LEONARD SLATKIN
CONDUCTOR | COMPOSER | AUTHOR

LEONARD SLATKIN
CONDUCTOR | COMPOSER | AUTHOR
Listen at 3pm, when Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, share anecdotes about the eclectic collection of music in his playlist with the Slatkin Shuffle. This week: Those We Lost in 2024
Tune in at 107.3FM or 96.3HD2, stream online at classic1073.org, with the Classic 107.3 app, on audacy.com, or wherever else you find your radio content. #leonardslatkin #
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Listen at 3pm, when Leonard Slatkin, Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, share anecdotes about the eclectic collection of music in his playlist with the Slatkin Shuffle. This week: Those We Lost in 2024
Tune in at 107.3FM or 96.3HD2, stream online at classic1073.org, with the Classic 107.3 app, on audacy.com, or wherever else you find your radio content. #leonardslatkin #
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LATEST NEWS
“Slatkin Shuffle” Radio Program to Air in Las Vegas
Read moreApril 2, 2025
Beginning Sunday, April 6, Nevada Public Radio Classical 89.7 KCNV will syndicate Leonard’s weekly radio show, The Slatkin Shuffle. Tune in from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific as Leonard shares anecdotes about the eclectic collection of songs in his playlist.
leonard slatkinSlatkin Returns to the New York Philharmonic
Read moreMarch 24, 2025
This week, Leonard leads the New York Philharmonic. A highlight in his milestone 80th birthday season, the three-concert engagement features Cindy McTee’s Double Play, John Corigliano’s Triathlon with saxophone soloist Timothy McAllister, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5.
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APRIL 2025
To paraphrase John Oliver, “It has been a busy month.”
After the relatively quiet February, March came in like a lion and never let up. When I looked at my calendar, it appeared somewhat normal, but that might have been more in line with a time when I was a younger man. It was a lot to pack in, and I shall try and summarize as succinctly as possible.
Leonard Slatkin
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, and Artistic Consultant to the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
A six-time Grammy winner and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, and the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton. He received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business (2012), which was followed by Leading Tones (2017) and Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century (2021). His latest books are Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (Rowman & Littlefield, spring 2024) and Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century (fall 2024), comprising essays that supplement the score-study process.
Leonard Slatkin
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), Conductor Laureate of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, and Artistic Consultant to the Las Vegas Philharmonic. He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting and is active as a composer, author, and educator.
A six-time Grammy winner and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has been awarded the Prix Charbonnier from the Federation of Alliances Françaises, Austria’s Decoration of Honor in Silver, and the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton. He received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business (2012), which was followed by Leading Tones (2017) and Classical Crossroads: The Path Forward for Music in the 21st Century (2021). His latest books are Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (Rowman & Littlefield, spring 2024) and Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century (fall 2024), comprising essays that supplement the score-study process.
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