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	Leonard Slatkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leonard Slatkin (born September 1, 1944) is an American conductor.
		Slatkin was born in Los Angeles, California into a musical family - his father was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet, Felix Slatkin, and his mother was Eleanor Aller, the cellist with the quartet.
		Previously in the UK, Slatkin was principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1997-2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leonard_Slatkin (460 words)

	Slatkin, Leonard - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Slatkin is known for his interpretations of 20th-century American music as well as of the standard classical repertory.
		BBC: Leonard Slatkin to become Chief Conductor of ththe BBC Symphony Orchestra.
		THE CONDUCTOR: `ALL ABOARD'; Leonard Slatkin, The New Maestro
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-slatkin.html (354 words)

	St. Louis Walk of Fame - Leonard Slatkin
		Leonard Slatkin studied violin, viola and piano as a child, and made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut at age 22.
		Internationally acclaimed as one of America's leading conductors, NSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin is recognized for his imaginative programming and highly praised interpretations of both the standard and 20th-century orchestral and operatic repertories.
		Slatkin was associated with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1996.
	www.stlouiswalkoffame.org /inductees/leonard-slatkin.html (179 words)

	Leonard Slatkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Slatkin's career on disc includes over 100 recordings with the National Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia (London), the London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Bayerische Rundfunk.
		Slatkin completed his decade-long tenure as artistic director of the Cleveland Orchestra's Blossom Music Festival, the first such appointment in the Festival's history, and one created especially for his innovative programming approach.
		Slatkin studied conducting with his father and continued with Walter Susskind at Aspen and Jean Morel at The Juilliard School.
	www.saintlouissymphony.org /musc/slatkin.htm (635 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
		Leonard Slatkin: This is a big question, but roughly the Conducting Institute is designed to help those aspiring to a career on the podium better understand how to make the transition from school, community or amateur musical life to becoming a professional.
		Leonard Slatkin: I could be facetious here and deliver yet another lame viola joke, but in point of fact there are many instruments that are not represented in solo roles next season -- no double bass, no trombone, no percussion.
		Leonard Slatkin: as stated earlier, this is the only one where the conductors actually conduct a full time professional orchestra.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/02/style_slatkin062102.htm (3382 words)

	Robinson Secondary School Band Department
		Slatkin, who came from a musically gifted family -- his father was a well-known conductor and his mother a cellist -- already knew a lot of what Mrs.
		Slatkin made his professional debut at age 22, in December 1966, performing at Lincoln Center as a part of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of New York.
		So Slatkin started one, with a single stipulation: Every participant had to be a part of his or her school's music program.
	www.robinsonband.org /slatkin.html (1364 words)

	Leonard Slatkin - Last Night of the Proms
		On 11 September last year, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor, Leonard Slatkin, was in a London taxi preparing to write his Last Night of the Proms speech.
		Slatkin's wavy brown hair has turned gossamer-white and his eyes are crinkled with more than mere bonhomie.
		Slatkin, unfailingly transparent, puts it down to cultural confusion.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/020911-NL-slatkin.html (1103 words)

	Leonard Slatkin - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Leonard Slatkin is one of the world's leading conductors, noted for his performances of American, Russian, and British music, and Haydn symphonies.
		His father was Felix Slatkin (1915-1963), a Saint Louis-born violinist who rose to become a film score and light music conductor, and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet.
		Leonard's mother was the excellent cello soloist Eleanor Aller, cellist of the quartet.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/775/521/5/7755215.html (500 words)

	Leonard Slatkin (Conductor) - Short Biography
		In 1968 Leonard Slatkin joined the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as assistant.conductor to Walter Susskind, and was successively named associate conductor (1971), associate principal conductor (1974), and principal guest conductor (1975).
		Leonard Slatkin also conducts the New York Philharmonic each season and regularly appears in Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
		Leonard Slatkin is married to soprano Linda Hohenfeld and they have a son called Daniel.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Slatkin-Leonard.htm (860 words)

	National Press Club -- Leonard Slatkin
		Leonard Slatkin, the music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, is renowned for both his imaginative programming and for his commitment to arts education for children.
		Slatkin also collaborates with young musicians and teachers across the country through the NSO American Residencies program, and has participated in several benefit performances on behalf of youth orchestras.
		Slatkin began taking violin and piano lessons at the age of three; he also learned to play the viola.
	www.npr.org /programs/npc/2000/001127.lslatkin.html (453 words)

