Music Director, Arthur Post

Arthur PostNow in his seventh acclaimed season as Music Director of the San Juan Symphony, ARTHUR POST is building a reputation for groundbreaking programming that combines the great classics with music reflecting local cultures and concerns.  He enjoys a distinguished record with major orchestras in the United States and Europe. During the last year he made his debut with the Portland (Maine) Symphony, and returned to the Monterey Symphony.

As a guest conductor in Europe, Mr. Post made his debut with the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin in 1993 and has recorded with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for the BMG label.  Other international appearances include concerts with the Helsinki Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, Saarländische Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de Toulouse, Singapore Symphony and Jerusalem Symphony, as well as return engagements with the Orchestre National de Lille, Opéra Théatre de Besançon and Orquesta Nacional de Costa Rica.  In the United States Mr. Post has worked with the symphonies of Detroit, Houston, Columbus, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Grand Rapids, San Antonio, Syracuse, Hartford and Illinois.  He has collaborated with leading artists Lorin Maazel, James Galway, Sarah Chang, Maxim Vengerov and Hilary Hahn. 

As Assistant and later Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1994-97, Mr. Post was a favorite with local and regional audiences, stepping in several times for Music Director Lorin Maazel.  He led the PSO on subscription, pops, and educational concerts, and was active in programming and audience development for the orchestra's innovative outreach program. 

From 1997 to 1999 Arthur Post served as Associate Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta.  Mr. Post also completed a one-year appointment as Resident Conductor of The New World Symphony, where he worked closely with Artistic Director, Michael Tilson Thomas, in the training of America's youngest generation of professional orchestral musicians.

A graduate of Yale University, summa cum laude with distinction in Music, Arthur Post earned a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, furthering his studies at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Salzburg Mozarteum.  For three years, he studied the operatic repertoire at Hamburg's Hochschule für Musik, also serving on the conducting staff of the Hamburg Operettenhaus and appearing at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival.  He has conducted in masterclasses with Leonard Bernstein, Erich Leinsdorf and Simon Rattle, and was a conducting fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, performing at the Hollywood Bowl.

Arthur Post has conducted a variety of operatic repertoire, from Haydn and Mozart to contemporary works.  Having begun his studies on the double bass, he is also fluent in a variety of musical styles, including jazz and popular music.  He has conducted tours with popular artists James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, and performed in the PBS Pittsburgh Pops television specials with Marvin Hamlisch. 

As Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra for three years, Mr. Post provided artistic leadership for one of the top young ensembles in the country. Working closely with Pittsburgh music educators, Mr. Post also developed educational concerts on Beethoven and Tchaikovsky that have since been performed in the United States, Europe and the Far East.  His newest education program, “Music on the Inside,” teaches improvisation and composition to non-musicians and has been introduced to classrooms in four states.