Robert Craft - Conductor, Author, Musician

Robert Craft: Conductor

Throughout his career, Robert Craft has conducted symphonic, orchestral, operatic and large ensemble performances. Maestro Craft has conducted world premiere works by leading 20th-Century composers such as Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Berg. In November 1999 Craft conducted a concert of the jazz-inspired compositions of Igor Stravinsky on a program entitled "Stravinsky and all that Jazz" at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center at the University of Florida. He was joined by special guests Eddie Daniels (clarinet) and Arturo Sandoval (trumpet).

An Overview of Performances

The Santa Fe Opera

• Carmen
• The Rake's Progress
• Cardillac
• Oedipus Rex
• Lulu
• Wozzeck

United States Orchestras

• The Washington Opera Society
  • the Nightingale
  • Erwartung
  • L'heure Espagnole
• The Boston Opera Company
  • The Rake's Progress (Boston)
  • One performance in Phoenix
  • Three performances at The Los Angeles Music Center
  • One performance in San Diego
  • Renard and L' Histoire du Soldat (at MIT)
  • Renard and L' Histoire du Soldat (Univ. of Rhode Island)
• The New York City Ballet
  • Orpheus, (at the Mosque, New York)
  • Ten-time guest conductor at Lincoln Center, four times at Saratoga

Orchestras in Canada

• The CBC Symphony
• Toronto Symphony
• Vancouver Symphony

Mexico and South America

• Mexico City Symphony - seven concerts
• The Bogata Symphony - two concerts
• The Lima Symphony - once concert
• The Santiago Orchestra, Chile - two concerts
• The Teatro Colon Orchestra, Buenos Aires - two concerts
• The Caracas Symphony - two concerts
• London Symphony Orchestra - in Rio de Janeiro

Orchestras in Europe

• The Stockholm Radio Orchestra
• The Helsinki Radio Orchestra
• The Bergen Festival Orchestra
• The Oslo Philharmonic
• Amsterdam
• Brussels
• Liege - Concert, Machaut's Mass, in the Cathedral at Liege
• Belgrade - (performances of Oedipus Rex, by the Santa Fe Opera)
• Budapest Philharmonic
• The Warsaw Philharmonic
• The Moscow Symphony & Philharmonic
• The Leningrad Philharmonic
• The Lisbon Philharmonic
• The Sydney Symphony
• The Melbourne Symphony
• Radio Orchestra of Pretoria
• The Radio Orchestra of Capetown
• The Norddeutsche Rundfunk Orchestra
• Hamburg State Opera - Agon (with the New York City Ballet)
• The Wiener Symphoniker
• Stuttgart Radio Orchestra
• BBC Orchestra
• The Royal Philharmonic
• The BBC Symphony (Festival Hall)
• Genoa Radio Orchestra
• Turin Radio Orchestra
• Teatro alla Fenice Orchestra
• Rome Fiilarmonica
• The Scarlatti Orchestra (Naples)
• The Israel Philharmonic
• The Auckland Symphony (New Zealand)
• The Seoul Symphony Orchestra
• Tokyo Youth Orchestra
• The Radio Orchestra of Johannesburg

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