had a concert to perform as part of a jazz festival, followed by just one day of rehearsal for a two-week tour to Japan. The “Jazz at Vienne” is an annual event that plays around a bit with the jazz format. Here it is meant to
- [JUNE 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2014/) - First things first. Cindy came through the brain surgery like a champ. The removal of the benign tumor took a little over three hours. She was home 48 hours later and communicating with friends and family. We are grateful to the medical team and all those who lent their talent and words of support. My
- [MAY 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2014/) - In what was my final set of guest appearances for the season, I found myself having more than satisfying experiences for three weeks. Life on the road can be difficult, but if the music making is exciting, that more than makes up for the travails of the itinerary. For the past two years, I have
- [APRIL 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2014/) - Probably about six of you are wondering where I have been for the past several weeks. Well, it seems that I have gotten a bit behind on my web postings, mostly due to an extremely busy work schedule. But here is the recap of those times past. It all started with a DSO trip to
- [MARCH 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2014/) - One of the pleasures of having two orchestras is the ability to spend lengthy periods with each, honing the sound and discovering the repertoire together. Such was the case in February, when I returned to Lyon for a three-week stint. The weather in the States played around with the flight schedule but in actuality, one
- [FEBRUARY 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2014/) - After a perfectly lovely vacation, Cindy and I returned to Detroit and faced well-below freezing temperatures. It may have been cold outside, but indoors things were heating up on a very positive note. The orchestra had voted to ratify a new contract, concluding negotiations eight months ahead of schedule. We are now secure for the
- [JANUARY 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/january-2015/) - The Old Year went quietly, including a couple weeks off before starting the new one with a lot of work. But there still is plenty to catch up on. December began in Lyon with the OLN. The first of two weeks of concerts featured French premieres of three pieces by Mason Bates, one of our
- [FEBRUARY 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/february-2015/) - Nothing like jumping right into it for the New Year. A week of concerts in Detroit followed by three in Lyon. And a season announcement as well. It was time for the DSO to begin its neighborhood series, where we hit the suburbs and play for audiences that either can’t get downtown or might even
- [MARCH 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/march-2015/) - It was Tchaikovsky month at the DSO. Considering that most of the time, temperatures outside were in the single digits, it seemed appropriate to bring warmth to those who attended the six programs and 12 performances that took place. February is a difficult month for the arts in Detroit. Many of our regular donors, subscribers
- [APRIL 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/april-2015/) - If the frying pan, fire analogy ever existed, it certainly applied to the first part of March. Having successfully navigated my way through the six Tchaikovsky symphonies in three weeks, it was back to Lyon for the four by Brahms over a two-week period. Even though these works are regular repertoire, two of them were
- [MAY 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/may-2015/) - Just when I think that there are no new worlds for me to work in, up pop a couple that are really off the beaten track. The violinist Vadim Repin had asked if I would participate in his Trans-Siberian Art Festival. The project began last year, and the idea was to make the Siberian part
- [JUNE 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/june-2015/) - It is not out of the question to describe this past month as gigantic. Over the course of four weeks, all the major works were at least an hour long. With two Mahler symphonies, Asrael by Suk and a concert performance of Tosca, I was ready for a bit of a break. Things started off calmly enough. On
- [JULY 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/july-2015/) - A long season has come to a close. With three weeks of performances left, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. Not that I did not enjoy the overwhelming majority of work, but it became clear that a recharging of the batteries was needed. Earlier in the year I made a well-considered
- [AUGUST 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/august-2015/) - At the time, when I first announced that I would spend my summers away from the podium, no one believed me. How would it be possible for someone who has devoted his life to waving his arms to actually halt for nine weeks? Well, halfway into it, I can attest that it has not been
- [SEPTEMBER 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/september-2015/) - I could get used to this non-conducting thing. That might be good news for some out there. It was truly a break from an exhausting regimen from the past season. A couple people asked me if I was retiring. Not yet, all you hopeful baton twirlers. The second part of the respite was filled with
- [OCTOBER 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/october-2015/) - It did not start out well. Upon arrival in Lyon, we were preparing for a concert at Côte St. André, our annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of Hector Berlioz. The program was a bit unusual in that it contained two rarities by the festival’s namesake, plus the Beethoven Ninth. I had never heard of, much
- [NOVEMBER 2015](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2015/) - What a month! With both Detroit and Lyon up and running, October was the first month of high-intensity music making on a large scale. With the strains of the Rosenkavalier Suite still in my head, I shifted my focus to Strauss’s earlier opera, Salome, for what would be an amazing evening of drama. The month before, the ONL had
- [NOVEMBER 2014](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/november-2014/) - And the celebration continued. With all the hoopla in Lyon, and especially considering that several Detroiters were in attendance, I could only wonder what they had in store for me back home. I did not have to wait long to find out. It was a pretty grueling trip, with driving from Bratislava to Vienna, catching
- [RACHMANINOFF: Orchestral Music](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rachmaninoff-orchestral-music/) - Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Soloists: Walter Planté, tenor; Arnold Voketaitis, baritone; Mariana Christos, soprano; St. Louis Symphony Chorus Orchestra: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Vox (Catalogue No. CD3X-3002) Released 1992 Original Recordings Released 1982 Works on This Recording The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
- [Leonard Slatkin Conducts Vaughan Williams](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/vaughan-williams/) - Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Soloists: Hugh Bean, Violin; David Jones, cello; David Mason, flugelhorn; Thomas Allen, Baritone; Benita Valente, soprano; Jane Marshall, English horn; John Chambers, viola; Matthias Feile, cello; Nicholas Whiting, violin; Linda Hohenfeld, soprano; Nigel Black, French horn; Mark David, natural trumpet; Kenneth Smith, flute; John Anderson, oboe; Leslie Pearson, organ; Philharmonia Chorus Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra RCA Red Seal
- [Leonard Slatkin: The American Collection Box Set](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-the-american-collection-box-set/) - Composers: Leroy Anderson, Edwin Eugene Bagley, Leonard Bernstein, Dudley Buck, Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, Morton Gould, Ferde Grofé, Richard Hayman, Victor Herbert, Charles Ives, Walter Piston, William Schuman, Joseph Schwantner, John Stafford Smith, John Philip Sousa, William Steffe, Virgil Thomson, Joan Tower, Edgard Varèse, Samuel Augustus Ward, Katherine Gladney Wells Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestras: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra,
- [Slatkin at 70: Greatest Hits](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-at-70-greatest-hits/) - Composers: Aaron Copland, Cindy McTee, Maurice Ravel, Charles Ives, Leroy Anderson, William Bolcom, John Williams, Hector Berlioz Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestras: Orchestre National de Lyon, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra Works on this recording: El Salón México, by Aaron Copland Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Circuits, by
- [The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto & Music for Trio](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-melody-of-rhythm-triple-concerto-music-for-trio/) - Soloists: Béla Fleck, banjo; Zakir Hussain, tabla; Edgar Meyer, bass Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Works on this recording: Bahar, by Zakir Hussain Out of the Blue, by Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer Bubbles, by Béla Fleck Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra The Melody of Rhythm, Movement 1, by
- [Leonard Slatkin Conducts Elgar](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-conducts-elgar/) - Composer: Edward Elgar Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Soloists: Pinchas Zukerman, violin; János Starker, cello Orchestras: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Sony Classical Box Set Released 05/17 Original Recordings Released 1991-2004 Works on this recording: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55, by Sir Edward Elgar Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- [“The Slatkin Shuffle” Radio Show Now Available On-Demand](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-slatkin-shuffle-available-on-demand/) - Slatkin's radio program, "The Slatkin Shuffle," is available for free, on-demand listening on SoundCloud.
- [St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra Celebrates 50 Years](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/st-louis-symphony-youth-orchestra-celebrates-50-years/) - To mark the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra's 50th anniversary, alumni returned for a concert and to share memories of the lasting impact of their experience.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson One: The Baton](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-one-the-baton/) - Learn to conduct from Maestro Leonard Slatkin in this monthly video series designed to teach conducting basics to music lovers.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Three: The Basic 2 and 3 Patterns](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-three-the-basic-2-and-3-patterns/) - Leonard Slatkin demonstrates how to conduct in 2 and 3.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Two: The Basic 4 Pattern](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-two-the-basic-4-pattern/) - Leonard Slatkin demonstrates the basic 4 pattern to aspiring conductors.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Four: What to Do with the Left Hand](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-four-what-to-do-with-the-left-hand/) - January 15, 2017 Building on previous lessons about the basic beat patterns in 2, 3, and 4, this month's installment of Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School is all about the left hand. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every month.
- [Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School, Lesson Five: Putting the Two Hands Together](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-five-putting-the-two-hands-together/) - February 15, 2017 Leonard Slatkin has released the fifth installment in his Conducting School. This month's video combines techniques demonstrated in previous lessons to show how the conductor uses both hands to communicate tempo and dynamics to the orchestra simultaneously. It's like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time—only harder!
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Six: A Few Exercises](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-six-a-few-exercises/) - March 15, 2017 In the sixth installment of Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Maestro Slatkin demonstrates practical exercises designed to help students develop independence in their right and left hands. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every month.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Seven: The Other Beats](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-seven-the-other-beats/) - April 15, 2017 In the April installment of Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Maestro Slatkin delves into the technical aspects of the beat, expounding on how to deal with time signatures involving five, six, or seven beats per bar. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Eight: Placement of the Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-eight-placement-of-the-orchestra/) - May 15, 2017 In this month's conducting lesson, Maestro Slatkin explains the placement of instruments in the orchestra relative to the conductor's position onstage. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every month.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Nine: The Use of Your Body to Indicate Dynamics](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-nine-the-use-of-your-body-to-indicate-dynamics/) - June 15, 2017 In this ninth installment of the Conducting School series, Maestro Slatkin delves into how the conductor conveys dramatic intensity and emotion by using the left hand and the rest of the body. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Ten: Getting On and Off the Stage](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-ten-getting-on-and-off-the-stage/) - July 15, 2017 In this month's Conducting School video, Maestro Slatkin explains the basics of stage deportment at the beginning and end of a concert. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every month.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Eleven: What's the Score?](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-eleven-whats-the-score/) - August 15, 2017 In this month's video installment of Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Maestro Slatkin delves into the topic of score reading for aspiring conductors. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every month.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Twelve: Clef Notes](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-twelve-clef-notes/) - September 15, 2017 Maestro Slatkin uses the Beethoven String Quartet No. 12 to introduce the clefs conductors encounter in their scores, and he explains the importance of transpositions to understanding how the notes sound and fit together. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the
- [Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School, Lesson Thirteen: Stop and Hold](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-thirteen-stop-and-hold/) - October 15, 2017 In October's conducting lesson, Maestro Slatkin addresses how to cut off the orchestra. He also introduces the fermata symbol and its effect on the ending of a piece, using score examples from Brahms's Symphony No. 1 and Dvořák's “New World” Symphony. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be
- [Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School, Lesson Fourteen: How It Looks and Sounds, Part One](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-fourteen-how-it-looks-and-sounds-part-one/) - November 15, 2017 In this month's lesson, Maestro Slatkin provides an opportunity for students to combine the beat patterns and left-hand communication techniques they have learned to conduct an excerpt from Maurice Ravel's Bolero. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every
- [Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School, Lesson Fifteen: How It Looks and Sounds, Part Two](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-fifteen-how-it-looks-and-sounds-part-two/) - December 15, 2017 This month, Maestro Slatkin teaches viewers how to conduct two short excerpts for the purpose of practicing beat patterns, the first from Copland's “Hoe Down” from Rodeo, and the second from the last movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 1. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on
- [Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School, Lesson Sixteen: Putting It All Together, Part One](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-sixteen-putting-it-all-together-part-one/) - January 15, 2018 In this month's video, Maestro Slatkin offers an in-depth look at Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, explaining the study process a conductor uses to prepare for a performance of this masterwork. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube channel, on the 15th of every month.
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Seventeen: Putting It All Together, Part Two](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-seventeen-putting-it-all-together-part-two/) - February 15, 2018 In this lesson, Maestro Slatkin returns to his score study of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, delving further into what the conductor does when he/she studies a piece of music and how to translate and interpret what is on the page. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available
- [Leonard Slatkin’s Conducting School, Lesson Eighteen: Putting It All Together, Part Three](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-eighteen-putting-it-all-together-part-three/) - March 15, 2018 In this episode, Leonard Slatkin deals with a few of the technical problems that a conductor needs to solve in the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, including decisions about tempo changes, fermatas, crescendos, and repeats. Future lessons will be posted here, and will also be available on his YouTube
- [Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School, Lesson Nineteen: Putting It All Together, Part Four](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-lesson-nineteen-putting-it-all-together-part-four/) - April 15, 2018 In this final episode of the Conducting School series, Leonard Slatkin addresses the decisions a conductor must make in the second through fourth movements of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. The series is posted in its entirety here, and is also available on his YouTube channel.
- [GRAMMY Nomination for Copland's “Billy the Kid” and “Grohg” with DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/grammy-nomination-for-coplands-billy-the-kid-and-grohg-with-dso/) - November 20, 2019 Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have been nominated for a GRAMMY award in the Best Orchestral Performance category for their recording of Copland's Billy the Kid and Grohg. The album is the third volume of Copland's ballet music recorded by Slatkin and the DSO on the Naxos label. The ever-popular Billy the
- [MSM Celebrates Slatkin's 75th Birthday with Concert and Gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/msm-celebrates-slatkins-75th-with-birthday-concert-and-gala/) - The Manhattan School of Music honored Distinguished Visiting Artist Leonard Slatkin with a 75th birthday concert and celebration.
- [“A Hero’s Life”: Slatkin Celebrates 75 with the SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/a-heros-life-slatkin-celebrates-75-with-the-slso/) - Slatkin returns to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to celebrate his 75th birthday.
- [Emmys Flub Leads to Appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” for Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/emmy-flub-leads-to-appearance-on-jimmy-kimmel-live-for-slatkin/) - Slatkin appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to prove he is still alive after his image was erroneously displayed during the In Memoriam segment on The Emmys
- [New Slatkin Recordings Released on Naxos](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-slatkin-recordings-released-on-naxos/) - September 20, 2019 Newly released on Naxos Records: Leonard Slatkin's recordings of works by Maurice Ravel and Aaron Jay Kernis. Maurice Ravel Orchestral Works, Volume 6 with the Orchestre National de Lyon includes the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and the Piano Concerto in G Major with soloist François Dumont, as well as Tzigane with violinist
- [MSM to Salute Slatkin on October 18](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/msm-to-salute-slatkin-on-october-18/) - September 3, 2019 MSM Distinguished Visiting Artist and trustee Leonard Slatkin (MSM HonDMA ’13) conducts the MSM Symphony Orchestra for the first performance of MSM Icons, a new Manhattan School of Music concert series celebrating acclaimed alumni and trustees with exceptional international musical careers. Joining Slatkin are award-winning actor Alec Baldwin (MSM HonDMA ’12) as Narrator (The Raven), Sir James Galway and Lady Galway on flutes, and Fred Zlotkin on cello.
- [Slatkin to Conduct at Aspen, Bravo! Vail, and Ravinia Festivals](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-conduct-at-aspen-bravo-vail-and-ravinia-festivals/) - July 18, 2019 Leonard Slatkin kicks off his upcoming 75th birthday celebration with a performance at the Aspen Music Festival—where he first studied conducting under Walter Susskind in 1964—this Sunday, July 21, at 4 p.m. in the Benedict Music Tent. The program features Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Seong-Jin Cho and Elgar's “Enigma”
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-celebrates-slatkin/) - June 21, 2019 On Wednesday, June 19, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra donors, subscribers, musicians and staff gathered in Powell Hall for an onstage dinner and special musical performance to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Leonard Slatkin's debut with the orchestra. Slatkin served as the SLSO's music director from 1979 to 1996, took the SLSO on
- [New Radio Show, “The Slatkin Shuffle,” to Debut on Classic 107.3 St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-radio-show-the-slatkin-shuffle-to-debut-on-classic-107-3-st-louis/) - May 4, 2019 Leonard Slatkin returns to the radio airwaves with his new program, “The Slatkin Shuffle,” which will debut this weekend on Classic 107.3, the Voice for the Arts in St. Louis. The show will air for the first time tonight, Saturday May 4, at 10 p.m. CDT, immediately following Slatkin's concert with the
- [Announcing Leonard Slatkin's New Management Team](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/announcing-leonard-slatkins-new-management-team/) - May 13, 2019 Jeff Berger Management is proud to announce exclusive representation in North and South America of world-renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin. “At this stage of my career, I have an opportunity to place greater emphasis on special projects—some with orchestras, some in education, and some non-musical. I still have much that I would like to
- [Reflections on a Half-Century Relationship with the SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/reflections-on-a-half-century-relationship-with-the-slso/) - They say that time flies when you are having fun. If that is true, time went by at supersonic speed. It’s hard to believe that it was 50 years ago that I first stepped on the podium at Powell Hall. At age 23, I was now in the same city that my grandparents immigrated to
- [Reflections on a Half-Century Relationship with the SLSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/reflections-on-a-half-century-relationship-with-the-slso/) - They say that time flies when you are having fun. If that is true, time went by at supersonic speed. It’s hard to believe that it was 50 years ago that I first stepped on the podium at Powell Hall. At age 23, I was now in the same city that my grandparents immigrated to
- [New Naxos Release: Berlioz's “Roméo et Juliette” with Slatkin and the ONL](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-naxos-release-berliozs-romeo-et-juliette-with-slatkin-and-the-onl/) - April 12, 2019 Leonard Slatkin's latest recording with the Orchestre National de Lyon features Berlioz’s Shakespeare-inspired works, including his masterpiece Roméo et Juliette as well as the overtures to Le Roi Lear and Béatrice et Bénédict. Critic David Denton lauds the two-disc release as “riveting performances, and a top recommendation.” Additional information at Naxos Purchase on Amazon | iTunes
- [How African Americans Have Left a Mark on Classical Music](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/how-african-americans-have-left-a-mark-on-classical-music/) - I have been working on a new chapter of a book about the challenges faced by the classical music industry. That portion is concerned with discrimination as it has manifested itself and where we are today. The early part of the essay is devoted to the struggle of women and how their lot has improved
- [André Previn Tribute](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/andre-previn-an-appreciation/) - Versatility: “The ability to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.” Merriam-Webster might as well have put a picture of André Previn next to this entry in their ubiquitous dictionary. There was no limit to what he could do, and André knew it. Born into a Jewish family in Berlin, he came
- [The Listener as Participant](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-listener-as-participant/) - It is always astonishing when a simple gesture leads to a heated debate. At the start of a tour to Florida with the Detroit Symphony, we decided to try something just a bit different. When the main portion of the program concluded, I asked the audience to do something completely opposite of what the Voice
- [Where Did Our Musical Legacy Go?](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/where-did-our-musical-legacy-go/) - Several months ago, I wrote on this site about the lack of younger American talent on the podiums of major orchestras in the United States. Since there are still a couple of ensembles that have not yet announced their 14-15 season plans, the follow-up article is still in limbo. But while I was looking at
- [Where Has Curiosity Gone?](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/where-has-curiosity-gone/) - During the summer months, music festivals abound all over the globe. Some are fully professional and others are distinguished by their educational activities. I don’t have a preference, but in recent years, a disturbing trend has emerged from the latter. When I was a student at the Aspen Music Festival and School back in the
- [The Right to Bare Our Souls](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-right-to-bare-our-souls/) - “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.” John F. Kennedy spoke those words more than half a century ago. They ring as true now as they have throughout history. Part of the grand design of our founding fathers
- [SLSO Celebrates 50 Years of Partnership with Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slso-celebrates-50-years-of-partnership-with-leonard-slatkin/) - March 29, 2019 The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its remarkable 50-year partnership with Leonard Slatkin when the SLSO Conductor Laureate returns to lead the orchestra in two weeks of concerts—April 27-May 4. These concerts are programmed around works and people with special meaning in Slatkin’s career, including the world premiere of Jeff Beal’s
- [New Recording Release: Copland's “Billy the Kid” and “Grogh”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-recording-release-coplands-billy-the-kid-and-grogh/) - March 8, 2019 Naxos has released the third installment in Leonard Slatkin's cycle of Copland’s ballet works with the Detroit Symphony. The latest recording features the enduringly popular Billy the Kid in its complete version, coupled with the one-act ballet Grohg, inspired by the silent expressionist film Nosferatu. Deeming the recording “a compelling issue for anyone who loves Americana,”
- [Slatkin Heads to Asia to Conduct Five Orchestras](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-heads-to-asia-for-five-week-tour/) - March 1, 2019 Leonard Slatkin will spend the month of March and early April in Asia for guest conducting engagements with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and Hong Kong Philharmonic. Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Saturday, March 9 @ 8:00 pm Xinghai Concert Hall Angela Au, piano
- [Orchestre National de Lyon Embarks on Tour of Germany](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/onl-embarks-on-germany-tour/) - November 5, 2018 Led by Directeur Musical Honoraire Leonard Slatkin, the Orchestre National de Lyon is on tour in Germany, presenting six concerts over the course of nine days. The tour begins with a performance at the Berlin Philharmonie, marking the ensemble's first time playing there, and ends with a concert in Munich. Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili
- [Leonard Slatkin Conducts World Premiere Commemorating WWI Armistice](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-conducts-world-premiere-commemorating-wwi-armistice/) - October 16, 2018 On Sunday, October 21 at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Leonard Slatkin will conduct the world premiere of Alexander Kastalsky’s epic 1917 work, Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes. The Kastalsky Requiem Project brings together the Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale, Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, and Cathedral Choral Society to
- [DSO and Leonard Slatkin Return to Orchestra Hall  for Opening Weekend, Oct. 5-7](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-and-leonard-slatkin-return-to-orchestra-hall-for-opening-weekend-oct-5-7/) - September 28, 2018 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will kick off the 2018-19 Classical Series with concerts welcoming back Music Director Laureate Leonard Slatkin and featuring special guest violinist Gil Shaham. On the program is American composer Donald Erb’s The Seventh Trumpet, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Shaham as featured soloist), and Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations.
- [Slatkin Returns to the Podium to Lead Encore at DSO Heroes Gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-the-podium-to-lead-encore-at-dso-heroes-gala/) - June 25, 2018 Leonard Slatkin returned to Orchestra Hall stage this past Saturday, June 23, leading the encore at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's eighth annual Heroes Gala concert. Slatkin, conducting for the first time since undergoing triple bypass heart surgery on May 8, led the orchestra in his father Felix Slatkin’s country-and-western style arrangement of
- [Slatkin Withdraws from Concerts through June](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-withdraws-from-concerts-through-june/) - May 4, 2018 Leonard Slatkin announced today that he regrettably must withdraw from his upcoming conducting dates this May and June. Maestro Slatkin will undergo heart bypass surgery next week and is expected to be fully recovered in about three months. The cancellation encompasses upcoming appearances with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Spring Festival, Chamber
- [Rave Reviews of Mahler's “Resurrection” in Warsaw](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rave-reviews-of-mahlers-resurrection-in-warsaw/) - April 3, 2018 Leonard Slatkin's concert with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw received an overwhelmingly favorable response from the critics and audience alike. The program paired Ravel's “Kaddisch” from Deux mélodies hébraïques with Mahler's Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” and featured Martina Janková (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), the National Music Forum Choir,
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces 2018-19 Season](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/detroit-symphony-orchestra-announces-2018-19-season/) - January 26, 2018 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) announced the 2018-2019 Season of its Classical and PNC Pops Series. Leonard Slatkin, currently in his 10th and final year as DSO music director, will return as music director laureate to open the classical season on Friday, October 5, 2018, with a weekend of concerts in Orchestra
- [DSO’s 2018 William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series Kicks Off](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dsos-2018-william-davidson-neighborhood-concert-series-kicks-off/) - January 9, 2018 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra returns to seven Metro Detroit venues as the 2018 William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series gets underway. Music Director Leonard Slatkin will conduct the DSO in a program that includes Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (with 12-year-old piano prodigy Harmony Zhu), and Mozart’s Symphony No.
- [Slatkin and McTee to Support Emerging Artists Fund at the DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-and-mctee-to-support-emerging-artists-fund-at-dso/) - December 7, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced that Music Director Leonard Slatkin and his wife, composer Cindy McTee, have committed $100,000 to the DSO’s endowment to showcase an emerging artist each season. Mr. Slatkin is currently in the middle of his 10th and final season as DSO Music Director before transitioning to the role
- [For 2018 Grammy Consideration: Three of Leonard Slatkin’s Naxos Recordings](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/for-2018-grammy-consideration-three-of-leonard-slatkins-recordings/) - [spb_boxed_content element_name="News intro" type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="2" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] October 23, 2017 Members of the Recording Academy are voting in the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards, and three of Leonard Slatkin’s recordings have been submitted for consideration: [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content element_name="061_Copland_3" type="coloured" custom_bg_colour="#eeeeee" custom_text_colour="#222222" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="5" padding_horizontal="5" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [/spb_boxed_content]
- [Slatkin Conducts at NY Phil's Bernstein Centennial Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-conducts-at-ny-phils-bernstein-centennial-festival/) - November 7, 2017 Leonard Slatkin conducts the New York Philharmonic as they honor Leonard Bernstein in his 100th birthday year. Bernstein's Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival is part of the worldwide salute to the legacy of the renowned composer, conductor, pianist, and educator. On November 9, 11, and 14, Slatkin conducts Bernstein's Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish,”
- [Slatkin Returns to MSM for Second Annual Conductors' Project](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-returns-to-msm-for-second-annual-conductors-project/) - October 24, 2017 Leonard Slatkin is in New York City for the second annual Manhattan School of Music/Detroit Symphony Orchestra Conductors’ Project. Two recent MSM conducting graduates—Malcolm J. Merriweather (DMA ’15) and Yoon Sang Timothy Cho (DMA ’20)—are the selected conducting fellows for the project. Throughout the week, they’ll work closely under the direction of
- [DSO Principal Viola and Principal Cello to Perform as Featured Soloists](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-principal-viola-and-principal-cello-to-perform-as-featured-soloists/) - October 18, 2017 DSO Principal Viola Eric Nowlin and Principal Cello Wei Yu will be featured soloists for concerts conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin, October 20-21. The program includes a world premiere by Loren Loiacono titled Smothered by Sky, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, and Berlioz’s Harold in Italy. The concerts take place Friday, October 20
- [Screening of “Samuel Barber, Absolute Beauty,” Featuring Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/screening-of-samuel-barber-absolute-beauty-featuring-leonard-slatkin/) - October 10, 2017 Maestro Slatkin will attend a screening of the new documentary Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty, in which he is featured, at the Royal Starr Film Festival at Emagine Royal Oak on Saturday, October 14, at 1 p.m. After the film he will participate in a Q&A session with the filmmaker and sign copies
- [DSO Opens 2017-18 Classical Season with Pianist Olga Kern](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-opens-2017-18-classical-season-with-pianist-olga-kern/) - October 9, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will kick off a season-long celebration of Music Director Leonard Slatkin’s 10th anniversary and the 2017-18 Classical Series with concerts featuring special guest pianist Olga Kern. On the program is the world premiere of a commissioned work by composer Conor Abbot Brown entitled How to Relax with Origami,
- [Just Released: “Leading Tones,” by Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/just-released-leading-tones-by-leonard-slatkin/) - September 12, 2017 NOW AVAILABLE: Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry Purchase Leonard Slatkin's new book at Hal Leonard Online today! “Like the first book, Leading Tones is relaxed and admirably understated. Slatkin, a charming conversationalist, writes like he talks. … [I]t’s almost as if he had invited you over to
- [Slatkin's New Book, “Leading Tones,” Available for Pre-Order](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkins-new-book-leading-tones-available-for-pre-order/) - August 10, 2017 Leonard Slatkin's latest book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, is now available for pre-order and will be released by Amadeus Press on September 12, 2017. Leading Tones glimpses far beyond Slatkin’s baton and casts an inquisitive eye upon many facets of the contemporary music industry. Although this
- [Now On Sale: New DSO Recording of Copland's “Appalachian Spring”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/now-on-sale-new-dso-recording-of-coplands-appalachian-spring/) - September 9, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's recording of Aaron Copland's internationally celebrated masterpiece, Appalachian Spring, and his jazz-influenced ballet, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, is now available for sale on the Naxos label. This release is volume two of the Complete Ballet series. Appalachian Spring (1944), a beloved staple of dance companies worldwide, was a
- [The Orchestre National de Lyon Celebrates Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-orchestre-national-de-lyon-celebrates-leonard-slatkin/) - June 23, 2017 Hail to the Chief: Anne-Sophie Mutter, the ONL and the People of Lyon Welcome the Work of Leonard Slatkin by Beate Langenbruch Published in French by Bachtrack, June 22, 2017. Translated excerpts below. How often does it happen that a listener, even a person coming to a concert hall for the first
- [DSO Heads to Asia after a Free Send-Off Concert Sunday](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-heads-to-asia-after-a-free-send-off-concert-sunday/) - July 7, 2017 On Tuesday, July 11, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra departs on its historic Asia Tour 2017, a trip that will include the orchestra’s debut performances in China and its first visit to Japan in 19 years. Music Director Leonard Slatkin will conduct the DSO in eleven concerts from July 14 to 29, 2017,
- [Slatkin Is Jury Chairman of the Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-is-jury-chairman-of-the-cliburn-competition-in-fort-worth/) - May 25, 2017 Widely considered one of the top music contests on the planet, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition attracts the best pianists ages 18 to 30. Leonard Slatkin serves as chairman of the jury that will evaluate 30 carefully selected competitors May 25 through June 10, 2017. For the first time, the entire
- [Slatkin and the DSO to Perform Beethoven's Ninth](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-and-the-dso-to-perform-beethovens-ninth/) - May 13, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform two unforgettable works in a weekend of concerts conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, including the famed “Ode to Joy” last movement, and John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man song cycle, inspired by the lyrics of Nobel Prize-winning musician and poet Bob Dylan. The
- [Orchestre National de Lyon Tours Germany and the Netherlands](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/orchestre-national-de-lyon-tours-germany-and-the-netherlands/) - May 2, 2017 The Orchestre National de Lyon is embarking on a tour of Germany and the Netherlands May 3-14 under the direction of Leonard Slatkin, with guest soloists Hilary Hahn performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Cameron Carpenter playing Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on his International Touring Organ. The programs also
- [Pianist Michel Camilo Joins Slatkin and the DSO for Symphonic Jazz Concerts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/pianist-michel-camilo-joins-slatkin-and-the-dso-for-symphonic-jazz-concerts/) - April 19, 2017 Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcome pianist and composer Michel Camilo for a concert program that includes Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No. 1 and Camilo’s own Triple Concerto, featuring a jazz trio comprising Camilo, bassist Ricky Rodriguez, and drummer Cliff Almond. A selection of Bach orchestral transcriptions rounds out the program.
- [Slatkin to Lead DSO in Concerts Featuring Sharon Isbin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-lead-dso-in-concerts-featuring-sharon-isbin/) - April 3, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcomes guitarist Sharon Isbin for a concert program that includes Vivaldi’s Concerto for Lute and Chris Brubeck’s Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra. Mahler’s dramatic Tenth Symphony in the Deryck Cook completion rounds out the program. Music Director Leonard Slatkin will conduct. Isbin, the preeminent classical guitarist of
- [Leonard Slatkin Receives Award for Cultural Diplomacy in Italy](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-receives-award-for-cultural-diplomacy-in-italy/) - March 20, 2017 The Consulate General of the United States of America in Milan, Italy, presented Leonard Slatkin with the Consul General's Award for Cultural Diplomacy on March 19. Slatkin's trip to Italy encompasses conducting engagements with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi and the Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo.
- [Leonard Slatkin Brings the Orchestre National de Lyon to America](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-brings-the-orchestre-national-de-lyon-to-america/) - February 8, 2017 Beginning February 18, the Orchestre National de Lyon, “probably the most refined ensemble of the world” (The Guardian), tours the United States for the first time since 2003, playing concerts with music director Leonard Slatkin on a six-city tour. The Orchestra performs in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall and the New
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces 2017-18 Season](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/detroit-symphony-orchestra-announces-2017-18-season/) - January 29, 2017 Subscriptions are now on sale for the DSO's 2017-18 season, a celebration of Leonard Slatkin's 10th anniversary as music director. The classical series features eight world premieres, a French festival highlighting the music of Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz and more, and a season-finale presentation of Puccini's Turandot in concert. “For my final season
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Introduces Mozart Festival Mascot, “Wolfie”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/detroit-symphony-orchestra-introduces-mozart-festival-mascot-wolfie/) - January 18, 2017 This year's mascot, “Wolfie,” shows up too early for the DSO's Mozart Festival, so he makes the most of his time by shredding the piano in Orchestra Hall and taking requests from some old festival friends.
- [Storm Large Returns to Sing Weill's “Seven Deadly Sins” with the DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/storm-large-returns-to-sing-weills-seven-deadly-sins-with-the-dso/) - November 30, 2016 Vocalist Storm Large and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra made headlines in 2013 when she gave her Carnegie Hall debut with the orchestra in a sensational performance of Kurt Weill’s thrilling and satirical work The Seven Deadly Sins. Large will reprise her roles as the split personalities Anna I and Anna II in
- [Violinist Cho-Liang Lin Joins Slatkin for the DSO Neighborhood Series](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/violinist-cho-liang-lin-joins-slatkin-for-the-dso-neighborhood-series/) - January 7, 2017 Music Director Leonard Slatkin and violinist Cho-Liang Lin will present a program of Brahms, Lalo Schifrin, Smetana, and Mendelssohn as part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s William Davidson Neighborhood Concert Series, bringing world-class orchestral music to venues across Metro Detroit. The neighborhood concerts will take place Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m.
- [Pianist Emanuel Ax to Perform with the DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/pianist-emanuel-ax-to-perform-with-the-dso/) - December 6, 2016 Pianist Emanuel Ax will join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) for a weekend of concerts featuring Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as Elgar’s Symphony No. 1. Music Director Leonard Slatkin will conduct. The performances will take place Friday, December 8 at 8 p.m.
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces July 2017 Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-announces-july-2017-asia-tour/) - December 6, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced that it will undertake a historic three-week tour of Asia in July 2017, including its debut performances in China and its first visit to Japan in 19 years. Music Director Leonard Slatkin will conduct the DSO in 11 concerts from July 14 to 29, 2017, marking
- [Leonard Slatkin, DSO Forge New Deal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-dso-forge-new-deal/) - December 3, 2015 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors has ratified a new contract with Leonard Slatkin that extends his relationship with the ensemble through the 2019-20 concert season. The agreement secures Slatkin’s role as Music Director through the 2017-18 season—a remarkable 10 years of visionary leadership and artistic achievement—after which he will become the
- [Slatkin Composition Receives World Premiere with DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-composition-receives-world-premiere-with-dso/) - December 5, 2015 Slatkin’s composition Kinah is an elegy to his late parents, famed musicians Felix Slatkin and Eleanor Aller of the renowned Hollywood String Quartet. On February 6, 1963, the pair rehearsed the Brahms Double Concerto for a concert that was scheduled later that week. Tragically, Felix Slatkin died of a heart attack before the performance
- [Maestro Slatkin Conducts the “Resurrection” Symphony with Gustav Mahler’s Baton](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/maestro-slatkin-conducts-the-resurrection-symphony-with-gustav-mahlers-baton/) - December 6, 2015 In the fifth movement of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Maestro Slatkin conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Wayne State University Chorus using Gustav Mahler’s baton, a gift from esteemed scholar Gilbert Kaplan, whose multimedia lecture “The World of Mahler’s Second Symphony,” delivered by Heidi Bryson, preceded the concerts.
- [Leonard Slatkin on the Sinatra Centennial](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-on-the-sinatra-centennial/) - December 8, 2016 Maestro Slatkin spoke with Susan Whitall of The Detroit News about his family connections to Frank Sinatra, sharing his personal reflections for her article “Remembering Frank Sinatra, ‘The Voice,’ on His Birthday.” Slatkin's parents, founding members of the Hollywood String Quartet, were friends with Sinatra and were featured on his album Close
- [DSO Presents Brahms Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-presents-brahms-festival/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" vertical_center="true" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/6" el_position="first"] [spb_image image="1364" image_size="full" image_width="700" frame="noframe" caption_pos="hover" remove_rounded="yes" fullwidth="no" overflow_mode="none" link_target="_self" lightbox="no" intro_animation="none" animation_delay="200" width="2/3"] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/6" el_position="last"] [/spb_row] [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" vertical_center="true" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/6" el_position="first"]
- [DSO Announces 2016-17 Classical Season, “Gershwin and His Children”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-announces-2016-17-classical-season-gershwin-and-his-children/) - February 1, 2016 Join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for what will be one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory! The 2016-17 season, “Gershwin and His Children: The Influence of Popular Culture on Classical Music,” will be a survey of music demonstrating how American culture has influenced composers around the world. In addition to
- [New Ravel Recording Released](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-ravel-recording-released-2/) - February 13, 2016 The Orchestre National de Lyon released its recording of Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole and Don Quichotte á Dulcinée on the Naxos label. Purchase on Amazon or iTunes
- [Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra to Perform Slatkin's “Kinah”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/rochester-philharmonic-orchestra-to-perform-slatkins-kinah/) - February 18, 2016 The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced that they will perform Leonard Slatkin’s composition Kinah on April 20 and April 22, 2017. Conductor Ward Stare will conduct the RPO in a program that opens with Slatkin’s elegy to his parents and closes with Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. The piece incorporates themes from the slow
- [Slatkin Gets to Know FWSO ahead of 2017 Cliburn Competition](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-gets-to-know-the-fwso-ahead-of-2017-cliburn-competition/) - March 3, 2016 Maestro Slatkin spent a week in Fort Worth getting better acquainted with the orchestra in advance of the 2017 Cliburn Competition, for which he will serve as jury chairman and conductor of the final concert. He conducted the FWSO in a program featuring Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, Barber's Essay No. 2, and Double
- [Naxos Releases New Recording of Ravel Orchestrations](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/onl-releases-new-recording-of-ravel-orchestrations/) - April 8, 2016 Naxos has released the next installment in the Orchestre National de Lyon's recording cycle of the works of Maurice Ravel. This disc highlights the composer's incomparable skill in orchestrating such pieces as Chabrier's Menuet pompeux, Debussy's Sarabande et Danse, Schumann's Carnaval, and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Purchase on Amazon or iTunes
- [Slatkin to Receive Honorary Doctorate from New England Conservatory](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2763-2/) - April 26, 2016 Leonard Slatkin will be presented with an honorary doctorate from the New England Conservatory in Boston and will be the 2016 commencement speaker at a degree ceremony taking place at the college on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 3:00 pm in Jordan Hall. The event is open to the public, and tickets
- [Violinist Nigel Kennedy Returns for Exclusive U.S. Performance with DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/violinist-nigel-kennedy-returns-for-exclusive-u-s-performance-with-dso/) - May 4, 2016 Virtuosic British violinist Nigel Kennedy returns to the United States following an 18-year absence to perform exclusively with Maestro Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The program includes Schumann’s Manfred Overture and William Schuman’s third symphony, followed by Kennedy’s original Dedications series, a celebration of the composer and violinist’s musical heroes. Performances will
- [Welcome Message from Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2872-2/) - May 5, 2016 Welcome to my new website! I am very pleased to share this updated design with you, which offers improved navigation, a full-featured schedule page, additional photo galleries, and a Twitter feed. We have even more exciting improvements to the site in store, including a set of conducting tutorials in which I will
- [DSO Brahms Recording Tops iTunes Classical Chart](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-brahms-recording-tops-itunes-classical-chart/) - May 7, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s digital live album of Johannes Brahms’s four symphonies has topped the iTunes Classical Chart. As the second album on the orchestra’s in-house “Live From Orchestra Hall” label, the release is in celebration of the German composer’s 183rd birthday. The symphonies were conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin and
- [Joshua Bell Returns to Orchestra Hall to Perform with Slatkin and DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/joshua-bell-returns-to-orchestra-hall/) - May 18, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcomes back award-winning violinist Joshua Bell to Orchestra Hall next week to perform Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole. Led by Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the DSO will also perform Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Steven Stucky’s Dreamwaltzes to honor and celebrate the life of the recently deceased composer. Performances will take
- [DSO to Conclude Classical Season with Strauss’ “Salome”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-to-conclude-classical-season-with-strauss-salome/) - May 28, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will wrap up the 2015-2016 classical season with a concert version of Richard Strauss’ opera Salome. Maestro Leonard Slatkin will lead the DSO alongside soprano Lise Lindstrom in her portrayal of the title character, as well as tenor Chris Merritt as Herod, mezzo-soprano Jane Henschel as Herodias, baritone
- [DSO Hosts Marjorie S. Fisher Memorial Celebration](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/marjorie-s-fisher-memorial-celebration/) - June 14, 2016 When the decision was made last summer to honor Marjorie S. Fisher by adding her name to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's home at 3711 Woodward Avenue, orchestra representatives had occasion to speak with her about what motivated her ongoing generosity to the organization and to the community at large. One key phrase
- [Orchestre National de Lyon Returns to Japan for Seven Concerts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/orchestre-national-de-lyon-japan-tour-june-2016/) - June 17, 2016 The Orchestre National de Lyon returns to Japan for a two-week tour with seven performances in five cities: Sapporo, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo, and Nagoya. The orchestra will perform five different programs highlighting works of Ravel, Mussorgsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, and John Williams. Orchestre National de Lyon in Sapporo Thursday, June 23
- [Orchestre National de Lyon On Tour in Japan](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/orchestre-national-de-lyon-on-tour-in-japan/) - June 29, 2016 French public radio station France Musique interviews Leonard Slatkin and reports on his tour of Japan with the Orchestre National de Lyon. INTERVIEW REPORT
- [New DSO Recording Available for Pre-Order on iTunes](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-dso-recording-available-for-pre-order-on-itunes/) - July 7, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is releasing a recording of Kerry Turner's Horn Concerto, featuring Principal Horn Karl Pituch, on its Live from Orchestra Hall label. The EP will be available for download on July 15th. Pre-order on iTunes
- [On Sale Now: Kerry Turner Horn Concerto Recording Featuring Karl Pituch and DSO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/on-sale-now-kerry-turner-horn-concerto-recording-featuring-karl-pituch/) - July 15, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has released a new digital EP on its Live from Orchestra Hall label. The recording features Principal Horn Karl Pituch performing Kerry Turner's Horn Concerto, “The Gothic,” which the DSO premiered in concert on May 23, 2013. Download the recording on iTunes today! Purchase on iTunes
- [Marjorie Fisher Leaves Each DSO Musician $5,000](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/marjorie-fisher-leaves-each-dso-musician-5000/) - July 15, 2016 In a unique and deeply meaningful expression of her love for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its individual artists, Marjorie S. Fisher included the men and women of the orchestra in her estate plans, bequeathing $5,000 to each full-time musician for a total gift of $390,000. DSO Chairman Emeritus Phillip Fisher delivered
- [Barber's Gothic Romance “Vanessa” Opens July 30 at Santa Fe Opera](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/barbers-gothic-romance-vanessa-opens-july-30-at-santa-fe-opera/) - July 25, 2016 Leonard Slatkin will conduct Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, Vanessa, considered by many to be one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century. The production, opening July 30th at Santa Fe Opera, stars soprano Erin Wall as the title character, a woman left heartbroken by the lover who abandoned
- [Musicians Join Detroit Symphony Orchestra Roster](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/musicians-join-detroit-symphony-orchestra-roster/) - July 28, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has hired three orchestra musicians from national auditions held during the 2015-16 season: Eric Nowlin, Principal Viola; Amanda Blaikie, Second Flute; and James Ritchie, Assistant Principal Timpani/Section Percussion. In addition, bassoonist Alexander Davis will join the ensemble for a yearlong residency as the DSO's African American Orchestra Fellow. Eric
- [“Stepping Out with Slatkin & McTee” Kicks Off Placitas Artists Series](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/stepping-out-with-slatkin-mctee-kicks-off-placitas-artists-series/) - August 8, 2016 The Placitas Artists Series launches its 30th season on Sunday, August 14, with “Stepping Out with Slatkin & McTee,” a PAS fundraiser featuring internationally renowned, Grammy-winning conductor Leonard Slatkin and award-winning American composer Cindy McTee. The couple is in the neighborhood because Maestro Slatkin is conducting the highly acclaimed Santa Fe Opera
- [New York Youth Symphony to Honor Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/new-york-youth-symphony-to-honor-leonard-slatkin/) - August 22, 2016 The New York Youth Symphony has announced that it will honor Leonard Slatkin with the Theodore L. Kesselman Award for Arts Education at their 54th Annual Benefit event on Monday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Club. The award was established in 1995 to recognize significant dedication by an individual or
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 2016-17 Single Tickets On Sale](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dso-2016-17-single-tickets-on-sale/) - August 22, 2016 Single tickets to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's entire 2016-17 season are now on sale! Celebrate the upcoming season with two opening-weekend events featuring violinist Hilary Hahn and piano virtuoso Lang Lang. Come to Orchestra Hall and tune in to our live webcasts throughout the season to experience symphonic blockbusters like Beethoven’s Ninth
- [Detroit Symphony Promotes Michelle Merrill to Associate Conductor](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/detroit-symphony-promotes-michelle-merrill-to-associate-conductor/) - September 16, 2017 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is proud to announce that Michelle Merrill has been promoted to Associate Conductor ahead of her third season with the DSO. “In promoting Michelle from Assistant to Associate Conductor of the DSO, we are acknowledging her incredible contribution to our orchestra,” said Music Director Leonard Slatkin. “Whether she
- [DSO's Opening Weekend to Feature Hilary Hahn and Lang Lang](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/dsos-opening-weekend-to-feature-hilary-hahn-and-lang-lang/) - September 26, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will kick off the 2016-17 season with concerts featuring superstar violinist Hilary Hahn and piano sensation Lang Lang. Both programs will be conducted by Music Director Leonard Slatkin. On Thursday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, September 30 at 8 p.m., Hilary Hahn joins the DSO for
- [Slatkin to Lead Garrick Ohlsson and the DSO in Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-to-lead-garrick-ohlsson-and-the-dso-in-gershwins-rhapsody-in-blue/) - October 3, 2016 The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform George Gershwin’s groundbreaking Rhapsody in Blue in a three-concert series led by Music Director Leonard Slatkin and featuring pianist Garrick Ohlsson. The program also includes Aaron Copland’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (with Ohlsson), Milhaud’s La Création du monde, Christopher Rouse’s 1985 work Bump, and Respighi’s
- [Coming October 15: Leonard Slatkin's Conducting School 1.0](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/coming-october-15-leonard-slatkins-conducting-school-1-0/) - Designed to bring you closer to unlocking the secrets of the podium, this series is an educational and entertaining introduction to the art of conducting.
- [Manhattan School of Music and Detroit Symphony Launch Conductors' Project](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/slatkin-named-distinguished-visiting-artist-at-manhattan-school-of-music-launches-conductors-project/) - October 12, 2016 This month Manhattan School of Music (MSM) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) launch their first annual Conductors’ Project, a “podium partnership” that will see two recent MSM conducting graduates chosen as Conducting Fellows to work with DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the MSM Symphony Orchestra, and the DSO in a two-week,
- [Leonard Slatkin to Assume New Role with Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/leonard-slatkin-to-assume-new-role-with-orchestre-national-de-lyon/) - April 5, 2016 On September 1, 2017, Leonard Slatkin will become Honorary Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon. He will continue regular collaborations with the musicians of the orchestra for at least three additional seasons and has committed to conducting six weeks in the 2017-18 season and four weeks in the following season.
- [The Cup Overfloweth](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/the-cup-overfloweth/) - About 12 years ago, when my son was 8, he played soccer for his middle-school team. Every Saturday, as a somewhat dutiful parent, I showed up and watched this sport, which seemed as far away from the culture I grew up in as it is prevalent today. Running up and down the field, trying to
- [A Lesson for All](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/a-lesson-for-all/) - Usually, the first rehearsal for a new season is a straightforward affair. We make announcements, introduce new musicians and staff and get our collective chops together. Such was not the case in Detroit on a sunny Thursday morning. We generally start the season with a series of free concerts throughout the community, made possible by
- [CORIGLIANO: Of Rage and Remembrance, Symphony No. 1](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/corigliano-of-rage-and-remembrance/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" row_bg_type="color" color_row_height="content-height" bg_type="cover" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" row_top_style="none" row_bottom_style="none" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" row_padding_vertical="0" row_padding_horizontal="0" row_margin_vertical="0" remove_element_spacing="no" vertical_center="false" inner_column_height="col-natural" row_expanding="no" row_animation="none" row_animation_delay="0" minimize_row="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content element_name="Title" type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] CORIGLIANO: Of Rage and Remembrance, Symphony No. 1 [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_image image="1189" image_size="full" frame="noframe"
- [Mahler Symphony No. 1](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/709/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" row_bg_type="color" color_row_height="content-height" bg_type="cover" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" row_top_style="none" row_bottom_style="none" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" row_padding_vertical="0" row_padding_horizontal="0" row_margin_vertical="0" remove_element_spacing="no" vertical_center="false" inner_column_height="col-natural" row_expanding="no" row_animation="none" row_animation_delay="0" minimize_row="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Mahler Symphony No. 1 [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_image image="1191" image_size="full" frame="noframe" caption_pos="hover" remove_rounded="yes" fullwidth="no" overflow_mode="none" link_target="_self"
- [TCHAIKOVSKY: The Ballets — Complete Collection](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/tchaikovsky-the-ballets-complete-collection/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" row_bg_type="color" color_row_height="content-height" bg_type="cover" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" row_top_style="none" row_bottom_style="none" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" row_padding_vertical="0" row_padding_horizontal="0" row_margin_vertical="0" remove_element_spacing="no" vertical_center="false" inner_column_height="col-natural" row_expanding="no" row_animation="none" row_animation_delay="0" minimize_row="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] TCHAIKOVSKY: The Ballets—Complete Collection [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_image image="1190" image_size="full" frame="noframe" caption_pos="hover" remove_rounded="yes" fullwidth="no" overflow_mode="none" link_target="_self"
- [BOLCOM: Songs of Innocence and Experience](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/bolcom-songs-of-innocence-and-experience/) - [spb_row element_name="Row" wrap_type="content-width" row_bg_type="color" color_row_height="content-height" bg_type="cover" parallax_image_height="content-height" parallax_image_movement="fixed" parallax_image_speed="0.5" bg_video_loop="yes" parallax_video_height="window-height" row_top_style="none" row_bottom_style="none" parallax_video_overlay="none" row_overlay_opacity="0" row_padding_vertical="0" row_padding_horizontal="0" row_margin_vertical="0" remove_element_spacing="no" vertical_center="false" inner_column_height="col-natural" row_expanding="no" row_animation="none" row_animation_delay="0" minimize_row="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_boxed_content type="coloured" box_link_target="_self" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] CORIGLIANO: Of Rage and Remembrance, Symphony No. 1 [/spb_boxed_content] [spb_blank_spacer height="30px" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] [spb_image image="1194" image_size="full" frame="noframe" caption_pos="hover"

