Leonard Slatkin is an American conductor, pianist and composer.
Maestro Slatkin has more than 100 recordings to his name, which have earned him seven Grammy Awards and 64 nominations. On recordings alone has led the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and others. He has indeed conducted most of the major orchestras in America and Europe in live performances. In 2003 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
He was born in Los Angeles to Felix Slatkin and Eleanor Aller, founders of the famed Hollywood String Quartet. Leonard studied conducting with Jean Morel at the Julliard School. His first major appointment was in 1968 to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, with whom he traveled to Europe and Asia and won the first of his Grammy Awards. From there he took the post as music director for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. He currently leads the Detroit Symphony.
The following is a list of his Grammy Awards
Best Classical Performance
Tower: Made In America, Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
Best Classical Album
Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experiences, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott, and Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; Tim Handley, producer (Christine Brewer and Joan Morris; University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Orchestral Recording
Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 100, Leonard Slatkin conducting Saint Louis Symphony (RCA)
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra)
Barber, Piano Concertos, John Browning, pianist; Leonard Slatkin conducting St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Best Classical Album
Corgiliano: of Rage and Remembrance (Symphony No. 1, etc.), Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Joanna Nickrenz, producer; various artists (RCA Victor Red Seal)
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