David Itkin
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David Itkin is an American conductor and composer. He has served as Music Director and Conductor of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra since 1993[1] and Conductor of the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra since 2005.[2] 2007 marked his first season as Conductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic.[3]
As a composer, he has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize twice. First in 2001, for Jonah, a tone poem for narrator and orchestra, and again for his 2005 work Exodus, an oratorio.[4]
Maestro Itkin will become Music Director of the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra beginning in the fall of 2008[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Arkansas Symphony Orchestra profile of David Itkin
- ^ Abilene Philharmonic profile of David Itkin
- ^ The new leader of the band, by Kristen Peterson, The Las Vegas Sun, March 29, 2007
- ^ Las Vegas Philharmonic Selects Music Director, by Vivien Schweitzer, Playbill Arts, March 29, 2007
- ^ University of North Texas website news item, April 9, 2008
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