J. Ernest Green, a frequent collaborator with Marvin Hamlisch, recently conducted at Wolf Trap. Maestro Green is the principal conductor at the McClean Symphony and a Cover Conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he has worked with such artists as Metropolitan Opera star Denyce Graves, Sir James Galway, Pinchas Zuckerman and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Maestro Green also recently conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra
Conductors at Encompass Arts
Upon completion of studies in composition at Oberlin Conservatory, and biology at Oberlin College, Stefan Lano was a Graduate Fellow in Composition at Harvard University from which he holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Awarded a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, he further
Kamal Khan has performed with many opera companies around the world including the Metropolitan Opera, Dallas Opera, Baltimore Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil, Teatro Bellas Artes Mexico City, Oper der Stadt Bonn and the Stasttheater Schwerin, Germany, Opera de Puerto Rico, Palacio de las Artes in Valencia and the In
MICHAEL RECCHIUTI, Artistic Director of the American Opera Theater, and founding Principal Conductor of the New Jersey Opera Theater, is active internationally as a conductor, and as a pianist and accompanist. He has collaborated with stars of the international opera stage, Grammy and Tony award winners, and major musical theater personalities.
Born, raised and educated in the United States, Ivan Törzs has lived and worked in Europe since 1985, and has carved a career as one of the most versatile, cosmopolitan and experienced operatic conductors on the European scene. Fluent in nine languages, he is equally at home in German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish or American repertoire. Whether conducting Wagner’s Ring, a bel canto opera of Bellini or a Spanish zarzuela, he brings to all his interpretations a deep understanding of the culture, literature, and vocal and musical traditions that shaped the creation of that work.
The Gold Mask 2007 Prize for Young Emerging Conductors was awarded to Maestro Valerio Galli upon the DVD release of Tosca, on the Dynamic label, from the 53rd Puccini Festival Torre del Lago production directed by Mario Corradi. Born in Viareggio in 1980, Valerio Galli received his diploma in piano with top marks and honors under the guidance of Fabrizio Papi and Nadia Puccinelli. He obtained a Composition Diploma in 2008 under Pietro Rigacci also with top marks. He enjoyed a brief career as a concert pianist, giving concerts in Budapest, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Shanghai, Paris, Tokyo, London, Peking, Abu Dhabi and Tripoli.
Scott Williamson is the General and Artistic Director of Opera Roanoke, where he was an Associate Conductor, Chorus Master, and artist beginning in 1998. His debut production was a sold-out, critically acclaimed Madama Butterfly. In 2011-2012 he is in the pit for new productions of Il Trovatore and Carmen. He has conducted Rigoletto, Noye’s Fludde, The Old Maid and the Thief and led the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra in Gala concerts in 2006 & 2007. He has been an associate conductor for productions of La Boheme, Lucia di Lammermoor, L’elisir d’amore, La Cenerentola, Rigoletto, La Traviata and Le Nozze di Figaro.