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09th Aug - 11th Aug 2018

Ravinia Festival 2018

Program I (8/9/18): “CSO: James Conlon and Garrick Ohlsson” “Conlon conducted this music with a light hand, opening with an unhurried, regal approach to the most famous movement of “Pulcinella,” the Sinfonia (Overture). From {…}

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03rd Aug - 05th Aug 2018

Music Academy of the West: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro

“…the big news this year was the Music Academy debut of world-renowned conductor James Conlon, associated with many a top orchestra but most strongly connected with the LA Opera for many years now. In the pit, Mr. Conlon summoned in {…}

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Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine

Renowned Director James Conlon Leads Music Academy of the West in The Marriage of Figaro

Over the years, Santa Barbara has been host to a number of remarkable classical music performances and this year is no exception. James Conlon, renowned music director of the Los Angeles Opera, will lead the Music Academy of the West’s vocal fellows and orchestra in performing The Marriage of Figaro on Friday, August 3 and Sunday, August {…}

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Santa Barbara Independent

James Conlon on Mozart’s ‘Figaro’

L.A. Opera Director Comes to Music Academy for ‘The Marriage of Figaro.’ One subtle pleasure running through the work of the vocal program at the Music Academy of the West is the way that each season reflects the extraordinary impact of Marilyn Horne. In an art form defined by collaboration, mentorship, and legacy, Horne stands apart as an {…}

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CSO Sounds & Stories

James Conlon returns to one of his favorite summer venues — Ravinia

Though James Conlon marked the finale of his 10-year tenure as music director of the Ravinia Festival with a triumphant concert featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Aug. 15, 2015, it was hardly the end of his association with the CSO or the summer series. Last year, on four days notice, he stepped in for an ailing Christopher Eschenbach, {…}

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Ynet (Israel)

James Conlon: “My mission is to restore life to works lost in the Holocaust”

One evening while working in Germany, the maestro James Conlon heard in his car the work of a Jewish composer who reminded him of why he had fallen in love with music in the first place. The Nazis called them “degenerate music,” but his life’s task is to restore these lost works alive – and he is not even Jewish. In an {…}

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