{"id":75537,"date":"2022-06-09T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=75537"},"modified":"2022-06-09T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:54:28","slug":"scoop-former-tso-alumni-named-music-director-ann-arbor-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/06\/09\/scoop-former-tso-alumni-named-music-director-ann-arbor-symphony-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Former TSO Alumni Named Music Director Of Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earl Lee (Photo: Lim Hak Hyun)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There\u2019s nothing we like to do more than cheer for one of our own.<\/p>\n

The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has announced the appointment of conductor Earl Lee as the orchestra\u2019s next Music Director.<\/p>\n

Lee becomes the 14th Music Director in the orchestra\u2019s 94-year existence. He’s a rising star in classical music and the first Asian to win the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Besides being known as one of the most picturesque towns in the US, Ann Arbor is home to one of Michigan\u2019s premier regional orchestras.<\/p>\n

The spark was lit<\/h2>\n

“Even during the short period of a week spending time with the orchestra, staff and board members, it was clear to me that I wanted to do something here with this group and become a part of this community,” said Lee in a statement. “Thank you so much for your open arms as I join the A2SO family, and I look forward to sharing many years of great music together.”<\/p>\n

Rooting for the home team<\/h2>\n

Raised in Toronto, Lee began his career as a cellist in the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra<\/a>. After graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, Lee was diagnosed with Focal dystonia, a neurological condition that causes involuntary contractions and cramping. The condition prompted Lee to consider conducting as an alternative.<\/p>\n

Lee started studying conducting with George Manahan (Manhattan School of Music) and Hugh Wolff (New England Conservatory of Music), and was awarded the 2013 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Scholarship to study with Kurt Masur in Leipzig. That same year, Lee won the prestigious Ansbacher Fellowship for Young Conductors by the American Austrian Foundation.<\/p>\n

He joined the Toronto Symphony in 2014 as the RBC Resident Conductor and has established himself as a conductor poised to take a leadership role on the podium of a major symphony orchestra.<\/p>\n

On September 9, 2022, Lee will conduct his inaugural performance at the orchestra\u2019s season opener with Carlos Simon’s This Land<\/em>, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7<\/em>, and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini<\/em> with pianist Inon Barnatan.<\/p>\n

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