September 15, 2022

Sarah Bryan Miller, who served for more than 20 years as the classical music critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is the subject of a new documentary, The Places Music Has Taken Me: An Unfinished Story of Sarah Bryan Miller. Known as “Bryan” to friends, family, and colleagues, Miller died of cancer in 2020.

September 2, 2022

With a heavy heart, Leonard Slatkin announces the death of his brother, Frederick Zlotkin, a wonderful father, musician, and friend. Fred served as principal cellist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra for more than 45 years. Recipient of numerous awards, he was a prolific chamber musician, studio player, and recording artist.

July 11, 2022

Slatkin will conduct two programs with the New York Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail. The first features Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and cellist Zlatomir Fung performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. The second is a Sondheim celebration with soloists Isabel Leonard and Emmett O’Hanlon.

June 24, 2022

Today marks the release of The Paper Lined Shack on Supertrain Records. The album features Slatkin conducting the Eastman Philharmonia and soprano Hila Plitmann in Jeff Beal’s song cycle inspired by the diary of Beal’s great-grandmother Della, a widow who raised her family on a ten-acre farm in Idaho.

June 15, 2022

The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria has announced Slatkin’s three-year appointment as Principal Guest Conductor. Slatkin made his debut with the orchestra this past April. “This is a fantastic ensemble, responsive at every turn and full of life in rehearsals and the concert,” Slatkin stated.

April 21, 2022

Under the banner of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra’s “Music for Peace” initiative and in recognition of the organization’s 50th anniversary as a professional ensemble, Leonard Slatkin leads a program featuring Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 on Saturday, April 23, in Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen Hall.

February 11, 2022

Today marks the release of a very personal project honoring three generations of the Slatkin family. Slatkin Conducts Slatkin featuring the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, and Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin is now available on Naxos Records.

February 2, 2022

Leonard Slatkin’s latest recording, Slatkin Conducts Slatkin, is now available for pre-order. The album features the Detroit Symphony Orchestra playing Slatkin’s compositions Endgames and Kinah, and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra performing The Raven with narrator Alec Baldwin.

January 20, 2022

This weekend, American Musical Journey, Slatkin’s radio program about the evolution of music, moves into a new time slot on Classic 107.3 FM—Sundays at 12 p.m. Central. Upcoming all-new episodes of The Slatkin Shuffle feature selections from the years 1964 and 1968.

January 5, 2022

Naxos Records has announced a release date of February 11 for Leonard’s latest recording, Slatkin Conducts Slatkin. The album features works written by generations of Slatkin’s musical family.