Yang Jiao takes second prize in Li Delun Conducting Competition
Yang Jiao ’12MM was awarded the silver medal in the first Li Delun National Conducting Competition, held June 18–23 in Qingdao, China. Jing Huan took home the third prize; no first prize was awarded. The Li Delun National Conducting Competition was organized by the Ministry of Culture, the China Symphony Development Foundation, and the local [...]
Peter Oundjian to be music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian – a longtime faculty member of the Yale School of Music, the principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, and a former first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet – was named the new music director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He will succeed Stéphane Denève in the role. According [...]
Conducting fellows Farkhad Khudyev and Adrian Slywotzky lead members of the Yale Philharmonia in symphonies by Bizet and Mendelssohn
Six o’clock “rush-hour” concert features the Philharmonia’s assistant conductors Mar. 11, 2010 | The Yale School of Music presents a recital featuring its two conducting fellows, Farkhad Khudyev and Adrian Slywotzky, on Friday, April 9, at 6 pm in Sprague Hall (470 College Street, New Haven). Each will lead members of the Yale Philharmonia in [...]
Toshi Shimada appointed music director of Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra in New London, CT., is thrilled to announce the appointment of Toshiyuki (Toshi) Shimada as its new music director. Shimada, currently the music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra (the university’s undergraduate orchestra), will be the fifth music director in the ECSO’s 63-year history. Toshiyuki Shimada has been music director [...]
Julian Pellicano appointed to faculty at Longy
Julian Pellicano ’07MA, currently a conducting fellow at the Yale School of Music, has been appointed the artistic director of large ensembles in the Conservatory and principal conductor of the Longy Chamber Orchestra and Longy Chamber Winds, beginning in September. Currently, Mr. Pellicano serves as the assistant conductor of the New Britain (Conn.) Symphony and [...]
Beverly Shangkuan ’10MM wins national choral conducting competition
Beverly Shangkuan ’10MM, a graduate conducting student at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music, won the American Choral Directors Association National Convention Graduate Conducting competition this past weekend in Oklahoma City. Shangkuan competed against other finalists from the University of Arizona, University of Colorado, Eastman School of Music, University of [...]
Yale Announces Appointment of Conductor Masaaki Suzuki
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music are pleased to announce the joint appointment of eminent Bach scholar and conductor Masaaki Suzuki as Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting and conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum, the University’s renowned chamber choir. The two-year appointment will begin July 1, 2009. Since founding Bach Collegium [...]
Shizuo Kuwahara ’01MM wins 2008 Solti Competition
Frankfurt, November 9, 2008 – The Fourth International Conductors’ Competition Sir Georg Solti has a winner: the 32 year old American Shizuo Kuwahara picked up first prize. Eugene Tzigane (26, also from the USA) received second prize, and Andreas Hotz (27) from Germany came in third place. He was the first German candidate to reach [...]
