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ABOUT LAWRENCE GOLAN
The Jody and Louis Appell, Jr.
Music Director
Vibrant, inspired performances, imaginative
programming and an evocative command
of different styles and composers are the
hallmarks of American conductor Lawrence
Golan. Newly appointed Principal Guest
Conductor
of
Germany’s
Bayerische
Philharmonie in April 2021, Golan’s Music
Directorship with the Yakima Symphony
Orchestra in Washington state has been
renewed for seven more years (through the
2028-29 season) and with Pennsylvania’s
York Symphony Orchestra for five more years
(through the 2024-25 season). A dynamic, charismatic communicator, he
also continues as Music Director of Colorado’s Denver Philharmonic, and
of the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theatre at the University
of Denver.
Having conducted throughout the United States and in Bulgaria, Canada,
China, Czech Republic, El Salvador, England, Georgia, Germany, Italy,
Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Maestro Golan continues to develop relationships
with orchestras nationally and abroad.
Highlights of the upcoming 2021-22 season include the 50th anniversary
season of the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, which will feature a gala
performance by violinist Joshua Bell, Maestro Golan will travel to Granada,
Spain to conduct the finals of the María Herrera International Piano
Competition and to Munich, Germany for his first concert as Principal
Guest Conductor of the Bayerische Philharmonie in July of 2022.
Additionally, Maestro Golan has a new book out called Score Study
Passes published by Globe Edit and a new composition, Fantasia for
Orchestra, distributed by Notation Central. Summer 2021 events included
the August 6 release by Centaur Records of Lawrence Golan, Fantasia as
well as the York Symphony Orchestra’s Open Air Summer Series at the
York Fairgrounds.
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