	WNYC - Mad About Music: Leonard Slatkin (November 05, 2006) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Slatkin believes orchestras should have their own unique sound, like soloists – which he feels he accomplished with St. Louis (where he was Music Director for 17 years) and continues his “orchestra building” with the National Symphony.
		Internationally recognized American conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
		Slatkin began his musical studies on the violin and studied conducting with his father, followed by Walter Susskind at Aspen and Jean Morel at The Juilliard School He is married to soprano Linda Hohenfeld, and they have one son, Daniel.
	www.wnyc.org /shows/mam/episodes/2006/11/05 (451 words)

	Leonard Slatkin News
		Leonard Slatkin, one of the world's best-known conductors, is the latest in a series of high-profile performers to join the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music faculty.
		Link to this article Leonard Slatkin has accepted a faculty position at Indiana University, which could be interpreted as another step toward a gradual retreat from the life of active Music Directorship...
		Music Director Leonard Slatkin is set to end his tenure with the National Symphony Orchestra after the 2007-08 season, and the orchestra has begun a low-key search for his successor.
	www.topix.net /who/leonard-slatkin (677 words)

	Leonard Slatkin
		Internationally recognised as a conductor of the highest stature, Leonard Slatkin is Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC and Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
		Leonard Slatkin's inaugural concert as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra took place in Autumn 2000, when the orchestra celebrated its 70th birthday.
		In the United States Leonard Slatkin assumed the position of Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of the 1996/7 season.
	www.ccm-international.de /kuenstler/leonard_slatkin_e.html (406 words)

	Telarc International: Leonard Slatkin
		Internationally acclaimed as one of today’s leading conductors, National Orchestra Music Director Leonard Slatkin is recognized for his imaginative programming and highly praised interpretations of both the standard and 20th-century orchestral and operative repertories.
		Slatkin has recently completed his first recording with the National Symphony Orchestra, a disc of the music of John Corigliano, released September 1996 and recipient of the Grammy for “Best Classical Recording.” Mr.
		Slatkin made his debut with the National Symphony in 1978 and subsequently appeared with the Orchestra both at the Kennedy Center and at Wolf Trap.
	www.telarc.com /biography/bios.asp?aid=100&gsku=0611 (674 words)

	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Leonard Slatkin
		Slatkin and the Orchestra have been celebrated by the White House for their advocacy of America's artistic heritage, and Mr.
		Slatkin is Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.Â He is Conductor Laureate of the Saint Louis Symphony and the Music Advisor to the Nashville Symphony.
		Slatkin is the founder and director of the National Conducting Institute, a groundbreaking program established to prepare gifted conductors for work with major orchestras.Â Through the Institute, his work in Saint Louis and with the NSO, and his active commissioning of American music, Mr.
	www.kennedy-center.org /nso/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entity_id=2949&source_type=A (1256 words)

	Music Preview: Slatkin saves the day / Conductor is once again there when the PSO needs him (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Slatkin also accepted the tour invitation because it offers him the opportunity to return to the Proms and London's Royal Albert Hall, where he was chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2000-2004 "I was last there two years ago, the Last Night of the Proms, so the audience knows me really quite well.
		Slatkin did reveal that he is scheduled -- yes, actually scheduled -- to guest conduct with the PSO in a future season.
		Slatkin is leaving the National Symphony after the 2007-08 season.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06229/714062-42.stm (1249 words)

	NewMusicBox
		Leonard Slatkin represents one the most divided approaches to new music of any conductor in recent history.
		Music director of the National Symphony Orchestra since 1996, and chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 2000, Slatkin is a fervent populist and a proven orchestra builder.
		Of Slatkin's positive achievements are numerous recordings of American music for BMG/RCA Victor, including CDs of Joseph Schwantner (with percussion soloist Evelyn Glennie), Copland's film scores, Corigliano's Symphony No. 1, and Bolcom's Symphony No. 4 (for New World Records).
	www.newmusicbox.org /article.nmbx?id=1259 (556 words)

	Leonard Slatkin
		Slatkin will begin his involvement at the Jacobs School in 2007-2008 through residencies of several weeks in which he will conduct student orchestras and work intensively with instrumental conducting and composition students.
		Leonard Slatkin last conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in December 2001.
		Slatkin had a few free days in between concerts in London and Geneva he was able to fit in this quick trip to Copenhagen to assist Slava and the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra.
	www.leonardslatkin.com /news.shtml (1753 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music of Samuel Barber: Music: Samuel Barber,Leonard Slatkin,Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Slatkin is very sensitive and understanding of this music and was able to lead the St. Louis musicians in one of the best performances of this popular work.
		Slatkin not only conducted this work but the two essays which followed, the third of which is one of Barber's later works (with rather spectacular, imaginative writing for percussion).
		Barber's music is presented here by Slatkin in one of the most outstanding recordings made in the 1980s.
	www.amazon.ca /Music-Samuel-Barber-Leonard-Slatkin/dp/B000002RQE (938 words)

