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 [1]. He has also been music director of the Stamford Symphony (Conn.) since 2005[2]. 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)[3]. 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 January 2008, 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) [4] 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 [8] studying under Gunther Kahlert and Nicolas Pasquet. He also studied under Jean-Sebastien Bereau at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris [9] in France.
At the age of 10, he became a member, soloist [5] and assistant conductor of the Boys Choir Dresdner Kreuzchor [10].
Eckart Preu is also a frequent guest speaker for local businesses, community organizations and schools. He writes monthly articles for the newspaper Stamford Advocate [11].
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DAAD/German Academic Exchange Service [12]. Spokane Symphony [13]. New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra [14]. Stamford Symphony [15]. Recording of Dresdner Kreuzchor [16]
