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STUART MALINA
Principal Guest Conductor
Stuart Malina’s ease on the podium, engaging
personality, and insightful interpretations have
thrilled audiences and helped to break down the
barriers between performer and listener.
Now entering his eighteenth season as music
director and conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony
Orchestra and his fifth season as principal guest
conductor of TFO, he was previously music director
of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and
associate conductor of the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra. He has performed with the orchestras
of Hong Kong, Naples, New Mexico, Indianapolis,
Pittsburgh, and Detroit, the Chautauqua Institution
Orchestra, as well as the Sarasota Music Festival and
Eastern Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall
debut in 2007, conducting the New York Pops in an
all-Gershwin tribute. Last season, he conducted two
concert tours in Russia, under the auspices of the
United States Embassy.
An accomplished pianist, Malina has impressive
credits as soloist and chamber musician. In recent
seasons, he has performed several concerti,
including Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1,
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and both Gershwin’s
Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue, including
performances with TFO under the baton of Michael
Francis. As a composer and arranger, Malina has
created dozens of orchestral works. His most recent
composition, Common Fanfare for an Uncommon
Orchestra, was written in honor of TFO’s 50th
anniversary season and received this past fall.
On Broadway, he won a Tony award for orchestration
with Billy Joel for the musical Movin’ Out and has
served as associate conductor of the national
touring company of West Side Story and conductor
of the Charleston and international productions of
Porgy and Bess.
Malina holds degrees from Harvard University,
the Yale School of Music, and the Curtis Institute
of Music, where he studied conducting with Otto-
Werner Mueller.
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wowed audiences and critics alike, not only with their depth of musicianship but with their approachable
and personable nature. These conversations allow for Rachmaninoff, Dvořák, Mahler and other composers
to be understood in the most personal and human terms, while the inside story of their music is explained.
Pre-Concert Conversations last approximately 30 minutes.
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