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"...a conductor who knows exactly what he wants..."
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In the Americas, Europe, and Asia, Jed Gaylin is praised for performances characterized by insight, powerful sound, precision, expansive phrasing, and conviction. As Hopkins Symphony Orchestra Music Director, he has forged a strong bond between the HSO and Baltimore life since 1993. Now in his 16th season, Mr. Gaylin has given the HSO a reputation for possessing the precision, artistry, and zeal to bring musically and intellectually stimulating concerts to life. The orchestra has been chosen for repeat engagements with violinist Hilary Hahn, and has been commissioning new works since 1992, many from Maryland-based composers. Mr. Gaylin’s special ability to excite young listeners about music makes HSO’s annual kids’ concert a hit.
Since 1997, Mr. Gaylin has also been Music Director of the acclaimed Bay-Atlantic Symphony in New Jersey, where he is credited with forging a formidable ensemble. Mr. Gaylin is Principal Conductor of the prestigious Cape May Music Festival, where the Bay-Atlantic Symphony has been orchestra in residence since 2003.
A sought-after guest conductor worldwide, Mr. Gaylin has led the National Film and Radio Philharmonic (China), for which he has been Principal Guest Conductor since 2007; Sibiu State Philharmonic (Romania), for which he was Principal Guest Conductor from 2002-06; Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra; Bucharest Radio Orchestra; Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain) for repeat engagements; Lodz Philharmonic and Pomorska Philharmonic (Poland); Gnessin Institute Orchestra and Moscow Chamber Symphony (Russia); Orquesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato (Mexico); Orvieto Festival Orchestra (Italy); Naples Philharmonic (Florida); and Nashua Symphony Orchestra (New Hampshire). Mr. Gaylin has become a featured conductor at Baltimore's Opera Vivente: In addition to Don Giovanni in Fall 2008, he conducted a well-received Rigoletto and the highly successful North American premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Tobias and the Angel.
In 2004, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition featured an in-depth profile of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, airing selections from a live performance of Petrouchka and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 to four million listeners. Other radio broadcasts include the Voice of America airing the Bay-Atlantic Symphony throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union; a 2003 Bay-Atlantic Symphony performance aired repeatedly on NPR; an all-Schubert concert with the Bucharest Radio Orchestra, played nationally in Romania; and a televised performance with the National Film and Radio Philharmonic in Beijing.
Mr. Gaylin has received numerous conducting awards. He was chosen to work with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony in the first National Conducting Institute. He also received a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Conducting Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, the Presser Music Award, and membership in the National Musical Honors Society.
Mr. Gaylin earned both a Bachelor of Music in piano and a Master of Music in conducting at the Oberlin Conservatory, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting at the Peabody Conservatory. His conducting teachers have included Frederik Prausnitz, Leonard Slatkin, Jahja Ling, Murry Sidlin, Paul Vermel, and Michel Singher, and, for piano, Lydia Frumkin. Mr. Gaylin lives in Baltimore with his wife, writer Lia Purpura, and their son.
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August 6, 2008