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Teddy Abrams, a 2008 conducting graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, is an electrifying force in today's classical music scene.
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Teddy Abrams, a Grammy Award winner and
Musical America
‘s 2022 Conductor of the Year, has been the galvanizing force behind the Louisville Orchestra’s (LO) extraordinary artistic renewal and innovative social impact since his appointment as music director in September 2014. His work has been profiled by
CBS Sunday Morning
, the
New Yorker
, NPR, the
Wall Street Journal
, the
New York Times
, and
PBS NewsHour
Among Abrams’ achievements in Kentucky are the Louisville Orchestra Creator’s Corps, which provides a fully funded residency for three composers who receive local housing, a salary, health benefits, and dedicated workspaces; and the “In Harmony” tour, a multi-season project funded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and taking the orchestra to every corner of the state for concerts and special community events. Deemed by the
New York Times
as a “Maestro of the People,” Abrams has “embedded himself in his community, breaking the mold of modern conductors.”
An award-winning composer, in April 2023 Abrams premiered his own
Mammoth
with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bass-baritone Davóne Tines, and the LO in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave. Other recent compositions include a piano concerto for Yuja Wang, with which he and the Louisville Orchestra made their Deutsche Grammophon debuts on her Grammy-winning March 2023 release,
The American Project
; and
Space Variations
, composed for Universal Music Group’s 2022
World Sleep Day
. This season, Abrams premiered
ALI
, a musical about Muhammad Ali; and—as part of the Emerson Collective Fellowship—an orchestral work that tells the story of the state of Kentucky.
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