Music Director, Arthur Post
Now
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.