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- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
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- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
- [HOME](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/) - Conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
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- [BIO](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/bio/) - Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
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- [2026 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2026-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2020.
- [WORLD PREMIERES](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/world-premieres/) - Explore this list of Leonard Slatkin's world premiere performances of new works throughout his career.
- [BOOKS BY LEONARD](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/books-by-leonard/) - Get an insider’s glimpse into the life of a conductor in Leonard Slatkin’s books, published by Amadeus Press.
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- [2025 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2025-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2025.
- [2024 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2024-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2024.
- [2023 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2023-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2023.
- [2022 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2022-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2022.
- [2021 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2021-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 202.
- [TIMELINE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/timeline/) - Discover key events in the life and career of conductor Leonard Slatkin.
- [ROAD TO RECOVERY SERIES](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/road-to-recovery-series/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's journal entries related to the impact of COVID-19 on the classical music industry and the road to recovery.
- [NEWS](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/news/) - Read the latest news from Leonard Slatkin about his career as a conductor, composer, and author.
- [JOURNAL](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/journal/) - Read more about Leonard Slatkin’s conducting experiences, travels, and recommended recordings in his monthly blog.
- [2020 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2020-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2020.
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- [2016 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2016-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2016.
- [2015 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2015-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2015.
- [2015 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2015-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2015.
- [2014 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2014-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2014.
- [2013 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2013-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2013.
- [2012 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2012-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2012.
- [2012 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2012-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2012.
- [2011 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2011-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2011.
- [2010 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2010-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2010.
- [2010 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2010-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2010.
- [2009 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2009-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2009.
- [2008 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2008-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2008.
- [2007 ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/2007-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2007.
- [JOURNAL ARCHIVE](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/journal-archive/) - Read conductor Leonard Slatkin's monthly blog entries from 2016 to present.
- [ARTICLES BY LEONARD](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/articles/) - Slatkin's essays have appeared in such publications as The Washington Post, Cultural Weekly, and Huffington Post.
- [ABOUT](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/about/) - Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin (born September 1, 1944) has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “America’s music director.”
- [CONDUCTING BUSINESS](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/conducting-business/) - Get an insider’s glimpse into the life of a conductor in Leonard Slatkin’s debut book.
- [COMMENTARY](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/) - Read Leonard Slatkin's analysis of issues facing classical music artists and contribute questions on music-industry topics for his upcoming book.
- [PUBLICATIONS](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/publications/) - Learn more about Slatkin’s work as a conductor, composer, and author.
- [SOCIAL](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/social/) - Connect with Leonard on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
- [RECORDINGS](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/recordings/) - Peruse Leonard Slatkin's catalog of audio recordings and view video clips.
- [PHOTOS: Leonard's Lighter Side](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/photos-leonard-the-lighter-side/) - Peruse photos that highlight Leonard's characteristic sense of humor.
- [PHOTOS: Friends & Family](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/photos-friends-and-family/) - Browse photos of Leonard with his friends and family.
- [EVENTS](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/events/)

