Leonard Slatkin News

Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Leonard Slatkin won't be back on the podium at Orchestra Hall until next year.

Drenched in jazz and Afro-Caribbean idioms, Michel Camilo's attractive Piano Concerto No.

Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer, "The Melody of Rhythm" Since banjoist Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer met - in front of an Aspen ice cream parlor, in 1983 - the partnership has taken the music all over the map, touching classical, jazz and bluegrass bases.

With a bright young American subbing on the podium, and an off-beat bill of fare capped by a jazzy piano concerto, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's concert Thursday night turned out to be a refreshing delight.

Pianist-composer Michel Camilo laughs as he recalls one particular performance of his Piano Concerto, several years ago at Royal Albert Hall in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin conducting.

We've restocked the shelves with hand-printed Edhat t-shirt. And, they are truly sensational.

Sutu Fort's turning point came in 1994 when she returned to Columbia after a career stumble.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director Leonard Slatkin has canceled his concerts for the next two weeks on the advice of doctors, following a Nov.

Leonard Slatkin, the dynamic American conductor who recently became music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra after a long tenure with Washington's National Symphony, is still on the mend from a heart attack earlier this month in Holland.

Conductor Leonard Slatkin's doctors have ordered him to cancel both of his scheduled appearances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra this month as he recuperates from a heart attack he suffered on Nov.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Last updated: 3:39 pm Pittsburgh Symphony principal guest conductor Leonard Slatkin will not lead the orchestra on Nov.

Leonard Slatkin, the music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and former music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, suffered a heart attack on Sunday while conducting a concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. He is recovering in a hospital in the Netherlands after an operation to insert two stents.

Slatkin, 65, was aware of chest pains during the afternoon performance, but was able to finish the concert -- Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, with Lars Vogt, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 -- before going to the hospital. 'Maestro Slatkin feels great,' his manager said, according to a posting on the Rotterdam Philharmonic Web site, adding, 'he is getting the best of care.'

Maestro Manfred Honeck is crafting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra into a graceful ensemble capable of the subtlest of Viennese nuances.

After conducting Aaron Copland's "El Salon Mexico" to open Friday night's Pittsburgh Symphony concert, conductor Leonard Slatkin turned to the audience - and though breathless - exulted in the all-American program for the evening.

By Mark Kanny , TRIBUNE-REVIEW CLASSICAL MUSIC CRITIC Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Last updated: 3:24 pm Photos click to enlarge William Caballero Alicia Dal Lago 'Made in America' Presented by: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Caballero, horn; Leonard Slatkin, conductor When: 8 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday Admission: $17.50-$83 Where: Heinz ...

The Pittsburgh Symphony concert Friday night felt like a new start to the season, so refreshing was it to encounter two rewarding American scores - one of them a notable world premiere.

Mark Kanny can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7877. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra this week welcomes its composer of the year, Richard Danielpour, with the best of honors -- a world premiere.

Along with Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber was probably the most performed living American composer in the mid-20th Century, and several of his works remain concert hall staples.

On my short list of Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts not to miss in the 2009-10 season, this weekend's program of Samuel Barber and Richard Strauss is right at the top.

Samuel Barber had one of the most unusual career trajectories of any American composer.