Bochum Symphony
Steven Sloane, Conductor
American conductor Steven Sloane is a versatile visionary. His extraordinary creative concepts have won him authority and respect both in artistic circles and in the realm of cultural politics.
Sloane, a former student of Eugene Ormandy, Franco Ferrara and Gary Bertini, is currently head conductor of two dynamic ensembles. As Music Director of the Bochumer Symphoniker, a position he has held since 1994, he transformed the ensemble into the leading orchestra of the German Ruhrgebiet region. His work has been honoured with considerable private donations, which will allow Bochum to plan the construction of a new concert hall.
Since the 2007/2008 season, Steven Sloane has also been Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. The commencement of his tenure there coincided with an exciting time for the region’s arts scene – Stavanger was European Cultural Capital in 2008, the orchestra saw a notable increase in size, and in 2010, Steven Sloane and the Stavanger Symphony will be moving to a new concert hall.
One of Steven Sloane’s strengths lies in his original program concepts, which have twice won him the highly competitive title “Best Concert Programme of the Season” from the Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband. His Mahler-Ives cycle with the Bochumer Symphoniker in the new Philharmonie Essen drew particular attention. As one of the artistic directors of “Ruhr 2010”, Steven Sloane was responsible for program planning for the Cultural Capital Year 2010 in the Ruhrgebiet region.
American conductor Steven Sloane is a versatile visionary. His extraordinary creative concepts have won him authority and respect both in artistic circles and in the realm of cultural politics.
Sloane, a former student of Eugene Ormandy, Franco Ferrara and Gary Bertini, is currently head conductor of two dynamic ensembles. As Music Director of the Bochumer Symphoniker, a position he has held since 1994, he transformed the ensemble into the leading orchestra of the German Ruhrgebiet region. His work has been honoured with considerable private donations, which will allow Bochum to plan the construction of a new concert hall.
Since the 2007/2008 season, Steven Sloane has also been Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. The commencement of his tenure there coincided with an exciting time for the region’s arts scene – Stavanger was European Cultural Capital in 2008, the orchestra saw a notable increase in size, and in 2010, Steven Sloane and the Stavanger Symphony will be moving to a new concert hall.
One of Steven Sloane’s strengths lies in his original program concepts, which have twice won him the highly competitive title “Best Concert Programme of the Season” from the Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband. His Mahler-Ives cycle with the Bochumer Symphoniker in the new Philharmonie Essen drew particular attention. As one of the artistic directors of “Ruhr 2010”, Steven Sloane was responsible for program planning for the Cultural Capital Year 2010 in the Ruhrgebiet region.
Photo: Christoph Fein