## Timeline Entries

- [Gave the commencement address at New England Conservatory and received an honorary doctorate](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=gave-the-commencement-address-at-new-england-conservatory-and-received-his-13th-honorary-doctorate) - In his speech, Slatkin told the graduates: “The diploma that you will receive in a few moments should always serve as a reminder of not only your accomplishments here at NEC, but also what music means in your life. We are blessed to be able to express ourselves, as well as the ideas of others, through
- [Won two GRAMMYs for William Bolcom's “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=won-two-grammys-for-william-bolcoms-songs-of-innocence-and-of-experience) - Bolcom's two-hour song cycle was recorded in Ann Arbor with Slatkin conducting the University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra and a massed U of M choir. Slatkin's wins were in the categories of Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance. Slatkin told the Detroit Free Press: “It's hard to imagine once you've heard this
- [Welcomed the birth of his son, Daniel Alexander Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=welcomed-the-birth-of-his-son-daniel-alexander-slatkin) - Daniel was born at 5:30 p.m. at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and weighed 8 pounds, 5 ½ ounces. He is now a composer for film and television. “The confluence of events of turning 50, having a new orchestra and a first child all at once is exhausting. Most important to me is having a
- [Born at 8:20 a.m. at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=cu-duo-movet-aliquam) - Eleanor Aller Slatkin delivered a healthy baby boy weighing 5 ½ pounds and measuring 18 ¼ inches.
- [Served as artistic director of the American Festival of Music at London's Southbank Centre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=served-as-artistic-director-of-the-american-festival-of-music-at-londons-southbank-centre) - Slatkin led the Philharmonia Orchestra in works by Schuman, Barber, Bernstein, Ives, and Gershwin, among others, at the Royal Festival Hall. “Conductor Leonard Slatkin is a tight ball of energy on the podium: I don't recall anybody jumping so much, right off the ground. Yet his effect is very precise and demanding.” —Tom Sutcliffe, The
- [Made his Metropolitan Opera debut](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=made-his-metropolitan-opera-debut) - Slatkin conducted Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, directed by Giancarlo del Monaco. Barbara Daniels, Placido Domingo, and Sherrill Milnes starred in the production, which was later broadcast on PBS as part of the “Great Performances” series. “Leonard Slatkin was triumphant—he led the work with great propulsion or expansiveness as required, he brought out every glory in
- [Led his first concert as artistic director of the Cleveland Orchestra's Blossom Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=led-his-first-concert-as-artistic-director-of-the-cleveland-orchestras-blossom-music-festival) - Slatkin was appointed the first director of the festival, overseeing the orchestra at its summer home in Cuyahoga Falls. The series had a distinctly American flavor, featuring staples by Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland in addition to lesser-known works by composers Donald Erb and Mark Phillips. “For nine summers, I had the privilege of leading
- [Awarded Austria's Decoration of Honor in Silver](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=awarded-austrias-decoration-of-honor-in-silver) - Slatkin was recognized for his outstanding contributions to cultural relations based on his role as founder and artistic director of the Minnesota Orchestra's Sommerfest. The Austrian Ambassador to the United States, Thomas Klestil, presented him with the honor in Minneapolis on July 16, 1986, acknowledging the festival for promoting the friendship between Austria and the United
- [Celebrated the SLSO Centennial with a star-studded gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=celebrated-the-slso-centennial-with-a-star-studded-gala) - The concert included appearances by composer John Williams and pianists Emanuel Ax, John Browning, and Jeffrey Siegel, among other special guests. “The highlight was the Aria from Bachianas brasileiras with soprano Benita Valente and my mother as first cellist.” —Leonard Slatkin
- [Became the first American-born conductor to lead the “Big 5” orchestras and LA Phil in one year](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=became-the-first-american-born-conductor-to-lead-the-big-5-orchestras-and-la-phil-in-one-year) - Slatkin conducted the orchestras in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles in January 1980; Cleveland in February 1980; New York in June 1980; and Philadelphia in July 1980.
- [Conducted in Paris for Isaac Stern's Concerto Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=conducted-in-paris-for-isaac-sterns-concerto-festival) - In celebration of Isaac Stern's 60th birthday, Leonard joined conductors Kondrashin, Krivine, Maazel, Marriner, and Ozawa for a series of concerts in and around Paris. He conducted two programs featuring Stern as soloist. The first was with the Orchestre National de France at the Théatre des Champs-Élysées. They performed Verdi's Sicilian Vespers Overture, the Brahms Double Concerto (with violinist
- [Led Strauss's “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Opera Theatre St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=led-strausss-ariadne-auf-naxos-with-opera-theatre-st-louis) - The production was directed by Lou Galterio and starred sopranos Erie Mills as Zerbinetta, Faith Esham as the Composer, and Pamela Myers as Ariadne. “Awareness of the music was a key element here. Nowhere did Galterio's direction betray the music or mock it with irrelevant stage business; nowhere did Slatkin fail to support the
- [Earned his first two GRAMMY nominations](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=earned-his-first-two-grammy-nominations) - Slatkin was nominated for his recordings with the St. Louis Symphony of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 in the Best Classical Orchestral Performance category and Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky in the Best Choral Performance category. The winners were Herbert von Karajan for his set of the Beethoven symphonies and George Solti for Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
- [Announced as the next music director of the St. Louis Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=announced-as-the-next-music-director-of-the-st-louis-symphony) - During the course of one week in the spring of 1978, Slatkin was offered music directorships in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and St. Louis. John Edwards, general manger of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a mentor to Leonard, steered him in the direction of St. Louis. Edwards advised: “Now you know that you are equipped to
- [Made his European debut at Festival Hall, London](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=made-his-european-debut-at-festival-hall-london) - Leading the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Slatkin conducted an English program with music by Walton, Delius, and Vaughan-Williams. He was substituting—on two weeks' notice—for Sir Adrian Boult.
- [Studied at the Aspen School under Walter Susskind](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=studied-at-the-aspen-school-under-walter-susskind) - Leonard conducted the Aspen Festival Orchestra in Barber's Adagio for Strings. When he asked Susskind if he could return the next summer, his mentor smiled and said, “You had better.” “Never forget that you have a responsibility to the composer, musicians, and audience. The responsibility to yourself comes last.” —Walter Susskind
- [Made his debut as assistant conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=debut-concert-as-assistant-conductor-of-the-st-louis-symphony-orchestra) - Slatkin's program for his first performance with the orchestra featured all-Viennese repertoire with works by Schubert, Mahler, Richard Strauss, and Johann Strauss Jr. and Sr. The top ticket price was $3.50.
- [Launched the Minnesota Orchestra's first Sommerfest](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=launched-the-minnesota-orchestras-first-sommerfest) - Initially, the festival ran for three weeks, but it was later expanded to four. Concerts ranged from traditional waltzes and polkas to programs featuring new music. “This was a high point in my career. The orchestra members threw themselves into the most demanding schedule possible and created something that has become a hallmark for
- [Celebrated the marriage of his son, Daniel, to Bridget Laifman](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=eum-nobis-possit-te) - Daniel Slatkin wed Bridget Laifman at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California, at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains. The happy couple lives in the Los Angeles area with their pug, Winston.
- [Commemorated the 50th anniversary of his debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=commemorated-the-50th-anniversary-of-his-debut-with-the-st-louis-symphony-orchestra) - The SLSO held a dinner onstage at Powell Hall to honor Slatkin’s legacy and celebrate his remarkable partnership with the orchestra—and the St. Louis community—over the past five decades.
- [Honored by the DSO at the 8th annual Heroes Gala, celebrating his 10 years as music director](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=honored-by-the-dso-at-the-8th-annual-heroes-gala-celebrating-his-10-years-as-music-director) - Under Slatkin's leadership, the DSO took on such groundbreaking initiatives as the free Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts, the annual winter music festival, and the Soundcard student ticket program. During his tenure, the DSO released acclaimed and Grammy-nominated recordings, toured Asia, played Carnegie Hall, expanded the orchestra’s educational offerings, and strengthened its connection with audiences.
- [Received his 33rd GRAMMY nomination for the DSO recording of Copland's Symphony No. 3](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=received-his-33rd-grammy-nomination-for-the-dso-recording-of-coplands-symphony-no-3) - Although Manfred Honeck of the Pittsburgh Symphony took home the award for Best Orchestral Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards on January 28, 2018, Slatkin was honored to be nominated for the DSO recording of the work that is, in his estimation, “probably the single finest statement by an American writing in the symphonic form.”
- [Released his second book, “Leading Tones”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=released-his-second-book-leading-tones-published-by-amadeus-press) - Subtitled “Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry,” the book offers a glimpse into several aspects of the musical world. Slatkin presents portraits of six outstanding artists with whom he has worked, as well as anecdotes and stories both personal and professional. He also reveals his Top 10 favorite pieces to conduct: Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Named directeur musical honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=named-directeur-musical-honoraire-of-the-orchestre-national-de-lyon) - Slaktin became the first to hold this honorary title with the orchestra and has enjoyed continued collaborations with the ensemble. “The future for this orchestra is bright indeed and I’m proud to be part of it.” —Leonard Slatkin
- [Presented the world premiere of “Kinah” in Detroit](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=presented-the-world-premiere-of-kinah-an-elegy-he-composed-for-his-parents) - “‘Kinah’ is the Hebrew word for ‘Elegy,’ and although we were not a devout family, there was always something of our Jewish heritage felt in the Slatkin household. I can only hope that this short work, about 14 minutes long, pays appropriate homage to my parents.” —Leonard Slatkin The opening chord comprises notes taken
- [Embarked on a tour of Japan and China with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=embarked-on-a-tour-of-japan-and-china-with-the-detroit-symphony-orchestra) - The trip marked the DSO’s debut performances in China and its first international tour since 2001. In 20 days, Slatkin conducted 11 concerts in 10 cities across two countries. “In each city we visited, we encountered enthusiastic audiences, some of whom have gotten to know us over the years through our audio recordings and the
- [Premiered his composition “Endgames” with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=premiered-his-composition-endgames-with-the-detroit-symphony-orchestra) - Endgames is scored for piccolo, alto flute, English horn, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, and strings. As Slatkin explained in his program note: “You have to feel just a little bit sorry for musicians who play instruments that fall slightly under the orchestral radar, especially those members of the orchestra sitting at the far
- [Honored with a 70th birthday tribute concert in NYC, coinciding with a special Naxos recording release](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=honored-with-a-70th-birthday-tribute-concert-in-nyc-coinciding-with-a-special-naxos-recording-release) - Performers at the event held at SubCulture in NoHo included composer David Del Tredici, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, cellist Fred Zlotkin, and pianists Joyce Yang, Joseph Kalichstein, Jeffrey Siegel, and Michel Camilo. The commemorative digital album is a “greatest hits” compilation of works Slatkin recorded on the Naxos label.
- [Received the ASCAP Foundation's Deems Taylor Award for his debut book, “Conducting Business”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=received-the-ascap-foundations-deems-taylor-award-for-his-debut-book-conducting-business) - Named in honor of composer, critic, and commentator Deems Taylor, who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years serving as president of ASCAP, the award recognizes outstanding print, broadcast, and new media coverage of music. Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro received the Special Recognition Award at a ceremony in New York
- [Opened his first season as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=opened-his-first-season-as-music-director-of-the-national-symphony-orchestra) - The program comprised works by American composers—Leonard Bernstein's Candide Overture, the world premiere of Claude Baker's Into the Sun with narration by Senator Edward Kennedy, Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, Dominick Argento's Casa Guidi with mezzo-soprano soloist Frederica von Stade, and Harlem by Duke Ellington.
- [Married composer Cindy McTee in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=married-composer-cindy-mctee-in-bloomfield-hills-michigan) - Approximately 20 guests attended the wedding ceremony in the living room of their home. Federal Judge Gerald Rosen officiated, and flutists Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway provided the music. The couple knew each other professionally for two decades before they began dating in 2009. Leonard has long championed Cindy's music, and their relationship grew
- [Played in the California Junior Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=played-in-the-california-junior-symphony) - Leonard led the viola section of the California Junior Symphony, aka the Meremblum Orchestra. He is pictured here as principal viola with his younger brother, Fred, principal cello. The conductor is Mehli Mehta, father of Zubin Mehta.
- [Took the helm of the Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=took-the-helm-of-the-orchestre-national-de-lyon) - Under Slatkin's leadership, the ONL embarked on tours to Asia and the United States and recorded the works of Ravel, Berlioz, and Saint-Saëns for the Naxos label. “A wonderful six years of music-making and watching my cholesterol levels rise. Good thing Lyon has a lot of red wine.” —Leonard Slatkin
- [Became principal guest conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=became-principal-guest-conductor-of-the-pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra) - “Slatkin's appointment as principal guest conductor is significant. An eloquent supporter of American music, such as John Adams' ‘Slonimsky's Earbox’ that opened the program in brilliant fashion, Slatkin should be the perfect counterpoint to [Music Director Manfred] Honeck.” —Andrew Druckenbrod, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Slatkin served in the role of principal guest conductor through the 2013-14
- [Won GRAMMYs for Best Classical Album and Best Orchestral Performance for Joan Tower's “Made in America”  ](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=won-grammys-for-best-classical-album-and-best-orchestral-performance-for-joan-towers-made-in-america) - Slatkin recorded the album in Nashville, where he served as the Nashville Symphony's music adviser from 2006 to 2009. “Magnificent works deserve an equally stellar performance. Leonard Slatkin’s leadership of the Nashville Orchestra rises to that expectation. The ensemble delivers a thoughtful and insightful performance of Tower’s works. … Absolutely a worthwhile representation of
- [Announced as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's next music director, beginning in the 2008-09 season](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=announced-as-the-detroit-symphony-orchestras-next-music-director-beginning-in-the-2008-09-season) - Slatkin became a front-runner for the position after conducting performances in May 2007 with Walton, John Williams, and Prokofiev on the program. He was asked to return to conduct summer concerts at Meadowbrook, one featuring the music of Beethoven and the other starring the Von Trapp Family Singers. “It was something I hadn't experienced
- [Received the Gold Baton Award from the League of American Orchestras](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=received-the-gold-baton-award-from-the-league-of-american-orchestras) - The Gold Baton is presented annually for distinguished service to American orchestras. The League's highest honor, the award recognizes those who champion and advance the cause of symphonic music throughout the nation. The 2005 award celebrated the contributions of “Leonard Slatkin, whose imaginative musical leadership has served America’s orchestras, composers and young conductors with unparalleled
- [Earned the rank of Chevalier in the French National Order of the Legion of Honor](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=earned-the-rank-of-chevalier-in-the-french-national-order-of-the-legion-of-honor) - “We already call him the maestro. Now we may call him chevalier,” the Washington Times reported on October 20, 2004. At the ceremony held at the French embassy, Jean-David Levitte, France’s ambassador to the U.S., praised Slatkin for his “immense contribution to French-American friendship” through activities such as the Kennedy Center’s Festival of France earlier that
- [Received the National Medal of Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=received-the-national-medal-of-arts) - Leonard Slatkin was presented with the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government in an Oval Office Ceremony with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, Honorary Chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. “The arts are an invaluable source of this country's vast creative output. To
- [Named a Washingtonian of the Year](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=named-a-washingtonian-of-the-year) - “To watch Leonard Slatkin in action is to really watch Leonard Slatkin in action. When he conducts the National Symphony Orchestra, he lunges, dips, jumps, and pivots. The audience begins to understand why the podium has a guardrail. Slatkin brings the same energy to educating his audience and encouraging young musicians. When the DC Youth Orchestra
- [Inducted into the Classical Music Hall of Fame in Cincinnati](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=inducted-into-the-classical-music-hall-of-fame-in-cincinnati) - The American Classical Music Walk of Fame in Washington Park combines classical music, mobile technology, public spaces, and a dancing fountain. By downloading a mobile app, visitors can hear musical samples and read more about the featured classical musicians while discovering the pavement stones engraved with names of Hall of Fame inductees throughout the park.
- [Performed in a benefit presentation of “The World of Nick Adams” with music by Copland and an all-star cast](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=performed-in-a-benefit-presentation-of-the-world-of-nick-adams-with-music-by-copland-and-an-all-star-cast) - This charity event for Paul Newman's “Hole in the Wall” camps took place in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Participating celebrities included Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Danny Aiello, Alec Baldwin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Naughton, Brian Dennehy, and Joanne Woodward. They performed a concert version of
- [Became the first American to conduct the BBC's Last Night of the Proms](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=became-the-first-american-to-conduct-the-bbcs-last-night-of-the-proms) - “What we are doing is in the spirit of this tragic time. Unity through music is now the message, and we can use our sounds to help underscore the long healing process that must take place. I am honored to be doing the Last Night. Maybe more than ever.” —Leonard Slatkin in The Guardian, September 13, 2001
- [Received the ASCAP Concert Music Award for advocacy of the music of our time](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=received-the-ascap-concert-music-award-for-advocacy-of-the-music-of-our-time) - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized Slatkin for his career-long commitment to American composers and new music. The awards ceremony took place at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theatre in New York City.
- [Performed a program of American music at the White House during the U.S.-China summit](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=performed-a-program-of-american-music-at-the-white-house-during-the-u-s-china-summit) - Following a state dinner for Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra performed a 30-minute program of works by Bernstein, Anderson, Gershwin, and Copland on the South Lawn. The finale was Sousa's “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” “Sometime I also would like to play some flute,” Jiang said to President Clinton at
- [Succeeded Sir Andrew Davis as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=succeeded-sir-andrew-davis-as-chief-conductor-of-the-bbc-symphony-orchestra) - Slatkin had worked with the BBCSO several times prior to the appointment, touring with them and leading mostly contemporary music. He held the post of chief conductor for four seasons, which included notable performances at the Proms.
- [Founded the National Conducting Institute training program in Washington, DC](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=founded-the-national-conducting-institute-training-program-in-washington-dc) - In cooperation with the National Symphony Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra League, Slatkin started the National Conducting Institute, designed to help conductors make the transition from leading student or part-time orchestras to full-time, professional ensembles. “It is one thing for a young conductor to have an opportunity at universities and conservatories to tell
- [Appointed principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=appointed-principal-guest-conductor-of-the-philharmonia-orchestra-in-london) - Slatkin held a three-year appointment with the orchestra. He also completed a number of recordings with the ensemble, notably Haydn's London Symphonies and a Vaughan Williams symphony cycle. “Leonard Slatkin is probably the leading ‘American’ stylist [of English music]. Slatkin has put in a lot of time and effort to make himself a fine
- [Won a GRAMMY for Corigliano's Symphony No. 1 with the National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=won-a-grammy-for-coriglianos-symphony-no-1-with-the-national-symphony) - Slatkin's first recording with the NSO was named Best Classical Album of 1996 at the 39th Annual GRAMMY Awards. John Corigliano's First Symphony, “Of Rage and Remembrance,” was inspired by the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and by the feelings of loss and anger the composer felt after losing friends and colleagues to the disease.
- [Concluded his tenure in St. Louis and was named conductor laureate](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=concluded-his-tenure-in-st-louis-and-was-named-conductor-laureate) - Slatkin's final weekend included sold-out subscription concerts with guest artist Yo-Yo Ma, followed by a farewell concert and gala. “Sunday's gala was not only a tribute to Slatkin, but a final chance for the conductor to make music the way he does best. The soloists included artists with whom he has enjoyed long association,
- [Named music director designate of the National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=named-music-director-designate-of-the-national-symphony-orchestra) - Slatkin was selected to succeed Mstislav Rostropovich as the orchestra's fifth music director with a tenure to begin in September 1996. “A few months earlier, I had conducted a concert with the orchestra as a kind of tryout for everyone. At intermission, a visitor came to the dressing room and told me that he
- [Inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=inducted-into-the-st-louis-walk-of-fame) - Slatkin was selected in the second set of ten inductees in a cohort that included General Ulysses S. Grant, authors William S. Burroughs and Kate Chopin, poet Howard Nemerov, actress Betty Grable, trumpeter Miles Davis, and gospel singer Willie Mae Ford Smith. Located in the University City Loop area, the Walk of Fame consists of
- [Earned an honorary doctorate from The Juilliard School](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=earned-an-honorary-doctorate-from-the-juilliard-school) - Slatkin received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music in recognition of extraordinary achievement. “The true honor was to have William Schuman present me with the doctorate. I would return the favor several years later by introducing him for his Kennedy Center Honor.” —Leonard Slatkin
- [Won the GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Orchestral Recording](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=won-the-grammy-award-for-best-classical-orchestral-recording) - Slatkin won his first GRAMMY for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 1984 recording on the RCA label of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. “What this does is to confirm that at least in the United States, the reputation of the orchestra and the quality that it produces is, indeed, being recognized,”
- [Made his European opera debut](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet) - Conducted a new production of Massenet's Werther for Stuttgart Opera. It was the first time the opera had been presented in Stuttgart. Concerning his interest in conducting opera, Slatkin told the Minneapolis Star and Tribune: “You'll see me popping up in the pit from time to time. I'm going to be doing things at
- [Received the Ditson Conductor's Award for service to American music](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=received-the-ditson-conductors-award-for-service-to-american-music) - Columbia University bestowed the honor upon him for his contributions to the advancement of contemporary American music. University President Michael I. Sovern acknowledged that throughout his career, Slatkin “has consistently performed music in a wide diversity of styles by American composers.”
- [Conducted the U.S. premiere of Mozart's long-lost Symphony in F at the White House](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=conducted-the-u-s-premiere-of-mozarts-long-lost-symphony-in-f-at-the-white-house) - After the concert, President Reagan made remarks. Wearing a white jacket and blue slacks, he turned to the orchestra and said, “The only thing that I have in common with them is that I have a white coat, too.” “As it turned out, the piece was a hoax. But everyone fell for it, including
- [Made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=made-his-boston-symphony-orchestra-debut) - “The symphony [Tchaikovsky's ‘Little Russian’], like most of the concert, was a testimony to Slatkin's directness of impulse, skill and musical culture; the Symphony Hall podium is not a place one expects to encounter the best young American conductors, and it was good to find him there. The audience thought so too.” —Richard Dyer, Boston
- [Kicked off the SLSO's 100th anniversary season and his first season as music director](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=kicked-off-the-slsos-100th-anniversary-season-and-his-first-season-as-music-director) - Upon settlement of a six-week strike that delayed the centennial celebrations, the orchestra opened its 100th season with an all-Dvořák program. The concert, which was Leonard Slatkin's first appearance as music director, featured soloist Mstislav Rostropovich playing the Dvořák cello concerto and a performance of the Ninth Symphony, “From the New World.”
- [Made his National Symphony Orchestra debut](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=made-his-national-symphony-orchestra-debut) - Slatkin opened the concert with Donald Erb's Autumnmusic, continuing with his strategy to include at least one work by an American composer on the program. He also led the orchestra in the Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2. with soloist Ruggiero Ricci, followed by Sibelius's First Symphony on the second half.
- [Became music director of the New Orleans Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=became-music-director-of-the-new-orleans-philharmonic) - During the two-year appointment, Slatkin learned how to be a music director—working with four executive directors over two seasons, wading through the audition process, and playing the role of decision-maker for the first time. “I made a lot of mistakes, but each one was a learning experience. Indeed, running an orchestra was completely different
- [Conducted the world premiere of his composition “Dialogue for Two Cellos”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=test-1) - His mother, Eleanor Aller, and his brother, Fred Zlotkin, were soloists on this special program entitled “All in the Family II.” In addition to the piece composed by Leonard, Eleanor performed Boellmann's Symphonic Variations, and Fred played Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations. “[Slatkin's ‘Dialogue for Two Cellos’] uses a large orchestra, but sparingly, with a wide
- [Saw the release of his first recording](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=saw-the-release-of-his-first-recording) - When the St. Louis Symphony began recording for Vox, Walter Susskind generously allowed Leonard to conduct the first albums—the complete works for orchestra by George Gershwin with pianist Jeffrey Siegel. The recordings were released as a three-record set. “Slatkin's performances come as a great joy. The sounds is lean and colorful. … The rhythm
- [Became principal conductor of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra summer series](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=became-principal-conductor-of-the-grant-park-symphony-orchestra-summer-series) - The opening weekend was an all-Prokofiev program: Summer Day, First Violin Concerto with Stuart Canin, and Symphony No. 5. The following week featured an all-Brahms concert: Tragic Overture, Serenade No. 2, and the Second Symphony.
- [Made his New York Philharmonic debut](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=made-his-new-york-philharmonic-debut) - Slatkin received a phone call on a Sunday afternoon from New York Philharmonic Executive Director Nick Webster, who asked him to fill in to replace Riccardo Muti. The program comprised Berlioz's Waverly Overture, Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with soloist Byron Janis, and Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony. “That night,” Leonard recalled, “I saw the Berlioz for the
- [Named principal guest conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=named-principal-guest-conductor-of-the-minnesota-orchestra) - Slatkin was the first to hold the title of principal guest conductor, commencing with the 1974-75 season. He started an eclectic Rug Concert summer series that included electronic and experimental music on the first half of the program. The audience sat on pillows on the floor while listening to such pieces as Ligeti's Poème symphonique
- [Conducted the debut concert of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=conducted-the-debut-concert-of-the-st-louis-symphony-youth-orchestra) - Leonard has cited the founding of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra as the initiative he is most proud of in his career. The opening program included a transcription of the Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor; vocal selections by Mozart, Puccini, and Gershwin with soprano Joyce Mathis; and Milhaud's Suite provençale.
- [Led his first St. Louis Symphony subscription concert](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=led-his-first-st-louis-symphony-subscription-concert) - The program featured Schuman's Credendum: An Article of Faith, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 with soloist Géza Anda, and Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
- [Began playing the viola](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=began-playing-the-viola) - “Along with piano, I took up the viola. It was the string instrument that no one else in the family played. It was also the instrument that nobody at either my junior high or high school attempted to master. There exists a truly appalling recording from one of our spring concerts, where the ‘Unfinished’ Symphony
- [Appointed assistant conductor of the St. Louis Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=appointed-assistant-conductor-of-the-st-louis-symphony) - After conducting a performance of Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber at the Aspen Festival, Leonard was introduced to St. Louis Symphony Executive Director Peter Pastreich, who offered him the job on the spot. Leonard's conducting teacher, Walter Susskind, had been named music director in St. Louis.
- [Made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=made-his-carnegie-hall-conducting-debut) - Leonard was invited to be assistant conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of New York under the direction of David Epstein, leading them in a performance of William Schuman's New England Triptych. “With that first step through the doors and onto the stage, I felt overwhelmed by the sense that the auditorium had at least
- [Enrolled at The Juilliard School to study with Jean Morel](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=enrolled-at-the-juilliard-school-to-study-with-jean-morel) - “Five days a week, we would meet in his studio, always adhering to the same regimen, beginning with solfège exercises. I think I drove him nuts with my inability to master more than a few syllables, quickly invoking whatever sounds I could think of. With perfect pitch, I could sing the right notes, just with
- [Suffered the loss of his father, Felix Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=duo-inani-convenire-vituperata-at) - Slatkin's father, violinist and conductor Felix Slatkin, died suddenly of a heart attack at age 47. Leonard was 19 years old.
- [Started playing the violin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=started-playing-the-violin) - His father, Felix Slatkin, was concertmaster of the 20th Century Fox Orchestra, while his mother, Eleanor Aller, was first cellist for Warner Brothers. Together they formed one half of the Hollywood String Quartet, an ensemble regarded for its exceptional recordings. “My father hardly ever practiced. He could just pick up a violin after three
- [Took up piano studies](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?ls_timeline_entry=test-2) - “I began piano lessons with [my grandfather] Gregory after realizing that I would not be nearly as good a violinist as my father. When it appeared that I had some aptitude for this instrument, Gregory sent me to study with his son, my uncle Victor.” —Leonard Slatkin, Conducting Business