	PlaybillArts: Features: Conductor Portrait: Leonard Slatkin
		Leonard Slatkin is a perfect example of an artist having cultivated this devotion into a remarkable career.
		Felix Slatkin was a frequent arranger and conductor for Sinatra during the classic Capitol years of the 1950s.
		In addition, Leonard Slatkin's maternal grandfather played cello in a vaudeville pit on Broadway, his great-uncle founded and conducted the Russian Symphony Orchestra of New York, and his uncle Victor was the staff pianist at Warner Brothers.
	www.playbillarts.com /features/article/255.html (962 words)

	NEA Lifetime Honors: 2003 Medal of Arts Recipients - Leonard Slatkin
		Internationally recognized as one of today's leading conductors, Leonard Slatkin is in his eighth season as Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra.
		Slatkin's more than 100 recordings have been recognized with five Grammy Awards and more than 50 Grammy nominations.
		As part of his continuing commitment to arts education and reaching diverse audiences, Slatkin is the founder and director of the National Conducting Institute and has worked with student orchestras of the country's leading music schools.
	arts.endow.gov /honors/medals/medals03/Medals2003_Slatkin.html (175 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Proms conductor derides Britannia
		Slatkin, who is American, told the Radio Times magazine he was not convinced about the relevance of Britannia, which he will conduct at the Last Night of the Proms concert.
		Mr Slatkin said: "Rule Britannia does seem a little militaristic, and though it's wonderful to celebrate who you are and have faith in your country, I don't think we should exclude others.
		Mr Slatkin also said he felt the lyrical content of the songs was not entirely suitable.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/2078500.stm (440 words)

	USIA, U.S. Society & Values, June 1998 - Joshua Kosman, "New Music for a New Century"
		Leonard Slatkin, who recently took over the helm of Washington, D.C.'s National Symphony Orchestra, has been a staunch supporter of contemporary American music, as has David Zinman in Baltimore.
		Which brings us to Leonard Slatkin, maestro of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in Washington, D.C. His philosophy is quite simple: "Anybody taking on an orchestra has to go on with a focused vision," he has explained.
		Slatkin, who had a long and successful previous tenure on the podium of the St. Louis Symphony -- establishing it as a jewel in the Missouri city's crown --is a rarity among conductors.
	usinfo.state.gov /journals/itsv/0698/ijse/kosman.htm (3094 words)

	FELIX SLATKIN: Violinist, Conductor, Arranger
		In the 40's, Slatkin was the concertmaster of the 20th Century Fox studio orchestra.
		Leonard Slatkin is Conductor Laureate of the St.Louis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra.
		Leonard Slatkin and Frederick Zlotkin performed the Korngold Cello Concerto at Kennedy Center on February 8, 2002.
	thompsonian.info /slatkin.html (413 words)

	New York Philharmonic: Leonard Slatkin
		Leonard Slatkin, now in his ninth season as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, has made regular appearances over the last two decades with virtually all the major international orchestras and opera companies, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, as well as The Metropolitan Opera and Vienna Staatsoper.
		Slatkin’s discography includes more than 100 recordings, for which he has received five Grammy Awards and more than 50 Grammy nominations.
		Slatkin appeared with the New York Philharmonic in February 2003, and is conducting the Orchestra’s Spring Gala, Music from the Movies, on April 12, 2005.
	newyorkphilharmonic.org /attend/guests/index.cfm?page=profile&personNum=505&seasonNum=4&selectedNav=guestConductors (268 words)

	On Stage: The Richard Rodgers Gala: The Performers - Leonard Slatkin \| PBS
		Slatkin has made regular appearances over the last two decades with virtually all the major international orchestras and opera companies, including the New York and Berlin Philharmonics, Cleveland Orchestra, and Amsterdam Concertgebouw, as well as the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper.
		Slatkin's discography includes more than 100 recordings recognized with five Grammy Awards and more than 50 other Grammy nominations.
		Slatkin has demonstrated a continuing commitment to arts education, reflected in his work with student orchestras across the country, benefit performances for youth orchestras in the Washington area and beyond, and numerous appearances advocating arts education in public schools.
	www.pbs.org /weta/onstage/rodgers/performers_slatkin.html (203 words)

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