Eckart Preu
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Eckart Preu is an East German-born conductor. Born August 24, 1969.
Preu has been Music Director of the Spokane Symphony in Spokane, WA since September 2004. He has also been music director of the Stamford Symphony (Conn.) since 2005. For three seasons he was Associate Conductor of the Richmond Symphony. He also served as Resident Conductor with the American Symphony Orchestra and the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra [1]. Former posts include Music Director of the Norwalk (CT) Youth Symphony and Principal Conductor of the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (NY). He was both Assistant and Guest Conductor at the Bard Music Festival. In Europe, Preu served as Music Director of the Orchestre International de Paris from 1993-95.
As a guest conductor, he has appeared with the Jerusalem Symphony (Israel) [2], the Pecs Philharmonic (Hungary), and in Germany with the Jenaer Philharmonie [3], the Hallesche Philharmonie [4], the Thüringer Kammerorchester, and the Landessinfonieorchester Gotha [5].
Eckart Preu performed at Carnegie Hall in May 1999, and at the Sorbonne in Paris. His concerts have been aired by WPKT Stamford, KPBX Spokane [6], WCVE Richmond [7] and Jerusalem Radio.
He has collaborated with internationally renowned soloists like Richard Stoltzman, Horacio Gutierrez, Vladimir Feltsman, Jean-Phillipe Collard, and Leila Josefowicz.
Preu came to the United States as winner of the National Conducting Competition of the German Academic Exchange Service (1996) [8] for graduate studies with Harold Farberman at the Hartt School of Music. In Germany he earned a masters degree in conducting from the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar [9] studying under Gunther Kahlert and Nicolas Pasquet. He also studied under Jean-Sebastien Bereau at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris [10] in France.
At the age of 10, he became a member of the Boys Choir Dresdner Kreuzchor [11].
Eckart Preu is also a frequent guest speaker for local businesses, community organizations and schools. He writes monthly articles for the newspaper Stamford Advocate [12].