## Commentaries

- [On Agents](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-agents/) - One of the questions I am most often asked has to do with managers. What do they do? Do I need one? How do I get one? In this chapter I look back at my own history with those who have overseen and shaped my career.
- [On the Theater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-the-theater/) - In this chapter, I examine the notion that conductors should begin their career in the opera pit.
- [On the Theater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-the-theater/) - In this chapter, I examine the notion that conductors should begin their career in the opera pit.
- [On Age](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-age/) - We all get older. For musicians, aging brings a host of physical challenges and a set of decisions to make. Among them is figuring out what to do about retirement. When should I stop what I am doing, or is it better to keep going? Some conductors would just as soon collapse on the podium, while others determine that they no longer have the stamina to continue. This chapter is about understanding the choices available as we move along in the profession.
- [On Audiences](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet-2/) - During this period when COVID-19 is shutting down theaters and concert halls, many institutions are grappling with how to maintain and build relationships with their subscribers, donors and single-ticket buyers.
- [On Composers](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-composers/) - There is a big difference between those who create and those who recreate. Pulling those notes, chords, rhythms and harmonies out of thin air requires skills that are both learned as well as instinctive. In this chapter, I examine the relationship between the composer and the performer. How do they work together, especially if the
- [On Conducting](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-conducting/) - On the surface, this might seem like the most obvious chapter in the book. What I plan to consider is a set of Ten Golden Rules penned by Richard Strauss. Many are sarcastic, but some are right on the mark. I have added twenty more rules, ranging in scope from physical gestures to stage deportment. I focus on the nature of communication between the orchestra and the maestro. How far can the conductor get using words to convey ideas? What do conductors show to the orchestra if they truly don’t like the piece or soloist they are working with? Let me know what questions or comments you have regarding the job of the conductor.
- [On Diversity](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-diversity/) - In this chapter, I consider an alternative audition process with potential to bring orchestras a step closer to reflecting the diverse communities they serve,
- [On Education](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-education/) - Throughout my entire educational experience as a student of the Los Angeles Public Schools, I was the beneficiary of a great system that included a rigorous arts curriculum. However, for more than two generations, there has been a steady deterioration of arts programs and a decline in how our young people are taught about the creative
- [On Forgotten Masters](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-forgotten-masters/) - I am old enough to have been in personal contact with so many great composers of their day. Copland, Stravinsky, Harris, and others were part of my childhood musical experience. What happened to the other writers of that time? I would bet that each of you can think of someone who made an impression on
- [On Health](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-health/) - Hearing loss, injuries to muscles and nerves, and even mental health issues are part of life for many musicians. COVID-19 has introduced new health concerns.
- [On Media](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-media/) - This chapter looks at how recorded music has changed in the electronic age and why the U.S. market abandoned classical music in the latter part of the 20th century.
- [On Music Directors](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-music-directors/) - In the past, the music director was an autocrat. In this chapter, I discuss how things are today, with the musicians themselves taking on more responsibility for decision-making.
- [On Nationalism](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-nationalism/) - As of this writing, and starting with next season, there will be few Americans leading the nation’s top twenty orchestras as music directors. Does it matter where someone is from when it comes to heading our largest musical institutions? This chapter is not about composers. That will be handled in another portion of the book.
- [On Orchestral Identity](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-orchestral-identity/) - When I was young, certain combinations of orchestras and their music directors had a unique sound. These partnerships were celebrated for how distinct they were.
- [On Performance Practice](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-performance-practice/) - The second half of the 20th century gave rise to the historically informed performance movement, which commenced with the recording industry before moving into the concert hall and opera house.
- [On Rehearsing](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-rehearsing/) - At one time, the method used by conductors to prepare the orchestra was simple. Autocracy ruled the day. In today’s world, authoritarianism is simply not permitted.
- [On Size](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-size/) - When concerts were given two centuries ago, they were presented in salons, social gatherings and smaller venues than we have today. Are concert halls simply too big now?
- [On Soloists](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-soloists/) - The overwhelming majority of my experiences with soloists has been fine. However, once in a while someone comes along with ideas so far away from what I envision that I have to refrain from going into battle.
- [On Sound](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/commentary/on-sound/) - Volume levels have become an increasing problem for musicians. Several have suffered from hearing loss, and to help mitigate this situation, devices have been utilized to help the players avoid permanent damage to their ears.

## Portfolio

- [1944 Leonard First Conducting Experience 700X1000](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=1944-leonard-first-conducting-experience-700x1000)
- [1944 2 Leonard 1000X1300](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=1944-leonard-1000x1300)
- [1944 Leonard 500X650](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=1944-leonard-500x650)
- [TEST PIC](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=test-pic)
- [Leonard St. Louis with Cardinal's Mascot](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=leonard-st-louis-with-cardinals-mascot)
- [2010 London](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=2010-london)
- [2010 Eatonville Washington](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=2010-eatonville-washington)
- [2010 Breckenridge in Moozie Cow Costume](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=2010-breckenridge-in-moozie-cow-costume)
- [2009 Nashville](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=2009-nashville)
- [2009 with James Tocco](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=2009-with-james-tocco)
- [2008 Throwing First Pitch at Comerica Park](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=2008-throwing-first-pitch-at-comerica-park)
- [1997 Washington DC with Murry Sidlin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=1997-washington-dc-with-murry-sidlin)
- [ASIMO meets Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=asimo-meets-leonard-slatkin)
- [1984 Aspen with Murry Sidlin and Martin Verdrager](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=1984-aspen-with-murry-sidlin-and-martin-verdrager)
- [1982 St. Louis at the Old Busch Stadium](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=1982-st-louis-at-the-old-busch-stadium)
- [Leonard St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=leonard-st-louis)
- [Leonard Tokyo](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=leonard-tokyo)
- [Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?portfolio=leonard-slatkin)

## Galleries

- [Promotional Photos](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?galleries=promotional-images)
- [Friends and Family](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?galleries=family-and-friends)
- [Leonard's Lighter Side](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/?galleries=leonard-the-lighter-side)

