Leonard Slatkin
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Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor, author and composer.
Leonard Slatkin in 2015
National Symphony Orchestra
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The National Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930 by cellist Hans Kindler, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for th
Leonard Slatkin
…departure from St Louis. Slatkin was the director of the Blossom Festival of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1990 to 1999. Slatkin was music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 2008. Noted for putting the "national" back in National Symphony with programs highlighting twentieth-century American…
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First Lady Nancy Reagan conducts the National Symphony Orchestra, 1987