Steven Sloane
American conductor Steven Sloane is a versatile and dedicated musician. A visionary, Sloane's extraordinarily creative concepts have garnered him respect in artistic circles, as well as in the realm of cultural politics.
Steven Sloane, a former student of Eugene Ormandy, Franco Ferrara, and Gary Bertini, is currently head conductor of two dynamic ensembles. In 2007, Steven Sloane became Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. His tenure began at a time of exciting cultural change for Stavanger, during which the city was named European Cultural Capital of 2008, the orchestra enjoyed a notable increase in size. By presenting the new concert hall in September 2012, Steven Sloane and his Stavanger Symphony Orchestra take credit for their untiring dedication to shaping the future of Stavanger's musical life.
Since becoming music director of the Bochumer Symphoniker in 1994, Steven Sloane has transformed the ensemble into the leading orchestra of the German Ruhrgebiet region. He was also the driving influence behind the soon to be built Bochum Music Center, which will give the orchestra its own hall for the first time and provide a new cultural centre for the city. Moreover, the BoSy keep developing special relationships to Artists from the Non-Classical Scene, such as entertainer Harald Schmidt, who appeared as Artist in Residence in season 11/12. The orchestra will start into the new season with performances of Shostakovitch's Symphony No. 7 as well as Ligeti's Atmosphères at the Ruhrtriennale. The wide-ranging program also includes Verdi's Requiem. Pianist Kirill Gerstein will appear as artist-in-residence.
The assiduous commitment for the region, which he also revealed as artistic director of the European Capital of Culture RUHR 2010, has been repeatedly acknowledged. 2009 he was appointed as honorary citizen of the Ruhrgebiet; in 2012 he received the Steiger Award. His original programming concepts have been awarded twice with the title Best Concert Program by the Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband.
A well-developed intuition for working with voices has made Steven Sloane a popular opera conductor. He has directed the Spoleto Festival (1996-2000) and was artistic director of Opera North in Leeds (1999-2003), where he conducted rarely performed works such as Shostakovich's operetta Cheryomushki and Schumann's Genoveva, in addition to traditional repertoire such as Tosca, Falstaff, and Tristan and Isolde. He has conducted at Covent Garden, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Houston Grand Opera and at festivals in Hong Kong and Santa Fe. In 2011, he returned to Spoleto as guest conductor. In the current season he will m his debut at the Royal Danish National Opera with Madame Butterfly. He will also return to the Deutsche Oper Berlin to conduct The Love for Three Oranges and he will appear with Duke Bluebeard's Castle and Dido and Aeneas at the Opera Frankfurt.
Steven Sloane's personal kick off into the new season were three concerts in Berlin with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin as well as a performance at the Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The orchestra was joined by soprano Angelika Kirchschlager who sang in Weill's Seven Deadly Sins.
Steven Sloane has championed contemporary music throughout his career, most notably as music director of the American Composers Orchestra (2002-2006), with which he premiered many new compositions at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2006, he premiered Elliot Goldenthal's opera Grendel at the Los Angeles Opera. That same year, he and the Los Angeles Opera opened the Lincoln Center Festival. In 2008, he returned to Lincoln Center with the Bochumer Symphoniker to perform the spectacular RuhrTriennale production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera Die Soldaten. Also in 2008, he conducted the world premiere of Stewart Wallace's Bonesetter's Daughter at the San Francisco Opera.
Steven Sloane has worked with top orchestras since the beginning of his career, including in Israel where he took up residence in 1981. He was named first Kapellmeister of the Frankfurt Opera in 1988, conductor of the New York City Opera in 1990, and music director of the Long Beach Opera in Los Angeles in 1992. Steven Sloane regularly guest conducts the world's leading orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra London, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
2012/2013 Season
Steven Sloane, a former student of Eugene Ormandy, Franco Ferrara, and Gary Bertini, is currently head conductor of two dynamic ensembles. In 2007, Steven Sloane became Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. His tenure began at a time of exciting cultural change for Stavanger, during which the city was named European Cultural Capital of 2008, the orchestra enjoyed a notable increase in size. By presenting the new concert hall in September 2012, Steven Sloane and his Stavanger Symphony Orchestra take credit for their untiring dedication to shaping the future of Stavanger's musical life.
Since becoming music director of the Bochumer Symphoniker in 1994, Steven Sloane has transformed the ensemble into the leading orchestra of the German Ruhrgebiet region. He was also the driving influence behind the soon to be built Bochum Music Center, which will give the orchestra its own hall for the first time and provide a new cultural centre for the city. Moreover, the BoSy keep developing special relationships to Artists from the Non-Classical Scene, such as entertainer Harald Schmidt, who appeared as Artist in Residence in season 11/12. The orchestra will start into the new season with performances of Shostakovitch's Symphony No. 7 as well as Ligeti's Atmosphères at the Ruhrtriennale. The wide-ranging program also includes Verdi's Requiem. Pianist Kirill Gerstein will appear as artist-in-residence.
The assiduous commitment for the region, which he also revealed as artistic director of the European Capital of Culture RUHR 2010, has been repeatedly acknowledged. 2009 he was appointed as honorary citizen of the Ruhrgebiet; in 2012 he received the Steiger Award. His original programming concepts have been awarded twice with the title Best Concert Program by the Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband.
A well-developed intuition for working with voices has made Steven Sloane a popular opera conductor. He has directed the Spoleto Festival (1996-2000) and was artistic director of Opera North in Leeds (1999-2003), where he conducted rarely performed works such as Shostakovich's operetta Cheryomushki and Schumann's Genoveva, in addition to traditional repertoire such as Tosca, Falstaff, and Tristan and Isolde. He has conducted at Covent Garden, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Houston Grand Opera and at festivals in Hong Kong and Santa Fe. In 2011, he returned to Spoleto as guest conductor. In the current season he will m his debut at the Royal Danish National Opera with Madame Butterfly. He will also return to the Deutsche Oper Berlin to conduct The Love for Three Oranges and he will appear with Duke Bluebeard's Castle and Dido and Aeneas at the Opera Frankfurt.
Steven Sloane's personal kick off into the new season were three concerts in Berlin with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin as well as a performance at the Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The orchestra was joined by soprano Angelika Kirchschlager who sang in Weill's Seven Deadly Sins.
Steven Sloane has championed contemporary music throughout his career, most notably as music director of the American Composers Orchestra (2002-2006), with which he premiered many new compositions at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2006, he premiered Elliot Goldenthal's opera Grendel at the Los Angeles Opera. That same year, he and the Los Angeles Opera opened the Lincoln Center Festival. In 2008, he returned to Lincoln Center with the Bochumer Symphoniker to perform the spectacular RuhrTriennale production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's opera Die Soldaten. Also in 2008, he conducted the world premiere of Stewart Wallace's Bonesetter's Daughter at the San Francisco Opera.
Steven Sloane has worked with top orchestras since the beginning of his career, including in Israel where he took up residence in 1981. He was named first Kapellmeister of the Frankfurt Opera in 1988, conductor of the New York City Opera in 1990, and music director of the Long Beach Opera in Los Angeles in 1992. Steven Sloane regularly guest conducts the world's leading orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra London, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
2012/2013 Season
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