## Venues

- [Walk of Fame Park](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/walk-of-fame-park/)
- [Gusman Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/gusman-concert-hall/)
- [Esplanade Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/esplanade-concert-hall/)
- [Ruth Eckerd Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/ruth-eckerd-hall/)
- [Straz Center, Ferguson Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/straz-center-ferguson-hall/)
- [Koussevitzky Music Shed](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/koussevitzky-music-shed/)
- [Adrienne Arsht Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/adrienne-arsht-center/)
- [Boettcher Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/boettcher-concert-hall/)
- [Eden Court](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/eden-court/)
- [Jay Pritzker Pavilion](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/jay-pritzker-pavilion/)
- [Teatre Tarragona](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/teatre-tarragona/)
- [Chautauqua Auditorium](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/chautauqua-auditorium/)
- [Bovard Auditorium](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/bovard-auditorium/)
- [The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/the-eli-and-edythe-broad-stage/)
- [Thespian Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/thespian-hall/)
- [Palau de la Música Catalana](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/palau-de-la-musica-catalana/)
- [Maison Symphonique de Montréal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/maison-symphonique-de-montreal/)
- [Atlanta Symphony Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/atlanta-symphony-hall/)
- [Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/takasaki-city-theatre-grand-theatre/)
- [Lotte Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/lotte-concert-hall/)
- [Rothenburg Hall, The Huntington](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/rothenburg-hall-the-huntington/)
- [Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/whittington-pfohl-auditorium/)
- [Memorial Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/memorial-hall/)
- [Kawasho Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kawasho-hall/)
- [Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Jerusalem Theater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/henry-crown-symphony-hall-jerusalem-theater/)
- [Herzliya Performing Arts Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/herzliya-performing-arts-center/)
- [Kilden Performing Arts Centre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kilden-theater-and-concert-hall/)
- [Meymandi Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/meymandi-concert-hall/)
- [Smith Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/smith-center/)
- [Klein Music Tent](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/klein-music-tent/)
- [Riverwalk Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/riverwalk-center/)
- [Ateneul Român](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/ateneul-roman/)
- [Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-hall/)
- [Severance Music Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/severance-music-center/)
- [Municipal House, Smetana Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/municipal-house-smetana-hall/)
- [Teatro Monumental](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/teatro-monumental/)
- [Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/veterans-memorial-auditorium-the-vets/)
- [National Dong Hwa University Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-dong-hwa-university/)
- [Touhill Performing Arts Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/touhill-performing-arts-center/)
- [Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall/)
- [National Concert Hall, Taipei](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-concert-hall-taipei/)
- [National Taichung Theater Grand Theater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-taichung-theater-grand-theater/)
- [Hollywood Bowl](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/hollywood-bowl/)
- [SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/safe-credit-union-performing-arts-center/)
- [Across Fukuoka Symphony Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/across-fukuoka-symphony-hall/)
- [NHK Osaka Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/nhk-osaka-hall/)
- [Suntory Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/suntory-hall/)
- [NDR Hannover Großer Sendesaal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/ndr-hannover-groser-sendesaal/)
- [560 Music Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/560-music-center/)
- [Maison de la Culture de Clermont-Ferrand](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/maison-de-la-culture-de-clermont-ferrand/)
- [Woolsey Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/woolsey-hall/)
- [Fisher Auditorium](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/fisher-auditorium/)
- [Paramount Theatre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/paramount-theatre/)
- [Symphony Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/symphony-center/)
- [The Sheldon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/the-sheldon/)
- [Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/hiroshima-bunka-gakuen-hbg-hall/)
- [Miguel Delibes Cultural Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/miguel-delibes-cultural-center/)
- [Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/morton-h-meyerson-symphony-center/)
- [Sosnoff Theatre, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/sosnoff-theatre-fisher-center-for-performing-arts/)
- [Teatre Principal de Palma](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/teatre-principal-de-palma/)
- [St. Louis Library County Library](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/st-louis-library-county-library/)
- [Carnegie Music Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/carnegie-music-hall/)
- [Palacio Euskalduna](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/palacio-euskalduna/)
- [Liszt Academy Budapest](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/liszt-academy-budapest/)
- [Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/frost-amphitheater-stanford-university/)
- [Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/caroline-h-hume-concert-hall-san-francisco-conservatory/)
- [National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-kaohsiung-center-for-the-arts-weiwuying/)
- [Taichung National Theater, Grand Theater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/taichung-national-theater-grand-theater/)
- [Loretto-Hilton Center at Webster University](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/loretto-hilton-center-at-webster-university/)
- [L'Auditori Barcelona, Hall 1 Pau Casals](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/lauditori-barcelona-hall-1-pau-casals/)
- [Casino Bern, Grosser Saal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/casino-bern-grosser-saal/)
- [National Performing Arts Center Taiwan](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-concert-hall-of-taiwan/)
- [National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-kaohsiung-center-for-the-arts/)
- [Jaycee Stage in Frontier Park](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/jaycee-stage-in-frontier-park/)
- [Auditorio Alfredo Kraus](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/auditorio-alfredo-kraus/)
- [Orpheum Theatre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/orpheum-theatre/)
- [Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/martin-woldson-theater-at-the-fox/)
- [Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/martin-woldson-theater-at-the-fox/)
- [Max-Littmann-Saal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/max-littmann-saal/)
- [Palau de la Música de València](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/palau-de-la-musica-de-valencia/)
- [Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/seoul-arts-center-concert-hall/)
- [Teatre de Manacor](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/teatre-de-manacor/)
- [Schermerhorn Symphony Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/schermerhorn-symphony-center/)
- [Rose Theater at Lincoln Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/rose-theater/)
- [Rachmaninov Concert Hall (Philharmonia-2)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/rachmaninov-concert-hall-philharmonia-2/)
- [Tchaikovsky Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/tchaikovsky-concert-hall/)
- [Kodak Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kodak-hall/)
- [Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/gerald-r-ford-amphitheater/)
- [National Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/national-concert-hall/)
- [Auditorium de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/orchestre-national-de-lyon/)
- [Großer Sendesaal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/groser-sendesaal/)
- [auditorium de lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/auditorium-de-lyon/)
- [Sala Sinfónica](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/sala-sinfonica/)
- [Roy Thomson Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/roy-thomson-hall/)
- [Kleinhans Music Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kleinhans-music-hall/)
- [Clermont-Ferrand, Opéra-Théâtre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/clermont-ferrand-opera-theatre/)
- [La Rampe](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/la-rampe/)
- [Carmen Würth Forum](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/carmen-wurth-forum/)
- [Jones Hall for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/jones-hall-for-the-performing-arts/)
- [Benedict Music Tent](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/benedict-music-tent/)
- [The Pavilion at Ravinia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/the-pavilion-at-ravinia/)
- [Kursaal Bern](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kursaal-bern/)
- [Parkstad Limburg Theaters](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/parkstad-limburg-theaters/)
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- [The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/the-john-f-kennedy-center-for-the-performing-arts/)
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- [Shi Guangnan Grand Theatre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/shi-guangnan-grand-theatre/)
- [Qintai Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/qintai-concert-hall/)
- [Suzhou Poly Grand Theatre](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/suzhou-poly-grand-theatre/)
- [Harmony Hall Fukui](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/harmony-hall-fukui/)
- [Takemitsu Memorial Concert Hall, Tokyo Opera City](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/takemitsu-memorial-concert-hall-tokyo-opera-city/)
- [Takemitsu Memorial Concert Hall, Tokyo Opera City](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/takemitsu-memorial-concert-hall-tokyo-opera-city-2/)
- [Bunkyo Civic Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/bunkyo-civic-hall/)
- [The Symphony Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/the-symphony-hall/)
- [Toyota-shi Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/toyota-shi-concert-hall/)
- [Toyota-shi Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/toyota-shi-concert-hall-2/)
- [Kawanami Memorial, Seitoku University](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kawanami-memorial-seitoku-university-2/)
- [Kawanami Memorial, Seitoku University](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kawanami-memorial-seitoku-university-3/)
- [Philharmonie im Gasteig](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/philharmonie-im-gasteig/)
- [Muziekgebouw Eindhoven](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/muziekgebouw-eindhoven/)
- [Tivoli Vredenburg](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/tivoli-vredenburg/)
- [Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/festspielhaus-und-festspiele-baden-baden/)
- [Philharmonie de Paris](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/philharmonie-de-paris/)
- [Graf Zeppelin Haus](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/graf-zeppelin-haus/)
- [Audimax der Universität Regensburg](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/audimax-der-universitat-regensburg/)
- [Alte Oper Frankfurt](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/alte-oper-frankfurt/)
- [Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/meistersingerhalle-nurnberg/)
- [The Community House](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/the-community-house/)
- [Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/miriam-a-friedberg-concert-hall/)
- [Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/jorgensen-center-for-the-performing-arts/)
- [Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/van-wezel-performing-arts-hall/)
- [Phillips Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/phillips-center-for-the-performing-arts/)
- [Kravis Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kravis-center-for-the-performing-arts/)
- [Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/hodgson-concert-hall/)
- [Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/prudential-hall-new-jersey-performing-arts-center/)
- [Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/carnegie-hall-stern-auditoriumperelman-stage/)
- [Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/wait-chapel-at-wake-forest-university/)
- [Kölner Philharmonie](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/kolner-philharmonie/)
- [Orchestra Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/orchestra-hall/)
- [Teatro di San Carlo](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/teatro-di-san-carlo/)
- [Auditorium di Milano](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/auditorium-di-milano/)
- [Macomb Center for the Performing Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/macomb-center-for-the-performing-arts/)
- [Congregation Shaarey Zedek](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/congregation-shaarey-zedek/)
- [Neidorff-Karpati Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/neidorff-karpati-hall/)
- [Seligman Performing Arts Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/seligman-performing-arts-center/)
- [New England Conservatory Jordan Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/new-england-conservatory-jordan-hall/)
- [Las Placitas Presbyterian Church](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/las-placitas-presbyterian-church/)
- [Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/sapporo-concert-hall-kitara/)
- [Aichi Prefectural Art Theater](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/aichi-prefectural-art-theater/)
- [NHK Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/nhk-hall/)
- [Tokyo Bunka Kaikan](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/tokyo-bunka-kaikan/)
- [Festival Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/festival-hall/)
- [Nara-ken Bunka-Kaikan](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/nara-ken-bunka-kaikan/)
- [Bass Performance Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/bass-performance-hall/)
- [Powell Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/st-louis-symphony/)
- [Heinz Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/heinz-hall/)
- [Santa Fe Opera House](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/santa-fe-opera-house/)
- [Walt Disney Concert Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/walt-disney-concert-hall/)
- [Bonlieu Scène Nationale Annecy](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/bonlieu-scene-nationale-annecy/)
- [Grand Théâtre Aix en Provence](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/grand-theatre-aix-en-provence/)
- [Shanghai Symphony Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/shanghai-symphony-hall/)
- [Shanghai Symphony Hall](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/shanghai-symphony-orchestra/)
- [Beijing Exhibition Center](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/beijing-exhibition-center/)
- [Tokyo](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/tokyo/)
- [Dallas Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/venue/dallas-symphony-orchestra/)

## Organizers

- [Cindy M.](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/organizer/cindy-m/)

