September 4, 2024

In honor of Leonard’s 80^th 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.

September 1, 2024

In honor of Leonard’s 80^th birthday, his wife, Cindy McTee, surprised him with this arrangement of “Happy Birthday” for piano. Feel free to download a PDF of the piece for performance as you wish. 

August 26, 2024

The second volume in Leonard’s score-study series is available for pre-order and scheduled for release on Sept. 17. Based on decades of experience conducting these works, Leonard guides readers through eight beloved pieces of the nineteenth century. Use code RLFANDF30 for a 30% discount at rowman.com!

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.”

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.

March 5, 2024

Leonard’s fourth book has been released by Rowman & Littlefield. 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 30% off your order from rowman.com.

May 9, 2024

Next month, Leonard will return to Los Angeles for a world-premiere recording and performance inspired by the paintings, illustrations, and movie posters created by Bob Peak. The recording will take place on the historic Newman Scoring Stage, the same room where Leonard’s father, Felix Slatkin, worked as concertmaster of the Twentieth Century Fox Studio Orchestra.

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.

January 8, 2024

The SLSO and Slatkin reunite for a three-concert festival exploring the intersection of jazz and classical music. Each program ends with a work by Gershwin. Fittingly, Slatkin and the orchestra are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their acclaimed recordings of Gershwin’s works on Vox Records, which have recently been re-released by Naxos.

December 8, 2023

Leonard 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. The essays provide an almost bar-by-bar analysis of the scores, detailing the decisions the conductor must make to bring these works to life.