Leon Botstein | conductor

Leon Botstein is founder and music director of The Orchestra Now (TŌN), music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO), artistic codirector of Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival, and conductor laureate and principal guest conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (JSO), where he served as …

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Douglas Boyd

Douglas Boyd is currently Chief Conductor of the Musikkollegium Winterthur. Until recently he held the position of Music Director of Manchester Camerata, Principal Guest Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Partner of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of City of London Sinfonia. He was born …

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Lucia Bradford | mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford has performed a number of operatic roles, including Carmen in Bizet’s La Tragedie de Carmen, Zita in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, La Principessa in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, The Mother in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen, Mrs. Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff, The Sorceress in Purcell’s …

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John Brancy & Peter Dugan | tenor & piano

Grammy Award winning baritone John Brancy and pianist Peter Dugan, host of NPR’s From the Top, have been redefining the art song recital since making their critically acclaimed debut of A Silent Night at the Kennedy Center in 2014. That program, which was hailed by The Washington Post as “so …

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Brasil Guitar Duo

“The maturity of musicianship and technical virtuosity … is simply outstanding,” is how Classical Guitar magazine described the Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild (CAG) International Competition. Equally at home on a classical or a world music series, the Duo’s programming features both traditional and Brazilian …

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