## Events

- [Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-9/) - Cho-Liang Lin, violin ALBÉNIZ: “Corpus Christi en Sevilla” from Iberia BARBER: Concerto for Violin RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2
- [Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-8/) - SCHUBERT: Rosamunde Overture SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished” PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [Nashville Symphony Community Concert](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-community-concert/) - Gary Sinise, narrator SMITH: The Star-Spangled Banner COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man GOULD: American Salute IVES: Variations on America ELLINGTON: “Giggling Rapids” from The River TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 HAYMAN: Servicemen On Parade BOYER: American Mosaic for Narrator and Orchestra
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-28/) - Olga Kern, piano VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
- [Frost Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/frost-symphony-orchestra/) - DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 LIZST: Piano Concerto TBA PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestra of the Music Makers](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestra-of-the-music-makers-2/) - RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges Suite RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2
- [Orchestra of the Music Makers](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestra-of-the-music-makers/) - BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9,“From the New World”
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-20/) - CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for String Orchestra COPLAND: Billy the Kid: Ballet in One Act BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-18/) - CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for String Orchestra COPLAND: Billy the Kid: Ballet in One Act BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-19/) - CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for String Orchestra COPLAND: Billy the Kid: Ballet in One Act BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-10/) - Ciarán Hinds narrator ROSSINI: Overture to La gazza ladra LEONARD SLATKIN: The Raven (Irish Premiere) DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [The Florida Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/the-florida-orchestra-2/) - Orli Shaham, piano NELSON: Savannah River Holiday BERNSTEIN: The Age of Anxiety SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [The Florida Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/the-florida-orchestra/) - Orli Shaham, piano NELSON: Savannah River Holiday BERNSTEIN: The Age of Anxiety SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [Boston Pops at Tanglewood](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/boston-pops-at-tanglewood/) - Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, director Kate Baldwin, vocalist Alysha Umphress, vocalist Alton Fitzgerald White, vocalist Jacob Keith Watson, vocalist American Titans: Bernstein and Sondheim
- [New World Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-world-symphony/) - Steven Isserlis, cello Ziwei Ma, NWS Conducting Fellow* ANNA CLYNE: Masquerade* WALTON: Cello Concerto RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-11/) - BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture LEES: Concerto for String Quartet SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10
- [Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/las-vegas-philharmonic-5/) - De Ann Letourneau, violin DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending HOLST: The Planets
- [Colorado Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/colorado-symphony-2/) - Diana Newman, soprano DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 MASON BATES: The B‑Sides BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [Colorado Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/colorado-symphony-3/) - Diana Newman, soprano DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 MASON BATES: The B‑Sides BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [Colorado Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/colorado-symphony/) - Diana Newman, soprano DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 MASON BATES: The B‑Sides BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis-6/) - 12th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis-5/) - 12th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- [Royal Scottish National Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/royal-scottish-national-orchestra/) - Daniel Barrett, baritone Igor Yuzefovich, violin WORDSWORTH: Confluence RAVEL: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée RAVEL: Tzigane TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Grant Park Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/grant-park-music-festival/) - Yevgeny Kutik, violin LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Grant Park Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/grant-park-music-festival-2/) - Yevgeny Kutik, violin LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-27/) - Olga Kern, piano VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6 BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-17/) - Will Leathers, trumpet LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade RICARDO MOLLÁ: Trumpet Concerto (world premiere) SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-16/) - Will Leathers, trumpet LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade RICARDO MOLLÁ: Trumpet Concerto (world premiere) SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-15/) - Nashville Symphony Chorus, choir Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director Érik Gratton, flute Diana Newman, soprano Theo Hoffman, baritone DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice IBERT: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra BRAHMS: A German Requiem
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-14/) - Nashville Symphony Chorus, choir Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director Érik Gratton, flute Diana Newman, soprano Theo Hoffman, baritone DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice IBERT: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra BRAHMS: A German Requiem
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-13/) - Nashville Symphony Chorus, choir Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director Érik Gratton, flute Diana Newman, soprano Theo Hoffman, baritone DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice IBERT: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra BRAHMS: A German Requiem
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-11/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano BRITTEN: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra DEL TREDICI: Final Alice (live recording)
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-12/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano BRITTEN: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra DEL TREDICI: Final Alice (live recording)
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-10/) - Kelly Hall Tompkins, violin MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides, “Fingal’s Cave” MOZART: Symphony No. 39 WYNTON MARSALIS: Violin Concerto
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-9/) - Kelly Hall Tompkins, violin MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides, “Fingal’s Cave” MOZART: Symphony No. 39 WYNTON MARSALIS: Violin Concerto
- [Aspen Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/aspen-music-festival/) - Steven Banks, saxophone LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade JOAN TOWER: Love Returns (AMFS co-commission) DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
- [National Repertory Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-repertory-orchestra-2/) - CINDY MCTEE: Circuits DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3
- [Colorado Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/colorado-music-festival-2/) - Njioma Grievous, violin COPLAND: Rodeo JOHN CORIGLIANO: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin NELSON: Savannah River Holiday CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for String Orchestra GERSHWIN: An American in Paris Njioma Grievous, violin COPLAND: Rodeo JOHN CORIGLIANO: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin NELSON: Savannah River Holiday CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Colorado Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/colorado-music-festival/) - Njioma Grievous, violin COPLAND: Rodeo JOHN CORIGLIANO: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin NELSON: Savannah River Holiday CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for String Orchestra GERSHWIN: An American in Paris Njioma Grievous, violin COPLAND: Rodeo JOHN CORIGLIANO: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra from The Red Violin NELSON: Savannah River Holiday CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-6/) - Nashville Symphony Chorus, choir Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director TOWER: Made in America BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms SPINEI: Strut COPLAND: Old American Songs GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-7/) - Nashville Symphony Chorus, choir Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director TOWER: Made in America BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms SPINEI: Strut COPLAND: Old American Songs GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-8/) - Nashville Symphony Chorus, choir Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director TOWER: Made in America BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms SPINEI: Strut COPLAND: Old American Songs GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- [Franz Schubert Filharmonia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/franz-schubert-filharmonia/) - BARBER: Adagio for Strings HAYDN: Symphony No. 94, “The Surprise” SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
- [Franz Schubert Filharmonia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/franz-schubert-filharmonia-2/) - BARBER: Adagio for Strings HAYDN: Symphony No. 94, “The Surprise” SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, “The Great”
- [George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/george-enescu-philharmonic-orchestra-2/) - Kian Soltani, cello CINDY MCTEE: Circuits SCHUMANN: Concerto for Cello RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/george-enescu-philharmonic-orchestra/) - Kian Soltani, cello CINDY MCTEE: Circuits SCHUMANN: Concerto for Cello RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Gunma Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/gunma-symphony-orchestra/) - Alexei Volodin, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet) BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
- [Taiwan Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taiwan-philharmonic-2/) - Sir Stephen Hough, piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-5/) - For one night only, Slatkin’s Hollywood explores how great composers—from the golden age of film to modern masterpieces—turned the silver screen into symphonic art.
- [USC Thornton Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/usc-thornton-symphony/) - LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 LIVESTREAM @ 7:30 pm PDT
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-25/) - Emanuel Ax, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade (U.S. Premiere) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm CDT
- [Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rundfunk-sinfonieorchester-berlin/) - Cameron Carpenter, organ BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for String Orchestra BARBER: Toccata Festiva COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Atlanta Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/atlanta-symphony-orchestra/) - Randall Goosby, violin LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade BARBER: Concerto for Violin COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Atlanta Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/atlanta-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Randall Goosby, violin LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade BARBER: Concerto for Violin COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/warsaw-philharmonic-orchestra-2/) - LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/warsaw-philharmonic-orchestra-3/) - LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-7/) - LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-23/) - Eri Nakamura, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Eijiro Kai, baritone New National Theatre Chorus Takeshi Kondo, organ* BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552* BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-22/) - Eri Nakamura, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Eijiro Kai, baritone New National Theatre Chorus BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-21/) - Eri Nakamura, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Eijiro Kai, baritone New National Theatre Chorus BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-20/) - Eri Nakamura, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Eijiro Kai, baritone New National Theatre Chorus BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-19/) - Eri Nakamura, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Eijiro Kai, baritone New National Theatre Chorus BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [Taiwan Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taiwan-philharmonic/) - Sir Stephen Hough, piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-10/) - HAILSTORK: Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed (In Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr.) BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EDT
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-9/) - David Fray, piano CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece (Irish Premiere) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 RICHARD STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm IST/2:30 pm EDT
- [Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/los-angeles-chamber-orchestra/) - Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin JEFF BEAL: New York Études JEFF BEAL: Body in Motion for Violin and Orchestra JEFF BEAL: Four Score (World Premiere)
- [Missouri River Festival of the Arts](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/missouri-river-festival-of-the-arts/) - David Halen, violin Megan Yip, cello MOZART: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-108/) - BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture COPLAND: Billy the Kid DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-107/) - BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture COPLAND: Billy the Kid DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-symphonique-de-montreal-2/) - Angela Hewitt, piano COLGRASS: As Quiet As MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 26, “Coronation” TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams”
- [Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-symphonique-de-montreal/) - Angela Hewitt, piano COLGRASS: As Quiet As MOZART: Concerto for Piano No. 26, “Coronation” TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams”
- [Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/las-vegas-philharmonic-4/) - Olga Kern, piano BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture JEFF BEAL: Symphony (World Premiere) RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [KBS Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/kbs-symphony-orchestra-2/) - 19th Chopin Competition Winner TBA, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits CHOPIN: Piano Concerto TBA SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11
- [Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/summer-of-angels-chamber-music-festival-4/) - Inspired by the original Hollywood String Quartet, the New Hollywood String Quartet will be honoring their legacy by performing works from the ensemble's legendary Capitol Records discography. Leonard Slatkin will introduce each of the four concerts in a tribute to his parents, Felix Slatkin and Eleanor Aller, the first violinist and cellist of that famed string quartet.
- [Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/summer-of-angels-chamber-music-festival-3/) - Inspired by the original Hollywood String Quartet, the New Hollywood String Quartet will be honoring their legacy by performing works from the ensemble's legendary Capitol Records discography. Leonard Slatkin will introduce each of the four concerts in a tribute to his parents, Felix Slatkin and Eleanor Aller, the first violinist and cellist of that famed string quartet.
- [Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/summer-of-angels-chamber-music-festival-2/) - Inspired by the original Hollywood String Quartet, the New Hollywood String Quartet will be honoring their legacy by performing works from the ensemble's legendary Capitol Records discography. Leonard Slatkin will introduce each of the four concerts in a tribute to his parents, Felix Slatkin and Eleanor Aller, the first violinist and cellist of that famed string quartet.
- [Summer of Angels Chamber Music Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/summer-of-angels-chamber-music-festival/) - Inspired by the original Hollywood String Quartet, the New Hollywood String Quartet will be honoring their legacy by performing works from the ensemble's legendary Capitol Records discography. Leonard Slatkin will introduce each of the four concerts in a tribute to his parents, Felix Slatkin and Eleanor Aller, the first violinist and cellist of that famed string quartet.
- [Prague Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/prague-symphony-orchestra-5/) - Josef Špaček, violin LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade (Czech premiere) MARTINŮ: Violin Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Prague Symphony Orchestra ](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/prague-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Josef Špaček, violin LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade (Czech premiere) MARTINŮ: Violin Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/las-vegas-philharmonic-3/) - DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture JOHN CORIGLIANO: Mr. Tambourine Man BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-26/) - Emanuel Ax, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade (U.S. Premiere) MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Brevard Music Center Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/brevard-music-center-orchestra/) - Stella Chen, violin CINDY MCTEE: Double Play BARBER: Concerto for Violin DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [Los Angeles Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/los-angeles-philharmonic-5/) - Martin Chalifour, violin Pacific Chorale, chorus DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending HOLST: The Planets
- [North Carolina Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/north-carolina-symphony-4/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
- [North Carolina Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/north-carolina-symphony/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
- [North Carolina Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/north-carolina-symphony-2/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
- [North Carolina Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/north-carolina-symphony-3/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
- [Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/tokyo-metropolitan-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Shinya Kiyozuka, piano GRIEG: Concerto for Piano SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-23/) - CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece SCARLATTI/arr. LEONARD SLATKIN: Five Sonatas for Orchestral Wind Ensemble (World Premiere) DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 (U.S. Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-24/) - CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece SCARLATTI/arr. LEONARD SLATKIN: Five Sonatas for Orchestral Wind Ensemble (World Premiere) DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 (U.S. Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-6/) - BRAHMS: Tragic Overture FERRAN CRUIXENT: Cyborg TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Orquesta de València (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-de-valencia/) - George Li, piano FERRAN CRUIXENT: Cyborg RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/jerusalem-symphony-orchestra-2/) - BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/jerusalem-symphony-orchestra-2/) - BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/jerusalem-symphony-orchestra/) - BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-9/) - JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EST
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-9/) - JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-124/) - Olga Kern, piano DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-8/) - Hugh Tinney, piano DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 (World Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 LIVE BROADCAST @ 17:00 IST
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-4/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Tempus Fugit NELSON: Sarabande: For Katherine in April RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris STREAM ON DEMAND
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-15/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-15/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-14/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-13/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-10/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-12/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-11/) - BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- [Aspen Festival Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/aspen-festival-orchestra-2/) - Bruce Liu, piano COPLAND: El salón México PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 ROUSE: “The Infernal Machine” from Phantasmata BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: An American in Paris LIVE WEBCAST @ 4:00 pm MDT
- [Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-5/) - DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-11/) - Timothy McAllister, saxophone CINDY MCTEE: Double Play JOHN CORIGLIANO, Triathlon (New York Premiere) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-12/) - Timothy McAllister, saxophone CINDY MCTEE: Double Play JOHN CORIGLIANO, Triathlon (New York Premiere) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-13/) - Timothy McAllister, saxophone CINDY MCTEE: Double Play JOHN CORIGLIANO, Triathlon (New York Premiere) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [Eastman Philharmonia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/eastman-philharmonia/) - Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin IVES arr. SCHUMAN: Variations on “America” JEFF BEAL: Body in Motion SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11
- [Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hiroshima-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Yu Kosuge, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade: An Orchestral Fantasy (World Premiere） SCHUBERT/LISZT: Fantasy in C Major, “Wanderer Fantasy” MAHLER: Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-9/) - BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture ELGAR: Enigma Variations DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-8/) - BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture ELGAR: Enigma Variations DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-7/) - BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture ELGAR: Enigma Variations DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-106/) - Jennifer Gilbert, violin DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 BARBER: Concerto for Violin GERSHWIN/arr. RUSSELL-BENNETT: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-105/) - Lambert Wilson, narrator Jennifer Gilbert, violin DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 LEONARD SLATKIN: The Raven BARBER: Concerto for Violin GERSHWIN/arr. RUSSELL-BENNETT: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-104/) - COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-103/) - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-103/) - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-102/) - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 2 COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Kristiansand Symfoniorkester](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/kristiansand-symfoniorkester/) - Johanna Engedal, harp HAYDN: Symphony No. 94, “Surprise” DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/las-vegas-philharmonic-2/) - Inbal Segev, cello VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino MARK ADAMO: Last Year SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-4/) - Inbal Segev, cello ROSSINI: Overture to La gazza ladra MARK ADAMO: Last Year TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-3/) - Inbal Segev, cello ROSSINI: Overture to La gazza ladra MARK ADAMO: Last Year TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Osaka Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/osaka-philharmonic-3/) - Koichi Kawanami, tuba JOHN WILLIAMS: Soundings JOHN WILLIAMS: Concerto for Tuba JOHN WILLIAMS: The Cowboys Overture JOHN WILLIAMS: Theme from Jaws JOHN WILLIAMS: The Book Thief JOHN WILLIAMS: Superman March JOHN WILLIAMS: “Sayuri's Theme” from Memoirs of a Geisha JOHN WILLIAMS: “Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone JOHN WILLIAMS: “Raider's March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark
- [Osaka Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/osaka-philharmonic-2/) - Koichi Kawanami, tuba JOHN WILLIAMS: Soundings JOHN WILLIAMS: Concerto for Tuba JOHN WILLIAMS: The Cowboys Overture JOHN WILLIAMS: Theme from Jaws JOHN WILLIAMS: The Book Thief JOHN WILLIAMS: Superman March JOHN WILLIAMS: “Sayuri's Theme” from Memoirs of a Geisha JOHN WILLIAMS: “Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone JOHN WILLIAMS: “Raider's March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark
- [Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/tokyo-metropolitan-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Mayumi Kanagawa, violin CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings WALTON: Concerto for Violin RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/tokyo-metropolitan-symphony-orchestra/) - Mayumi Kanagawa, violin CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings WALTON: Concerto for Violin RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-8/) - Emanuel Ax, piano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 WALTON: Symphony No. 1
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-7/) - Emanuel Ax, piano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 WALTON: Symphony No. 1
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-6/) - Emanuel Ax, piano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 WALTON: Symphony No. 1
- [Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/las-vegas-philharmonic/) - Storm Large, vocals Hudson Shad, vocals BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture WEILL/BRECHT: The Seven Deadly Sins HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Las Vegas Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/las-vegas-philharmonic/) - Storm Large, vocals Hudson Shad, vocals BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture WEILL/BRECHT: The Seven Deadly Sins HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-123/) - Olga Kern, piano DANIEL SLATKIN: Voyager 130 RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/pictures-at-an-exhibition-the-paintings-of-bob-peak/) - Abu Dhabi Festival and Robert Townson Productions are collaborating on one of the grandest musical commissions of our time, to create Pictures at an Exhibition: The Paintings of Bob Peak, an all-new piece, for a new age. Ten major composers have each composed a new movement, each piece inspired by a painting by the legendary and iconic artist Bob Peak (1927-1992). Leonard Slatkin conducts the Los Angeles Film Orchestra.
- [National Repertory Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-repertory-orchestra/) - SMETANA: The Moldau KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, “The Peacock” VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonika-4/) - Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal MOZART: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonika-3/) - Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal MOZART: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonika-3/) - Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal MOZART: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-8/) - ROBERTO SIERRA: Fandangos STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird ELGAR: Enigma Variations LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EST
- [Filarmonica “George Enescu”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/filarmonica-george-enescu-2/) - Kian Soltani, cello ȘTEFAN ZORZOR: To Bartók with Love TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
- [Filarmonica “George Enescu”](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/filarmonica-george-enescu/) - Kian Soltani, cello ȘTEFAN ZORZOR: To Bartók with Love TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
- [Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/carnegie-mellon-philharmonic/) - CMU Concert Chorus Thomas Douglas, Director of Choral Studies BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D minor STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/cleveland-institute-of-music-orchestra/) - Jazmin Pascual, clarinet CINDY MCTEE: Double Play COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-5/) - Wayne Marshall, piano BARBER: Essay for Orchestra No. 2 GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F Major COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm GMT/2:30 pm EST
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-6/) - Katherine Broderick, soprano Mark Stone, baritone National Symphony Chorus and RIAM Chorale David Young, chorus director NSC Blanaid Murphy, musical director RIAM Chorale MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm GMT/2:30 pm EST
- [Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-sinfonica-de-radio-television-espanola-2/) - Joaquín Achúcarro, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 LIVE RADIO BROADCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Henry Shapard, cello Hung-Wei Huang, viola ALBÉNIZ: Triana MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote
- [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Henry Shapard, cello Hung-Wei Huang, viola ALBÉNIZ: Triana MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote
- [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-5/) - Henry Shapard, cello Hung-Wei Huang, viola ALBÉNIZ: Triana MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-7/) - ELLINGTON: The Three Black Kings MASON BATES: The B-Sides: Five Pieces for Orchestra HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EDT
- [Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/polish-national-radio-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano PURCELL/arr. Britten: Chaconne in G Minor PURCELL/arr. Barbirolli: Suite for Strings, Flutes and Horns BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3 HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/polish-national-radio-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano PURCELL/arr. Britten: Chaconne in G Minor PURCELL/arr. Barbirolli: Suite for Strings, Flutes and Horns BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3 HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-7/) - Symphony Short, Children's Concert Jessie Grimes, animateur MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-20/) - Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin ANTHEIL: A Jazz Symphony JEFF BEAL: Body in Motion for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere) ELLINGTON: The Three Black Kings GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- [National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-taiwan-symphony-orchestra/) - BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 BARBER: Adagio for Strings FAURÉ: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Prague Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/prague-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Olga Kern, piano HUSA: Music for Prague 1968 RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah (Czech premiere) GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Prague Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/prague-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Olga Kern, piano HUSA: Music for Prague 1968 RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah (Czech premiere) GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-4/) - Rafael Aguirre, guitar ALBÉNIZ/arr. Arbos: Triana RODRIGO: Fantasia por un gentilhombre SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-3/) - Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin IVES/arr. Schuman: Variations on America JEFF BEAL: Concerto for Violin (European Premiere) JOAN TOWER: Made in America GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-101/) - LIADOV: Eight Russian Folk Songs TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du Printemps
- [Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-sinfonica-de-radio-television-espanola/) - Joaquín Achúcarro, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
- [Orquesta de València](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-de-valencia-3/) - KORNGOLD: Overture to The Sea Hawk LIGETI: Atmospheres BERNSTEIN: Suite from On the Waterfront RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
- [Oregon Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/oregon-symphony/) - Joshua Roman, cello BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 ELGAR: Concerto for Cello MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
- [Oregon Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/oregon-symphony-2/) - Joshua Roman, cello BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 ELGAR: Concerto for Cello MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
- [Oregon Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/oregon-symphony-3/) - Joshua Roman, cello BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 ELGAR: Concerto for Cello MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-18/) - Joshua Roman, cello Beth Guterman Chu, viola CHABRIER: España MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology RICHARD STRAUSS: Don Quixote DELAYED RADIO BROADCAST @ 8:00 pm CDT
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-19/) - Joshua Roman, cello Beth Guterman Chu, viola CHABRIER: España MASON BATES: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology RICHARD STRAUSS: Don Quixote
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-6/) - CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece MARTIN: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EDT
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-22/) - Aaron Diehl Trio Jeffrey Siegel, piano TUROK: A Joplin Overture MARY LOU WILLIAMS: Selections from Zodiac Suite CARPENTER: Krazy Kat GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-21/) - Victor Goines, clarinet MILHAUD: La Création du monde STRAVINSKY: Ebony Concerto WEILL: Suite from The Threepenny Opera GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-6/) - ROSSINI: William Tell Overture HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic Gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-gala/) - Renée Fleming, soprano SUPPÉ: Overture to Light Cavalry VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: “Intrada” and “March and Reprise of Intrada” from Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino LEONCAVALLO: “Musette svaria sulla bocca viva” from La bohème CILEA: “Io son l'umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur RODGERS: “The Carousel Waltz” from Carousel RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN: “Climb Every Mountain” from The Sound of Music ANDREW LIPPA: “The Diva” PUCCINI: “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-5/) - ROSSINI: William Tell Overture HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-4/) - ROSSINI: William Tell Overture HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
- [Los Angeles Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/los-angeles-philharmonic-4/) - Makoto Ozone, piano CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-3/) - Olga Kern, piano JOAN TOWER: Made in America CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm GMT/2:30 pm EST
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-3/) - Olga Kern, piano JOAN TOWER: Made in America CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm GMT/2:30 pm EST
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-4/) - WAGNER: Overture to The Flying Dutchman ELGAR: Sea Pictures MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides DEBUSSY: La Mer LIVE BROADCAST @ 7:30 pm GMT/2:30 pm EST
- [Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/warsaw-philharmonic-orchestra/) - 27th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival Polina Pastirchak, soprano Ulrike Helzel, alto Patrik Reiter, tenor Łukasz Konieczny, bass Krakow Philharmonic Choir, chorus Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-122/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-5/) - WALKER: Lyric for Strings SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EST
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-18/) - Ray Chen, violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-17/) - Ray Chen, violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5
- [Yale Philharmonia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/yale-philharmonic/) - Jakob Taylor, cello CINDY MCTEE: Circuits PROKOFIEV: Sinfonia Concertante BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [NDR Radiophilharmonie](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/ndr-radiophilharmonie-4/) - Harriet Krijgh, cello MCTEE: Double Play SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” LIVE RADIO BROADCAST @ 8:00 pm CEST (2:00 pm EDT)
- [NDR Radiophilharmonie](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/ndr-radiophilharmonie-3/) - Harriet Krijgh, cello MCTEE: Double Play SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis-3/) - 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis-4/) - 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Chamber Music Society of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/chamber-music-society-of-st-louis-4/) - GOUNOD: Petite Symphonie DVOŘÁK: Serenade for Winds STRAVINSKY: Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-100/) - Benjamin Grosvenor, piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 SUK: Symphony No. 2, “Asrael”
- [National Flute Association Convention](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-flute-association-convention/) - Demarre McGill, flute Jennifer Gunn, piccolo Valerie Coleman, flute Kersten McCall, flute Sharon Bezaly, flute MIGUEL DEL AGUILA: Malambo for Flute and String Orchestra THEA MUSGRAVE: Piccolo Play JENNIFER HIGDON: The Light That We Can Hear (world premiere) REINECKE: Concerto for Flute CHRISTIAN LINDBERG: The World of Montuagretta
- [Indiana University of Pennsylvania Gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/indiana-university-of-pennsylvania-gala/) - IUP Symphony Band CLIFTON WILLIAMS: Strategic Air Command March PERSICHETTI: So Pure the Star JACK STAMP: Ellacombe Variations HOLST: Second Suite in F for Military Band IUP Wind Ensemble PROKOFIEV: March, Op. 99 BACH/BASFORD: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor SCHUMAN: Chester IUP Orchestra ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 COPLAND: Letter from Home BIZET/GUIRAD: Carmen Suite No. 1
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-10/) - Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano Emmett O'Hanlon, baritone Stephen Sondheim‘s combination of scintillating, sophisticated lyrics and endlessly inventive music has delighted and devastated musical theater-loving audiences for decades. Bravo! Vail celebrates the life and career of this legendary genius responsible for groundbreaking shows like Follies, Company, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George, and recipient of countless awards (including more Tonys than any other composer, eight GRAMMY Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among others).
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-9/) - W. Chichester McClean III, special guest conductor* Zlatomir Fung, cello ROSSINI: Finale from Overture to William Tell * TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria-2/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits GRIEG: Concerto for Piano BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
- [Sacramento Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/sacramento-philharmonic/) - MCTEE: Circuits COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor
- [Spokane Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/spokane-symphony-2/) - MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [Spokane Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/spokane-symphony/) - MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-16/) - Ray Chen, violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-15/) - Ray Chen, violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-14/) - COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet) COPLAND: Rodeo (complete ballet)
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-13/) - COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet) COPLAND: Rodeo (complete ballet)
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-99/) - Benjamin Grosvenor, piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 SUK: Symphony No. 2, “Asrael”
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-98/) - Benjamin Grosvenor, piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 SUK: Symphony No. 2, “Asrael”
- [Oakland Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/oakland-symphony/) - CINDY MCTEE: Circuits HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain” ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-2/) - COPLAND: Rodeo LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Nashville Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony/) - COPLAND: Rodeo LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-120/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-121/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-2/) - Talise Trevigne, soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen, mezzo-soprano Colin Ainsworth, tenor John Relyea, bass Providence Singers, chorus BARBER: Adagio for Strings BRAHMS: A German Requiem, Movement IV (How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-3/) - Talise Trevigne, soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen, mezzo-soprano Colin Ainsworth, tenor John Relyea, bass Providence Singers, chorus BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
- [Chamber Music Society of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/chamber-music-society-of-st-louis-2/) - MARTINU: La Revue du Cuisine NIELSEN: Little Suite for Strings STRAVINSKY: L’histoire du Soldat Suite (A Soldier’s Tale)
- [Chamber Music Society of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/chamber-music-society-of-st-louis-3/) - MARTINU: La Revue du Cuisine NIELSEN: Little Suite for Strings STRAVINSKY: L’histoire du Soldat Suite (A Soldier’s Tale)
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland/) - Ailish Tynan, soprano SCHUBERT/arr. Brahms: Ellens zweiter Gesang BRAHMS/arr. Slatkin Brahmsiana MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:30 pm EDT
- [National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-ireland-2/) - Lise de la Salle, piano MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G WEILL: Suite from The Three Penny Opera GERSHWIN: An American in Paris LIVE WEBCAST @ 2:30 pm EDT
- [Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hiroshima-symphony-orchestra/) - MAHLER: Symphony No. 6, “Tragic”
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonikoa/) - Miren Urbieta, soprano Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, choir RAVEL: “Kaddisch” from Deux mélodies hébraïques MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” LIVE WEBCAST @ 1:15 pm EST
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonikoa-2/) - Miren Urbieta, soprano Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, choir RAVEL: “Kaddisch” from Deux mélodies hébraïques MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-4/) - TOSHIO HOSOKAWA: Blossoming II LEES: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EST
- [Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-sinfonica-de-castilla-y-leon-4/) - BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture BARBER: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8
- [Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-sinfonica-de-castilla-y-leon-3/) - BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture BARBER: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8
- [Orquesta de València](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-de-valencia-2/) - George Li, piano FERRAN CRUIXENT: Cyborg RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filarmonica-de-gran-canaria/) - Gidon Kremer, violin BARBER: Adagio for Strings WEINBERG: Concerto for Violin FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-97/) - Chœur Spirito, choir ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride ADAM: Minuit Chrétiens SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves SHAW (arr. Bennett): “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “Deck the Halls” from The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite Nos. 3 and 4 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: “La nuit de noël” and “Ballet des étoiles” from Christmas Eve Suite SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 2 ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-96/) - Chœur Spirito, choir ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride ADAM: Minuit Chrétiens SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves SHAW (arr. Bennett): “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “Deck the Halls” from The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite Nos. 3 and 4 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: “La nuit de noël” and “Ballet des étoiles” from Christmas Eve Suite SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 2 ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-95/) - Chœur Spirito, choir ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride ADAM: Minuit Chrétiens SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves SHAW (arr. Bennett): “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “Deck the Halls” from The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite Nos. 3 and 4 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: “La nuit de noël” and “Ballet des étoiles” from Christmas Eve Suite SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 2 ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-95/) - Chœur Spirito, choir ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride ADAM: Minuit Chrétiens SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves SHAW (arr. Bennett): “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “Deck the Halls” from The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite Nos. 3 and 4 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: “La nuit de noël” and “Ballet des étoiles” from Christmas Eve Suite SHAW (arr. Bennett): The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 2 ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-118/) - Yevgeny Kutik, violin SAMUEL ADLER: Mirror Images (World Premiere) JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-94/) - Olivier Massot, bassoon RABAUD: La Procession nocturne JOHN WILLIAMS: The Five Sacred Trees
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-3/) - JULIA PERRY: A Short Piece for Orchestra BRAHMS/arr. Slatkin: Brahmsiana PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EDT
- [The Orchestra Now](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/the-orchestra-now-2/) - CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BRAHMS/arr. Slatkin: Brahmsiana MUSSORGSKY/arr. Ravel, Slatkin: Pictures at an Exhibition LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Dallas Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/dallas-symphony-orchestra/) - SMITH: Star Spangled Banner COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man BARBER: Adagio for Strings IVES: The Unanswered Question JOHN WILLIAMS: Lincoln: With Malice Toward None ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK: American Fanfare CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: “Shaker Variations” and “Finale” from Appalachian Spring JOHN WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare
- [Orquestra Simfònica Illes Balears](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquestra-simfonica-illes-balears/) - HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 FERRÁN CRUIXENT: Solaria DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-119/) - Yevgeny Kutik, violin SAMUEL ADLER: Mirror Images (World Premiere) JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Booklist Author Webinar](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/booklist-author-webinar/) - Leonard Slatkin will offer insights into his forthcoming book, Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century, which will be published this September by Rowman & Littlefield. Register for the free webinar here.
- [Author Event: An Evening with Maestro Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/author-event-an-evening-with-maestro-leonard-slatkin/) - Slatkin will discuss the release of his third book, Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century, with John Clare of Classic 107.3 FM. Guests will enjoy a live performance by Leonard Slatkin of Leroy Anderson's The Typewriter (arr. C. Woehr), a pre-recorded Slatkin-conducted performance of Ives's Variations on America (arr. McCall) and a live string quartet performance by Chamber Music Society of St. Louis.
- [The Orchestra Now](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/the-orchestra-now-3/) - CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BRAHMS/arr. Slatkin: Brahmsiana MUSSORGSKY/arr. Ravel, Slatkin: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [MÁV Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/mav-symphony-orchestra/) - JOHN CORIGLIANO: Elegy DOHNÁNYI: Suite in F-sharp Minor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/helsinki-philharmonic-orchestra-2/) - Angela Hewitt, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22 SUK: Symphony No. 2, “Asrael” LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:00 pm EET
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-93/) - SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival/) - RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin STUCKY: Chamber Concerto BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival/) - RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin STUCKY: Chamber Concerto BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Taipei Music Academy and Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taipei-music-academy-and-festival-3/) - RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin STUCKY: Chamber Concerto BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-17/) - David Halen, violin JOAN TOWER: Made in America WILLIAM BOLCOM: Violin Concerto BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-16/) - David Halen, violin JOAN TOWER: Made in America WILLIAM BOLCOM: Violin Concerto BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/helsinki-philharmonic-orchestra/) - Angela Hewitt, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22 SUK: Symphony No. 2, “Asrael”
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-st-louis-2/) - Ron Himes, Stage Director Nicole Cabell, Mary Rehanna Thelwell, Aunt Lou Christian Mark Gibbs, Nate Will Liverman, Bob STILL: Highway 1, U.S.A.
- [Aspen Chamber Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/aspen-chamber-symphony/) - Inon Barnatan, piano PERRY: A Short Piece for Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-6/) - Ron Himes, Stage Director Nicole Cabell, Mary Rehanna Thelwell, Aunt Lou Christian Mark Gibbs, Nate Will Liverman, Bob STILL: Highway 1, U.S.A.
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-7/) - Ron Himes, Stage Director Nicole Cabell, Mary Rehanna Thelwell, Aunt Lou Christian Mark Gibbs, Nate Will Liverman, Bob STILL: Highway 1, U.S.A.
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-8/) - Ron Himes, Stage Director Nicole Cabell, Mary Rehanna Thelwell, Aunt Lou Christian Mark Gibbs, Nate Will Liverman, Bob STILL: Highway 1, U.S.A.
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-9/) - Ron Himes, Stage Director Nicole Cabell, Mary Rehanna Thelwell, Aunt Lou Christian Mark Gibbs, Nate Will Liverman, Bob STILL: Highway 1, U.S.A.
- [Opera Theatre of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-st-louis/) - Seán Curran, Stage Director Levi Hernandez, Gianni Schicchi Joshua Blue, Rinuccio Elena Villalónl, Lauretta La’Shelle Allen, Zita Jermaine Smith, Gherardo Meghan Kasanders, Nella Calvin Griffin, Simone PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
- [Chamber Music Society of St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/chamber-music-society-of-st-louis/) - WEBER: Invitation to the Dance PADEREWSKI: Minuet in G, Op. 14 No. 1 WIM STATIUS MULLER: Antillean Dances ALBENIZ/arr. KREISLER: Tango DVOŘÁK: Two Prague Waltzes RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 WARLOCK: Capriol Suite BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances DIGITAL CONCERT 7:30 pm CDT
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-orchestra-3/) - Jennifer Frautschi, violin CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGES: Symphony No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso TRADITIONAL/GRAINGER: Danny Boy
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic/) - Jennifer Frautschi, violin CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGES: Symphony No. 1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso TRADITIONAL/GRAINGER: Danny Boy LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-orchestra/) - Jon Kimura Parker, piano BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21
- [Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rhode-island-philharmonic-orchestra-2/) - Jon Kimura Parker, piano BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis/) - Seán Curran, Stage Director Levi Hernandez, Gianni Schicchi Joshua Blue, Rinuccio Elena Villalónl, Lauretta La’Shelle Allen, Zita Jermaine Smith, Gherardo Meghan Kasanders, Nella Calvin Griffin, Simone PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-5/) - Seán Curran, Stage Director Levi Hernandez, Gianni Schicchi Joshua Blue, Rinuccio Elena Villalónl, Lauretta La’Shelle Allen, Zita Jermaine Smith, Gherardo Meghan Kasanders, Nella Calvin Griffin, Simone PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-4/) - Seán Curran, Stage Director Levi Hernandez, Gianni Schicchi Joshua Blue, Rinuccio Elena Villalónl, Lauretta La’Shelle Allen, Zita Jermaine Smith, Gherardo Meghan Kasanders, Nella Calvin Griffin, Simone PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-3/) - Seán Curran, Stage Director Levi Hernandez, Gianni Schicchi Joshua Blue, Rinuccio Elena Villalónl, Lauretta La’Shelle Allen, Zita Jermaine Smith, Gherardo Meghan Kasanders, Nella Calvin Griffin, Simone PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
- [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/opera-theatre-of-saint-louis-2/) - Seán Curran, Stage Director Levi Hernandez, Gianni Schicchi Joshua Blue, Rinuccio Elena Villalónl, Lauretta La’Shelle Allen, Zita Jermaine Smith, Gherardo Meghan Kasanders, Nella Calvin Griffin, Simone PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-15/) - Erin Schreiber, violin BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge RAVEL: Tzigane GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-14/) - Erin Schreiber, violin BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge RAVEL: Tzigane GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-13/) - Erin Schreiber, violin BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge RAVEL: Tzigane GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-115/) - STILL/arr. Slatkin: Little Folk Suites GINASTERA: Concerto for Strings LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-116/) - FINZI: Prelude for String Orchestra JENNIFER HIGDON: Amazing Grace BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No. 1 LIVE WEBCAST @ 7:30 pm EDT
- [Taiwan Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taiwan-philharmonic-national-symphony-orchestra/) - BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont HAYDN: Symphony No. 99 STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
- [Taiwan Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taiwan-philharmonic-national-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Paul Huang, violin BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture WALTON: Concerto for Violin BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
- [Taiwan Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/taiwan-philharmonic-national-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Paul Huang, violin BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture WALTON: Concerto for Violin BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-117/) - Yevgeny Kutik, violin SAMUEL ADLER: Mirror Images (World Premiere) JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-91/) - Cédric Tiberghien, piano FINZI: Prelude for String Orchestra MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-92/) - Cédric Tiberghien, piano FINZI: Prelude for String Orchestra MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9
- [Berner Symphonieorchester (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/berner-symphonieorchester-3/) - Daniel Müller-Schott, cello LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah PREVIN: Cello Concerto No. 2 BARBER: Symphony No. 1 GERSHWIN: Porgy & Bess, Symphonic Picture (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)
- [Berner Symphonieorchester (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/berner-symphonieorchester-4/) - Daniel Müller-Schott, cello LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah PREVIN: Cello Concerto No. 2 BARBER: Symphony No. 1 GERSHWIN: Porgy & Bess, Symphonic Picture (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)
- [Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/barcelona-symphony-orchestra/) - Josep Colom, piano Alberto Rosado, piano BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos LUTOSŁAWSKI: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes
- [Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/barcelona-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Josep Colom, piano Alberto Rosado, piano BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos LUTOSŁAWSKI: Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes
- [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/vancouver-symphony-orchestra/) - Measha Brueggergosman, soprano BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free: Three Dance Variations CINDY MCTEE: Double Play BARBER: Knoxville, Summer of 1915 COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
- [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Measha Brueggergosman, soprano BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free: Three Dance Variations CINDY MCTEE: Double Play BARBER: Knoxville, Summer of 1915 COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
- [Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/vancouver-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Measha Brueggergosman, soprano BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free: Three Dance Variations CINDY MCTEE: Double Play BARBER: Knoxville, Summer of 1915 COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)
- [Orquesta Filharmónica de Gran Canaria (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filharmonica-de-gran-canaria/) - SCHUMANN: Genoveva Overture VAUGHAN WILLIMAS: Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/deutsches-symphonie-orchester-berlin-2/) - Richard Goode, piano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
- [Orquesta Filharmónica de Gran Canaria (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-filharmonica-de-gran-canaria-2/) - SCHUMANN: Genoveva Overture VAUGHAN WILLIMAS: Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-90/) - Nicholas Angelich, piano GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-89/) - Nicholas Angelich, piano GINASTERA: Variaciones concertantes RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-114/) - ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK: Baroque Suite PURCELL (ARR. BRITTEN): Chacony in G minor PENDERECKI: Serenade for String Orchestra MOZART Serenade No. 6 in D major for Two Small Orchestras, K. 239, “Serenata notturna”
- [Metropolitan Orchestra of St. Louis and Union Avenue Opera](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/metropolitan-orchestra-of-st-louis-and-union-avenue-opera/) - Wendy Lea* and Scott Schoonover**, conductors Leonard Slatkin***, Conductor Laureate SLSO Christine Brewer, soprano ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville* MOZART: “Porgi amor” from The Marriage of Figaro** R. STRAUSS: “Zueignung”** R. STRAUSS: “Allerseelen”** LÈHAR: “Vilia” from The Merry Widow** ARLEN/ARR. RANDY KERBER: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”** BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7***
- [Spokane Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/spokane-symphony-orchestra/) - CINDY MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [Spokane Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/spokane-symphony-orchestra-2/) - CINDY MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-98/) - Lauren Snouffer, soprano Taylor Stayton, tenor Norman Garrett, baritone UMS Choral Union, chorus VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) ORFF: Carmina Burana
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-99/) - Lauren Snouffer, soprano Taylor Stayton, tenor Norman Garrett, baritone UMS Choral Union, chorus VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) ORFF: Carmina Burana LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-100/) - Lauren Snouffer, soprano Taylor Stayton, tenor Norman Garrett, baritone UMS Choral Union, chorus VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) ORFF: Carmina Burana
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-101/) - Lauren Snouffer, soprano Taylor Stayton, tenor Norman Garrett, baritone UMS Choral Union, chorus VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) ORFF: Carmina Burana
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-7/) - Branford Marsalis, saxophone TOSHIO HOSOKAWA: Meditation—To the Victims of Tsunami 3.11 JOHN ADAMS: Concerto for Saxophone VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5
- [Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/russian-national-youth-symphony-orchestra/) - Nikolay Lugansky, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [The Orchestra Now (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/the-orchestra-now/) - CINDY MCTEE: Double Play LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah FELIX SLATKIN: Fisher's Hornpipe FELIX SLATKIN: Wistful Haven FELIX SLATKIN: Carmen's Hoe-Down RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/russian-national-youth-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Nikolay Lugansky, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-8/) - Branford Marsalis, saxophone TOSHIO HOSOKAWA: Meditation—To the Victims of Tsunami 3.11 JOHN ADAMS: Concerto for Saxophone VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-9/) - Kanji Ishimaru, narrator COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo COPLAND: Quiet City COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-10/) - Kanji Ishimaru, narrator COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo COPLAND: Quiet City COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-11/) - Ray Chen, violin HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin CINDY MCTEE: Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra
- [KBS Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/kbs-symphony-orchestra/) - Fazil Say, piano BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-12/) - Ray Chen, violin HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin CINDY MCTEE: Symphony No. 1: Ballet for Orchestra
- [Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-orchestra/) - HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-orchestra-2/) - HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nashville-symphony-orchestra-3/) - HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-102/) - Joshua Bell, violin JEREMY CROSMER: Ozark Traveler HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances No. 7 and No. 8 DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Violin
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-103/) - Joshua Bell, violin JEREMY CROSMER: Ozark Traveler HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances No. 7 and No. 8 DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Violin
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-104/) - Joshua Bell, violin JEREMY CROSMER: Ozark Traveler HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances No. 7 and No. 8 DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Violin LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-105/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 revision) BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-106/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 revision) BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-86/) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-107/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 revision) BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-107/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano STRAVINSKY: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 revision) BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-85/) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-87/) - CINDY MCTEE: Circuits RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
- [Orchestre National de Lyon (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-88/) - CINDY MCTEE: Circuits RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
- [Orchestre National de Lyon at the Kissinger Sommer Festival (Canceled)](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-at-the-kissinger-sommer-festival/) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rte-national-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Stefan Jackiw, violin BEETHOVEN: The Consecration of the House Overture BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 LIVE BROADCAST @ 2:30 pm EST
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-81/) - ANNA CLYNE: Sound and Fury (World Premiere) HAYDN: Symphony No. 60, “Il distratto” STRAVINSKY: Suite from Pulcinella TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-82/) - ANNA CLYNE: Sound and Fury (World Premiere) HAYDN: Symphony No. 60, “Il distratto” STRAVINSKY: Suite from Pulcinella TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings
- [Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/balearic-islands-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Sunwook Kim, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rte-national-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Xiayin Wang, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah BARBER: Concerto for Piano BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 LIVE BROADCAST @ 2:30 pm EDT
- [Würth Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/wurth-philharmonic/) - Kirill Gerstein, piano WEBER: Overture to Euryanthe GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
- [Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/balearic-islands-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Sunwook Kim, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-97/) - Miles Mykkanen, tenor BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: Another Time: A Symphony of Songs (World Premiere) MUSSORGSKY/ARR. RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonika/) - HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 FERRAN CRUIXENT: Cyborg SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
- [Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/bilbao-orkestra-sinfonika-2/) - HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 FERRAN CRUIXENT: Cyborg SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
- [Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/polish-national-radio-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Martin Helmchen, piano DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Piano SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Alec Baldwin, narrator Sir James Galway, flute Lady Jeanne Galway, flute Fred Zlotkin, cello This 75th birthday celebration concert features works by Slatkin's family members—his great uncle, Modest Altschuler; his wife, Cindy McTee, whose arrangement of Shenandoah will be performed by Sir James and Lady Galway; his son, Daniel Slatkin; and Leonard himself, whose piece The Raven will be narrated by Alec Baldwin.
- [Toronto Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/toronto-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Jon Kimura Parker, piano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play for Orchestra BARBER: Piano Concerto BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide JOHN CORIGLIANO: Elegy for Orchestra GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Toronto Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/toronto-symphony-orchestra/) - Jon Kimura Parker, piano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play for Orchestra BARBER: Piano Concerto BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide JOHN CORIGLIANO: Elegy for Orchestra GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Eastman Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/eastman-philharmonic/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano JEFF BEAL: Suite from Pollock JEFF BEAL: The Paper Lined Shack JEFF BEAL: Battleground (live music-to-screen performance based on stories by Stephen King)
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-7/) - Nicole Cabell, soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss, tenor Rod Gilfry, baritone An Evening of Cole Porter
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-8/) - Yefim Bronfman, piano Doe Browning, special guest conductor* MENDELSSOHN: “Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night's Dream* RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-96/) - Miles Mykkanen, tenor BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: Another Time: A Symphony of Songs (World Premiere) MUSSORGSKY/ARR. RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-95/) - Miles Mykkanen, tenor BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: Another Time: A Symphony of Songs (World Premiere) MUSSORGSKY/ARR. RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-83/) - HANDEL: Water Music Suite PACHELBEL/ARR. RAYMOND LEPPARD: Canon and Gigue in D Major STRAVINSKY: Suite from Pulcinella
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-84/) - HANDEL: Water Music Suite PACHELBEL/ARR. RAYMOND LEPPARD: Canon and Gigue in D Major STRAVINSKY: Suite from Pulcinella
- [Houston Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/houston-symphony-orchestra/) - Yefim Bronfman, piano GLINKA: Kamarinskaya (Fantasy on Two Russian Folk Songs) BORODIN: Nocturne TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-80/) - The Art of Conducting with Leonard Slatkin Jennifer Gilbert, violin BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture GLAZUNOV: Concerto for Violin BIZET: “Intermezzo” from Carmen JOHN WILLIAMS: “Imperial March” from The Empire Strikes Back
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-79/) - Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Gilbert, violin RAVEL: Fanfare from L’Éventail de Jeanne RAVEL: Three Poems by Stéphane Mallarmé GLAZUNOV: Concerto for Violin RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-78/) - Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Gilbert, violin RAVEL: Fanfare from L’Éventail de Jeanne RAVEL: Three Poems by Stéphane Mallarmé GLAZUNOV: Concerto for Violin RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-sinfonica-de-castilla-y-leon-2/) - Roberto Bodí, trumpet Juan Manuel Urbán, English horn BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture COPLAND: Quiet City HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orquesta-sinfonica-de-castilla-y-leon/) - Roberto Bodí, trumpet Juan Manuel Urbán, English horn BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture COPLAND: Quiet City HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-5/) - Olga Kern, piano VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Olga Kern, piano VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Book Talk with Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/book-talk-with-leonard-slatkin-4/) - Leonard Slatkin will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, at the Friends of the Grosse Pointe Library's Annual Meeting. Membership and reservations required.
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-10/) - Jelena Dirks, oboe VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) MOZART: Oboe Concerto R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
- [Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/buffalo-philharmonic-orchestra-2/) - George Li, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits GRIEG: Piano Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/buffalo-philharmonic-orchestra/) - George Li, piano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits GRIEG: Piano Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-9/) - Jelena Dirks, oboe VARIOUS: Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini) MOZART: Oboe Concerto R. STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/6243/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin BARBER: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Violin
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-68/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin KAIJA SAARIAHO: “Le chasseur” from Orion COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Violin
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-67/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin KAIJA SAARIAHO: “Le chasseur” from Orion COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring DVOŘÁK: Concerto for Violin
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-77/) - Nikolaï Luganski, piano CAMILLE PÉPIN: Laniakea (World Premiere) HAYDN: Symphony No. 103, “Drumroll” BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-92/) - Makoto Ozone, piano JULIET PALMER: Oil & Water (World Premiere) RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-93/) - Makoto Ozone, piano JULIET PALMER: Oil & Water (World Premiere) RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-94/) - Makoto Ozone, piano JULIET PALMER: Oil & Water (World Premiere) RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-63/) - Yoonshin Song, violin STEVEN BRYANT: Zeal (World Premiere) BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2 WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-62/) - Yoonshin Song, violin STEVEN BRYANT: Zeal (World Premiere) BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2 WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-61/) - Yoonshin Song, violin STEVEN BRYANT: Zeal (World Premiere) BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2 WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
- [Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-philharmonique-de-monte-carlo/) - Seong-Jin Cho, piano CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
- [Chicago Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/chicago-symphony-orchestra/) - Denis Matsuev, piano RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
- [Aspen Festival Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/aspen-festival-orchestra/) - Seong-Jin Cho, piano CONOR BROWN: How to Relax with Origami RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano BARBER: Symphony No. 1 JEFF BEAL: The Paper Lined Shack (World Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-5/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano BARBER: Symphony No. 1 JEFF BEAL: The Paper Lined Shack (World Premiere) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-66/) - Nikolaï Luganski, piano CAMILLE PÉPIN: Laniakea (World Premiere) HAYDN: Symphony No. 103, “Drumroll” BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-65/) - Nikolaï Luganski, piano CAMILLE PÉPIN: Laniakea (World Premiere) HAYDN: Symphony No. 103, “Drumroll” BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
- [Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/osaka-philharmonic-orchestra/) - Daichi Fujiki, countertenor Osaka Philharmonic Chorus BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide COPLAND Down a Country Lane BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/osaka-philharmonic/) - Daichi Fujiki, countertenor Osaka Philharmonic Chorus BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide COPLAND Down a Country Lane BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-85/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Orli Shazam, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring LIVE WEBCAST @ 10:45 am EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-84/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Orli Shazam, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-86/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Jon Kimura Parker, piano GERSHWIN/ROB MATHES: Gershwiniana GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F GERSHWIN/BENNETT: Porgy & Bess: Concert Version
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-87/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Jon Kimura Parker, piano GERSHWIN/ROB MATHES: Gershwiniana GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F GERSHWIN/BENNETT: Porgy & Bess: Concert Version LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-83/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Alexander Kinmonth, oboe JOHN WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare JOHN WILLIAMS: Pops on the March JOHN WILLIAMS: Concerto for Oboe JOHN WILLIAMS: Film Music LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-82/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Alexander Kinmonth, oboe JOHN WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare JOHN WILLIAMS: Pops on the March JOHN WILLIAMS: Concerto for Oboe JOHN WILLIAMS: Film Music
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-8/) - Led by conductor Ward Stare, this annual New Year’s Eve celebration features delightful music in a program full of surprises.
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-74/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-73/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-73/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-72/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-71/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-70/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-69/) - GERMANY TOUR Khatia Buniatishvili, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Krzysztof Penderecki's 85th Birthday Celebration](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/krzysztof-pendereckis-85th-birthday-celebration/) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Arto Noras, Ivan Monighetti and Frans Helmerson, cello Johanna Rusanen, soprano Anna Radziejewska, mezzo-soprano Nikolay Didenko, bass Sinfonia Varsovia Warsaw Philharmonic Choir KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: Violin Concerto No. 2, “Metamorphosen” (conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki) KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: Concerto grosso (conducted by Christoph Eschenbach) KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI: Dies illa (conducted by Leonard Slatkin)
- [Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-philharmonique-de-radio-france/) - Midori, violin Lambert Wilson, narrator Chœur de Radio France BERNSTEIN: Missa brevis BERNSTEIN: Serenade for Violin COPLAND: Danzón cubano COPLAND: Three American Songs COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait This concert will be broadcast on January 3, 2019 on France Musique.
- [Berner Symphonieorchester](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/berner-symphonieorchester-2/) - Augustin Hadelich, violin Claude Eichenberger, mezzo-soprano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Berner Symphonieorchester](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/berner-symphonieorchester/) - Augustin Hadelich, violin Claude Eichenberger, mezzo-soprano CINDY MCTEE: Double Play BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah” GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-76/) - PARTICIPATORY CONCERT Renaud Capuçon, violin BARBER: Adagio for Strings GRIEG: Holberg Suite BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances JEAN-PASCAL BEINTUS: Concerto for Violin (a participative work for strings, World Premiere)
- [RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/rte-national-symphony-orchestra/) - Alina Ibragimova, violin CINDY MCTEE: Circuits R. STRAUSS: Concerto for Violin ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Manhattan School of Music 100th Anniversary Gala Concert](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-100th-anniversary-gala-concert/) - Leonard Slatkin, MSM Distinguished Visiting Artist, will serve as principal conductor for an evening of performances that will draw from Manhattan School of Music's pool of distinguished alumni and current faculty and students. Guest artists will include alumna/mezzo Susan Graham, alumna/violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins, faculty/violinist Glenn Dicterow, and trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard, among many others.
- [Hong Kong Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hong-kong-philharmonic-2/) - Eton College Chapel Choir CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Infernal Machine BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Hong Kong Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hong-kong-philharmonic/) - Eton College Chapel Choir CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Infernal Machine BARBER: Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Shanghai Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/shanghai-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin BACH: Fugue in G minor PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2
- [China Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/china-philharmonic-orchestra-2/) - Angela Au, piano BACH: Fugue in G minor SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2
- [Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/guangzhou-symphony-orchestra/) - Angela Au, piano BACH: Fugue in G minor SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-89/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin KRISTIN KUSTER: Dune Acres (World Premiere) CAGE: 4’33” BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERNSTEIN/FOSS: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-88/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin KRISTIN KUSTER: Dune Acres (World Premiere) CAGE: 4’33” BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERNSTEIN/FOSS: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-75/) - Benjamin Grosvenor, piano MILHAUD: Le bœuf sur le toit SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Chamber Music Society of St. Louis 10th Anniversary Gala](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/chamber-music-society-of-st-louis-10th-anniversary-gala/) - Notes from Hollywood—The Sequel The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis's 10th Anniversary gala concert honors Leonard Slatkin and features music from award-winning Hollywood film composers, with special guest appearance by St. Louis Cardinals’ Baseball Legend Ozzie Smith, “The Wizard.”
- [Kastalsky Requiem Project: Armistice 1918](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/kastalsky-requiem-project-armistice-1918/) - Anna Dennis, soprano Joseph Charles Beutel, bass-baritone Cathedral Choral Society Kansas City Chorale Clarion Choir St. Tikhon's Chamber Choir KASTALSKY: Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes (1917) (World Premiere)
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-orchestra-2/) - SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy
- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis-2/) - 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis/) - 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- [Balearic Islands Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/balearic-islands-symphony-orchestra/) - BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
- [Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/moscow-philharmonic/) - Olga Kern, piano CINDY MCTEE: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-64/) - Benjamin Grosvenor, piano MILHAUD: Le bœuf sur le toit SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-63/) - Benjamin Grosvenor, piano MILHAUD: Le bœuf sur le toit SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-62/) - Lukas Geniušas, piano RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-61/) - Lukas Geniušas, piano BARBER: Adagio for Strings RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin DEBUSSY: La mer
- [Louisville Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/louisville-orchestra/) - CINDY MCTEE: Double Play LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah PISTON: Suite from The Incredible Flutist ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Hawaii Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hawaii-symphony-orchestra-3/) - This concert will feature the film music of John Williams, including themes from Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and more.
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-orchestra/) - JEFF BEAL: The General Buster Keaton's 1926 silent film with live orchestra
- [Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/polish-national-radio-symphony-orchestra-2/) - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN EASTER FESTIVAL Martina Jankova, soprano Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano NFM Choir Polish National Youth Choir RAVEL: “Kaddisch” from Deux mélodies hébraïques MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
- [Book Talk with Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/book-talk-with-leonard-slatkin-2/) - Leonard Slatkin will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry.
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-57/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Benjamin Beilman, violin RABAUD: Procession Nocturne SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No. 3 DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun DEBUSSY: La Mer
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-58/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Benjamin Beilman, violin RABAUD: Procession Nocturne SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No. 3 DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun DEBUSSY: La Mer LIVE WEBCAST @ 10:45 am EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-59/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Benjamin Beilman, violin GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Flammenschrift SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso RAVEL: Tzigane BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-60/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Benjamin Beilman, violin GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Flammenschrift SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso RAVEL: Tzigane BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4 ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4 ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-7/) - Olga Kern, piano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano St. Louis Symphony Chorus St. Louis Children’s Choirs LOREN LOIACONO: Smothered by Sky RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-6/) - Olga Kern, piano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano St. Louis Symphony Chorus St. Louis Children’s Choirs LOREN LOIACONO: Smothered by Sky RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-91/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Joseph Becker, percussion Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal, percussion Jeremy Epp, timpani James Ritchie, timpani STEVE REICH: Clapping Music PHILIP GLASS: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Become Ocean LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-90/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Joseph Becker, percussion Andrés Pichardo-Rosenthal, percussion Jeremy Epp, timpani James Ritchie, timpani STEVE REICH: Clapping Music PHILIP GLASS: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Become Ocean
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-77/) - Gil Shaham, violin ERB: The Seventh Trumpet PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-78/) - Gil Shaham, violin ERB: The Seventh Trumpet PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-79/) - Gil Shaham, violin ERB: The Seventh Trumpet PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 ELGAR: Enigma Variations LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-80/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Wei Yu, cello GOULD: Star Spangled Overture JOAN TOWER: Sequoia BERNSTEIN: Three Meditations from MASS THOMSON: Suite from The Plow That Broke the Plains GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-81/) - AMERICAN FESTIVAL Wei Yu, cello GOULD: Star Spangled Overture JOAN TOWER: Sequoia BERNSTEIN: Three Meditations from MASS THOMSON: Suite from The Plow That Broke the Plains GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/polish-national-radio-symphony-orchestra/) - Tanja Tetzlaff, cello LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah BLOCH: Schelomo TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-50/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano RAVEL: Menuet antique RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 LIVE WEBCAST @ 10:45 am EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-49/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano RAVEL: Menuet antique RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-56/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Michelle and Christina Naughton, piano DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals SATIE: Gymnopédies Nos. 1 and 3 OFFENBACH: Gaîté Parisienne (with can-can dancers) LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-55/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Michelle and Christina Naughton, piano DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals SATIE: Gymnopédies Nos. 1 and 3 OFFENBACH: Gaîté Parisienne (with can-can dancers)
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-54/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Michelle and Christina Naughton, piano MILHAUD: La création du monde POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra MILHAUD: A Frenchman in New York GERSHWIN: An American in Paris LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-53/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL Michelle and Christina Naughton, piano MILHAUD: La création du monde POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra MILHAUD: A Frenchman in New York GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-52/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL George Li, piano SAINT-SAËNS: Marche heroique SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ” LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-51/) - FRENCH FESTIVAL George Li, piano SAINT-SAËNS: Marche heroique SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3, “Organ”
- [Book Talk with Leonard Slatkin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/book-talk-with-leonard-slatkin/) - Jeffery Zook, flute Sheryl Hwangbo, violin David LeDoux, cello Leonard Slatkin will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry. The event will feature a free chamber performance by DSO musicians.
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-4/) - Jeremy Irons, speaker Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello Tamara Wilson, soprano UMS Choral Union, choir Michigan State University Children's Choir, choir R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish” LISTEN ONLINE ON CLASSICAL IPR @ 3:00 pm EST
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic/) - Jeremy Irons, speaker Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello Tamara Wilson, soprano Concert Chorale of New York, choir Brooklyn Youth Chorus R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-2/) - Jeremy Irons, speaker Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello Tamara Wilson, soprano Concert Chorale of New York, choir Brooklyn Youth Chorus R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-3/) - Jeremy Irons, speaker Cynthia Phelps, viola Carter Brey, cello Tamara Wilson, soprano Concert Chorale of New York, choir Brooklyn Youth Chorus R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 3, “Kaddish”
- [Manhattan School of Music “Setting the Stage” Workshop](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-setting-the-stage-workshop/) - Creating a Symphonic Life: Leonard Slatkin in Conversation with MSM President Jim Gandre Maestro Slatkin will share highlights from his career and insights on the future of the orchestral world. After the talk, he will sign copies of his new book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry.
- [Mediterranean Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/mediterranean-philharmonic-orchestra-3/) - Güher & Süher Pekinel, piano BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [Mediterranean Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/mediterranean-philharmonic-orchestra/) - Güher & Süher Pekinel, piano BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-6/) - Young People's Concert—Inspirations and Tributes: “Celebrating Leonard Bernstein” Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BERNSTEIN: Selections from On the Town BERNSTEIN: “Profanation” from Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah” BERNSTEIN: “Masque” from Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story
- [New York Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-york-philharmonic-5/) - Young People's Concert—Inspirations and Tributes: “Celebrating Leonard Bernstein” Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BERNSTEIN: Selections from On the Town BERNSTEIN: “Profanation” from Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah” BERNSTEIN: “Masque” from Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-3/) - DECLASSIFIED CONCERT TCHAIKOVSKY: Allegro molto vivace from Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: “The Story of Prince Kalendar” from Scheherazade STRAVINSKY: “Dance of the Princesses” from The Firebird STRAVINSKY: “Russian Dance” (Shrovetide Fair) from Pétrouchka STRAVINKSY: The Rite of Spring
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/5062/) - Manhattan School of Music/Detroit Symphony Orchestra Conductors' Project Malcolm Merriweather, conductor* Timothy Cho, conductor** Leonard Slatkin, conductor*** WAGNER: Tannhäuser Overture* BARBER: Essay No. 2** ELGAR: Enigma Variations***
- [“Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty” Documentary, Discussion, and Book Signing](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/samuel-barber-absolute-beauty-documentary-discussion-and-book-signing/) - The acclaimed film Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty by H. Paul Moon is a probing exploration of Barber's music and melancholia. Performance, oral history, musicology, and biography combine to explore the life and music of one of America’s greatest composers. Leonard Slatkin, who is featured in the film, will attend the screening, participate in a discussion, and sign copies of his new book, Leading Tones.
- [Book Signing and Discussion at Left Bank Books, St. Louis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/book-signing-and-discussion-at-left-bank-books-st-louis/) - Left Bank Books welcomes former director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, who will sign and discuss his new book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, with Adam Crane, SLSO Senior Vice President of External Affairs & Strategic Initiatives.
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-46/) - Wei Yu, cello Eric Nowlin, viola LOREN LOIACONO: Smothered by Sky (World Premiere) ELGAR: Concerto for Cello BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-45/) - Wei Yu, cello Eric Nowlin, viola LOREN LOIACONO: Smothered by Sky (World Premiere) ELGAR: Concerto for Cello BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-48/) - JOSHUA CERDENIA: Feuertrunken (Fire-Drunk) (World Premiere) MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-47/) - JOSHUA CERDENIA: Feuertrunken (Fire-Drunk) (World Premiere) MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-44/) - Olga Kern, piano CONOR BROWN: How to Relax with Origami (World Premiere) BARBER: Concerto for Piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-43/) - Olga Kern, piano CONOR BROWN: How to Relax with Origami (World Premiere) BARBER: Concerto for Piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-14/) - Olga Kern, piano CONOR BROWN: How to Relax with Origami (World Premiere) BARBER: Concerto for Piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
- [Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/deutsches-symphonie-orchester-berlin/) - James Ehnes, violin DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice AARON JAY KERNIS: Concerto for Violin ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Hawaii Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hawaii-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Elina Vähälä, violin CINDY MCTEE: Finish Line SIBELIUS: Concerto for Violin BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [Hawaii Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/hawaii-symphony-orchestra/) - Elina Vähälä, violin CINDY MCTEE: Finish Line SIBELIUS: Concerto for Violin BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-76/) - Harmony Zhu, piano FAURÉ: Suite from Pelleas et Melisan BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter"
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-75/) - Harmony Zhu, piano FAURÉ: Suite from Pelleas et Melisan BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter"
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-74/) - Harmony Zhu, piano FAURÉ: Suite from Pelleas et Melisan BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter"
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-60/) - Thierry Escaich, organ Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano Ludovic Tézier, baritone Jeune Chœur symphonique, chorus RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte THIERRY ESCAICH: Organ Concerto No. 3 FAURÉ: Pavane DURUFLÉ: Requiem (1947 version)
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra-2/) - BERNSTEIN: Slava! A Political Overture BERNSTEIN: Songfest STRAVINKSY: The Rite of Spring
- [National Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-symphony-orchestra/) - BERNSTEIN: Slava! A Political Overture BERNSTEIN: Songfest STRAVINKSY: The Rite of Spring
- [St. Louis Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-4/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Bump CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [St. Louis Symphony](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-3/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Bump CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
- [New England Conservatory Philharmonia](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-england-conservatory-philharmonia/) - BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah PISTON: Suite from The Incredible Flutist SCHUMAN: Symphony no. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-59/) - Philippe Cassard, piano GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Celephaïs CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor
- [The Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/the-besancon-international-competition-for-young-conductors/) - Leonard Slatkin serves as the chairman of the jury for the 55th edition of the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors.
- [Cabrillo Festival Conductors/Composers Workshop](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/cabrillo-festival-conductorscomposers-workshop/) - Maestro Slatkin will participate in seminars and critiqued conducting sessions with early-career conductors, guiding them on subjects including modern score analysis and practical guides for the rehearsal, interpretation and performance of contemporary works.
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-56/) - Lauren Fagan, soprano Agneta Eichenholz, soprano Dietrich Henschel, baritone Spirito, choir Jeune Chœur symphonique, choir GRIEG: Peer Gynt
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-55/) - Lauren Fagan, soprano Agneta Eichenholz, soprano Dietrich Henschel, baritone Spirito, choir Jeune Chœur symphonique, choir GRIEG: Peer Gynt
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-54/) - Elina Vähälä, violin ANDERS HILLBORG: Beast Sampler SIBELIUS: Concerto for Violin NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour Send-Off Concert](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-73/) - Akiko Suwanai, violin CINDY MCTEE: Double Play KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-asia-tour/) - Trey Chui-yee Lee, cello BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide LIPING WANG: The Dream of the Red Chamber, Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-9/) - Trey Chui-yee Lee, cello BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide LIPING WANG: The Dream of the Red Chamber, Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-8/) - Trey Chui-yee Lee, cello BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide LIPING WANG: The Dream of the Red Chamber, Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-7/) - Trey Chui-yee Lee, cello BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide LIPING WANG: The Dream of the Red Chamber, Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-6/) - Trey Chui-yee Lee, cello BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide LIPING WANG: The Dream of the Red Chamber, Capriccio for Cello and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Orchestre National de Lyon at the Ravenna Festival](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-at-the-ravenna-festival/) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture TAKEMITSU: Nostalghia—In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky, for Violin and String Orchestra MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-5/) - Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-4/) - Akiko Suwanai, violin TAKEMITSU: Far Calls, Coming, Far! KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-3/) - Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour-2/) - Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide CINDY MCTEE: Double Play GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-72/) - Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide CINDY MCTEE: Double Play GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra Asia Tour](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-asia-tour/) - Makoto Ozone, piano BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BARBER: Adagio for Strings GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue COPLAND: Symphony No. 3
- [Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Final Round](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/van-cliburn-international-piano-competition-final-round-2/) - In this concert, three out of six finalists each perform a piano concerto of their choice with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Leonard Slatkin.
- [Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Final Round](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/van-cliburn-international-piano-competition-final-round/) - In this concert, three out of six finalists each perform a piano concerto of their choice with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Leonard Slatkin.
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-53/) - Christian Ihle Hadland, piano ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, “Midsommarvaka” GRIEG: Concerto for Piano SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-52/) - Thierry Escaich, organ Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano Ludovic Tézier, baritone Jeune Chœur symphonique, chorus RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte THIERRY ESCAICH: Organ Concerto No. 3 (European Premiere) FAURÉ: Pavane DURUFLÉ: Requiem (1947 version)
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-51/) - Sol Gabetta, cello GUILLAUME CONNESSON: The Ship of Ishtar DEBUSSY: La Mer SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 RAVEL: La Valse
- [National Conference, League of American Orchestras](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/national-conference-league-of-american-orchestras/) - Shara Nova, soprano MOHAMMED FAIROUZ: Pax universalis WEILL: Seven Deadly Sins SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER: Something for the Dark JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND: Equality MASON BATES: Warehouse Medicine
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-45/) - Hilary Hahn, violin TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte RAVEL: Menuet antique RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 1
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-46/) - Hilary Hahn, violin JOHN ADAMS: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-50/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-49/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-48/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-47/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-44/) - Cameron Carpenter, organ FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-41/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-42/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-43/) - Hilary Hahn, violin FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Birmingham Community House CultureTalks Series](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/birmingham-community-house-culturetalks-series/) - Leonard Slatkin will talk about his 50-year career as a conductor, his upbringing in Hollywood as the son of renowned studio musicians, and his experiences as music director in Detroit in this informal lecture. A book signing of Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro, will follow.
- [Peabody Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/peabody-symphony-orchestra/) - Marina Piccinini, flute RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture AARON JAY KERNIS: Concerto for Flute ELGAR: Enigma Variations
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-37/) - Jennifer Gilbert, violin RAVEL: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah RAVEL: Tzigane BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-38/) - Gil Shaham, violin GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Celephaïs BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-25/) - André Dussollier, narrator Hélène Hébrard, mezzo-soprano RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/RAVEL: Antar (with new text by Amin Maalouf) GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Celephaïs (World Premiere) RAVEL: Shéhérazade RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-33/) - “Michel Camilo, piano BACH: Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, Prelude BACH: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Sinfonia FOSS: Phorion (Baroque Variations III) On a Bach Prelude BACH (orch. Barbirolli): “Sheep May Safely Graze” BACH (orch. Ormandy): “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring” BACH (orch. Stokowski): Toccata and Fugue in D minor SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No. 1 (DSO Premiere) MICHEL CAMILO: Concerto for Jazz Trio and Orchestra (World Premiere)
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-34/) - Michel Camilo, piano BACH: Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, Prelude BACH: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Sinfonia FOSS: Phorion (Baroque Variations III) On a Bach Prelude BACH (orch. Barbirolli): “Sheep May Safely Graze” BACH (orch. Ormandy): “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring” BACH (orch. Stokowski): Toccata and Fugue in D minor SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No. 1 (DSO Premiere) MICHEL CAMILO: Concerto for Jazz Trio and Orchestra (World Premiere) LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-28/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Sharon Sparrow, flute MOZART: Symphony No. 38, “Prague” MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-29/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Sharon Sparrow, flute MOZART: Symphony No. 38, “Prague” MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-35/) - Jennifer Gilbert, violin RAVEL: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah RAVEL: Tzigane BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-40/) - Gil Shaham, violin RAVEL: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-39/) - Jennifer Gilbert, violin RAVEL: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah RAVEL: Tzigane BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-34/) - Gil Shaham, violin RAVEL: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie BARBER: Concerto for Violin BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-36/) - George Li, piano RAVEL: Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-33/) - Renée Fleming, soprano Thomas Hampson, narrator RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Antar (arr. Ravel, U.S. Premiere of arrangement) GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Celephaïs (U.S. Premiere) RAVEL: Shéhérazade RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-40/) - Cho-Liang Lin, violin BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn LALO SCHIFRIN: Tangos Concertantes (DSO Premiere) SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-17/) - Cho-Liang Lin, violin BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn LALO SCHIFRIN: Tangos Concertantes (DSO Premiere) SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation” LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-39/) - Cho-Liang Lin, violin BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn LALO SCHIFRIN: Tangos Concertantes (DSO Premiere) SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-42/) - Cho-Liang Lin, violin BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn LALO SCHIFRIN: Tangos Concertantes (DSO Premiere) SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-26/) - MOZART FESTIVAL MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik MOZART: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” MOZART: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio MOZART: Symphony No. 36, “Linz”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-27/) - MOZART FESTIVAL MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik MOZART: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” MOZART: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio MOZART: Symphony No. 36, “Linz” LIVE WEBCAST @ 10:45 am EST
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-32/) - PARTICIPATORY CONCERT TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture TCHAIKOVSKY: Finale from Symphony No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY: “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker MUSSORGSKY: “The Great Gate of Kiev” from Pictures at an Exhibition
- [WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/wdr-sinfonieorchester-koln-2/) - Kirill Gerstein, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead TCHAIKOVKSY: Francesca da Rimini
- [WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/wdr-sinfonieorchester-koln/) - Kirill Gerstein, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead TCHAIKOVKSY: Francesca da Rimini
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-23/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin Hai-Xin Wu, violin Johanna Yarbrough, horn Ralph Skiano, clarinet MOZART: Overture to La Clemenza del Tito MOZART: Concertone for Two Violins (DSO Premiere) MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 3 MOZART: Concerto for Clarinet
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-22/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, violin Hai-Xin Wu, violin Johanna Yarbrough, horn Ralph Skiano, clarinet MOZART: Overture to La Clemenza del Tito MOZART: Concertone for Two Violins (DSO Premiere) MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 3 MOZART: Concerto for Clarinet
- [Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestra-del-teatro-di-san-carlo-2/) - Alexei Volodin, violin DEBUSSY/RAVEL: Sarabande et Danse SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5 CINDY MCTEE: Circuits SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
- [Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestra-del-teatro-di-san-carlo/) - Alexei Volodin, violin DEBUSSY/RAVEL: Sarabande et Danse SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5 CINDY MCTEE: Circuits SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
- [Verdi Orchestra Milano](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/verdi-orchestra-milano/) - Lisa Larsson, soprano CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BERLIOZ: Cleopatra BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Orchestras: Today and Beyond](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestras-today-and-beyond-panel-discussion/) - A discussion of the evolving roles and expectations of musicians and administrators working as part of a professional musical organization. Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre National de Lyon Matthew VanBesien, President, New York Philharmonic Howard Herring, President and CEO, New World Symphony Carl Schiebler, Orchestra Personnel Manager, New York Philharmonic with MSM alumni members of the New York Philharmonic and Orchestra of St. Luke's: Loretta O’Sullivan (BM ’75, Cello); Yoobin Son (PS ’10, OP Flute/AD ’11, Flute); Colin Williams (’97, Trombone)
- [Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/manhattan-school-of-music-symphony-orchestra/) - Manhattan School of Music/Detroit Symphony Orchestra Conductors' Project Earl Lee, conductor* Kyle Ritenauer, conductor** Leonard Slatkin, conductor*** BRAHMS: Tragic Overture** COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring* SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11***
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-41/) - Lang Lang, piano RON NELSON: Savannah River Holiday GOULD: Pavanne from Symphonette No. 2 BARBER: Adagio for Strings COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-9/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Bump (DSO Premiere) COPLAND: Concerto for Piano GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue MILHAUD: La Création du monde RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-10/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Bump (DSO Premiere) COPLAND: Concerto for Piano GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue MILHAUD: La Création du monde RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-11/) - Garrick Ohlsson, piano CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Bump (DSO Premiere) COPLAND: Concerto for Piano GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue MILHAUD: La Création du monde RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-25/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Robert Williams, bassoon David Everson, horn MOZART: Overture to Così fan tutte MOZART: Concerto for Bassoon MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 4 MOZART: Symphony No. 40 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-24/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Robert Williams, bassoon David Everson, horn MOZART: Overture to Così fan tutte MOZART: Concerto for Bassoon MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 4 MOZART: Symphony No. 40
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-21/) - MOZART FESTIVAL David Buck, flute Karl Pituch, horn MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 1 MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 2 MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni MOZART: Symphony No. 39 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-20/) - MOZART FESTIVAL David Buck, flute Karl Pituch, horn MOZART: Overture to The Magic Flute MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 1 MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 2 MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni MOZART: Symphony No. 39
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-8/) - BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-7/) - RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Placitas Artists Series](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/placitas-artists-series/) - “Stepping Out with Slatkin & McTee” Join Leonard Slatkin and Cindy McTee for an interview, Q&A session, and a performance of McTee’s short and playful work “Stepping Out,” followed by light refreshments and a chance to mingle with the artists. CDs and books will be available for purchase and signature.
- [Wu Family Academy Showcase](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/wu-family-academy-showcase/) - Leonard Slatkin will conduct the Detroit Symphony Youth Orcestra in a performance of Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2. Oriol Sans, conductor Leonard Slatkin, conductor SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2
- [Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/fort-worth-symphony-orchestra/) - BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra CINDY MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [New England Conservatory Commencement](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/new-england-conservatory-commencement/) - Leonard Slatkin will be presented with an honorary doctorate and will be the 2016 commencement speaker at the NEC degree ceremony.
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-36/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano Rachelle Durkin, soprano Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Peixin Chen, bass JOHN CORIGLIANO: Mr. Tambourine Man (DSO Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral” LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-30/) - EXPRESSO CONCERT The Art of Conducting with Leonard Slatkin, an educational presentation with orchestral excerpts and a chance for the audience to wield the baton.
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-31/) - Sharon Isbin, guitar CHRIS BRUBECK: Affinity: Guitar Concerto (DSO Premiere) MAHLER (Cooke): Symphony No. 10 LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-19/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Alex Kinmonth, oboe Scott Strong, horn Yoonshin Song, violin Eric Nowlin, viola MOZART: Overture to Marriage of Figaro MOZART: Concerto for Oboe MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 1 MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante LIVE WEBCAST @ 10:45 am EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-18/) - MOZART FESTIVAL Alex Kinmonth, oboe Scott Strong, horn Yoonshin Song, violin Eric Nowlin, viola MOZART: Overture to Marriage of Figaro MOZART: Concerto for Oboe MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 1 MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-16/) - Emanuel Ax, piano BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EST
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-8/) - Hilary Hahn, violin BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide GERSHWIN: Lullaby FERRAN CRUIXENT: Big Data (World Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-4/) - Joshua Bell, violin STUCKY: Dreamwaltzes LALO: Symphonie espagnole PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra/) - Nigel Kennedy, violin SCHUMANN: Overture to Manfred W. SCHUMAN: Symphony No. 3 NIGEL KENNEDY: Dedications LIVE WEBCAST @ 8:00 pm EDT
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-6/) - Scott Ramsay, tenor Lise Lindstrom, soprano Chris Merritt, tenor Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano Daniel Sutin, baritone STRAUSS: Salome LIVE WEBCAST @ 3:00 pm EDT
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- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-23/) - TCHAIKOVSKY CYCLE TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian” TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-22/) - TCHAIKOVSKY CYCLE TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Daydreams” TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-31/) - EXPRESSO CONCERT Join Maestro Slatkin for an hour-long presentation of orchestral excerpts from French masterpieces and hidden gems.
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-5/) - PARTICIPATORY CONCERT RAVEL: Boléro
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-6/) - 2016-17 Season Presentation Thomas Ospital, organ JOHN ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine HAYDN: Introduction to The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross FAURÉ: Pavane SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5, Third Movement JOHN WILLIAMS: “The Throne Room” from Star Wars BACH: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Sinfonia, for solo organ
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- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-21/) - Anne Gastinel, cello HAYDN: “The Representation of Chaos” from The Creation DUTILLEUX: Tout un monde lointain, Concerto for Cello DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
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- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-10/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS: Tragic Overture BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-9/) - The Magical World of composer John Williams, featuring movie music from Jaws, E.T., Harry Potter, Star Wars, and more.
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-19/) - Jennifer Gilbert, violin Nicolas Hartmann, cello LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah (European Premiere) BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-18/) - Jennifer Gilbert, violin Nicolas Hartmann, cello LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah (European Premiere) BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra FRANCK: Symphony in D minor
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-11/) - The Magical World of composer John Williams, featuring movie music from Jaws, E.T., Harry Potter, Star Wars, and more.
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-28/) - Hilary Hahn, violin JOHN ADAMS: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin JOHN ADAMS: Harmonielehre
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- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-27/) - Khatia Buniatishvili, piano COPLAND: Suite from Billy the Kid GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
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- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-17/) - Tamara Wilson, soprano Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano Hoyoon Chung, tenor James Platt, bass Chœurs et Solistes de Lyon Chœur Britten Chœur d'oratorio de Lyon Jeune Chœur symphonique VERDI: Requiem
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- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-15/) - Cameron Carpenter, organ CHABRIER: España STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-14/) - Cameron Carpenter, organ JOHN ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine CAGE: 4'33" RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-13/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS: Tragic Overture BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-12/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS: Tragic Overture BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-12/) - Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS: Tragic Overture BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
- [Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/fort-worth-symphony-orchestra-3/) - BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra CINDY MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/fort-worth-symphony-orchestra-2/) - BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra CINDY MCTEE: Double Play TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-38/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano Rachelle Durkin, soprano Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Peixin Chen, bass JOHN CORIGLIANO: Mr. Tambourine Man (DSO Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-37/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano Rachelle Durkin, soprano Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Peixin Chen, bass JOHN CORIGLIANO: Mr. Tambourine Man (DSO Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-35/) - Hila Plitmann, soprano Rachelle Durkin, soprano Abigail Nims, mezzo soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Peixin Chen, bass JOHN CORIGLIANO: Mr. Tambourine Man (DSO Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-32/) - Sharon Isbin, guitar CHRIS BRUBECK: Affinity: Guitar Concerto (DSO Premiere) MAHLER (Cooke): Symphony No. 10
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-30/) - Sharon Isbin, guitar CHRIS BRUBECK: Affinity: Guitar Concerto (DSO Premiere) MAHLER (Cooke): Symphony No. 10
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-15/) - Emanuel Ax, piano BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 ELGAR: Symphony No. 1
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- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Olga Kern, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah BARBER: Concerto for Piano COPLAND: Suite from Billy the Kid GERSHWIN: Selections for Orchestra from Porgy and Bess
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Olga Kern, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah BARBER: Concerto for Piano COPLAND: Suite from Billy the Kid GERSHWIN: Selections for Orchestra from Porgy and Bess
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-2/) - Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Renaud Delaigue, bass St. Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, choral director BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony/) - Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano Sean Panikkar, tenor Renaud Delaigue, bass St. Louis Symphony Chorus Amy Kaiser, choral director BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet
- [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/st-louis-symphony-orchestra/) - Olga Kern, piano LEONARD SLATKIN: Kinah BARBER: Concerto for Piano COPLAND: Suite from Billy the Kid GERSHWIN: Selections for Orchestra from Porgy and Bess
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-7/) - Hilary Hahn, violin BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide GERSHWIN: Lullaby FERRAN CRUIXENT: Big Data (World Premiere) BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin
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- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-3/) - Joshua Bell, violin STUCKY: Dreamwaltzes LALO: Symphonie espagnole PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
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- [Los Angeles Philharmonic](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/los-angeles-philharmonic-2/) - Truls Mørk, cello ROSSINI: William Tell Overture ELGAR: Concerto for Cello BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
- [Detroit Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-orchestra-2/) - Nigel Kennedy, violin SCHUMANN: Overture to Manfred W. SCHUMAN: Symphony No. 3 NIGEL KENNEDY: Dedications
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-6/) - BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-5/) - BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
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- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra-2/) - BACH: Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, Prelude BACH: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Sinfonia BACH/WOOD: Suite No. 6, Finale BACH/BARBIROLLI: “Sheep May Safely Graze” BACH/ORMANDY: “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring” BACH/STOKOWSKI: Toccata and Fugue in D minor PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [NHK Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/nhk-symphony-orchestra/) - BACH: Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, Prelude BACH: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, Sinfonia BACH/WOOD: Suite No. 6, Finale BACH/BARBIROLLI: “Sheep May Safely Graze” BACH/ORMANDY: “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring” BACH/STOKOWSKI: Toccata and Fugue in D minor PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-4/) - Juliette Hurel, flute Renaud Capuçon, violin BERLIOZ: Overture to King Lear BERLIOZ: “Queen Mab Scherzo” from Romeo and Juliet BRUNO MANTOVANI: Concerto for Flute (French Premiere) DEBUSSY/CAPLET: “Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque RAVEL/MARESZ: Sonata for Violin (World Premiere) RAVEL: Tzigane, Rhapsody for Violin and Piano
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon/) - Seong-Jin Cho, piano MASON BATES: The Rise of Exotic Computing DEBUSSY: Iberia RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-3/) - Seong-Jin Cho, piano BERLIOZ: Overture to King Lear BERLIOZ: “Queen Mab Scherzo” from Romeo and Juliet DEBUSSY: Iberia RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/orchestre-national-de-lyon-2/) - Seong-Jin Cho, piano MASON BATES: The Rise of Exotic Computing DEBUSSY: Iberia RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3
- [Shanghai Symphony Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/shanghai-symphony-orchestra/) - Jian Wang, cello CINDY MCTEE: Circuits SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 BARBER: Symphony No. 1 RAVEL: La valse
- [China Philharmonic Orchestra](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/china-philharmonic-orchestra/) - Siqing Lu, violin CINDY MCTEE: Circuits BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5
- [Orchestre National de Lyon](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/detroit-symphony-hall/) - Juliette Hurel, flute Renaud Capuçon, violin BERLIOZ: Overture to King Lear BERLIOZ: “Queen Mab Scherzo” from Romeo and Juliet BRUNO MANTOVANI: Concerto for Flute (French Premiere) DEBUSSY/CAPLET: “Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque RAVEL/MARESZ: Sonata for Violin (World Premiere) RAVEL: Tzigane, Rhapsody for Violin and Piano
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- [International Violin Competition of Indianapolis](https://www.leonardslatkin.com/schedule/international-violin-competition-of-indianapolis/) - 10th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Finals Concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
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