Robert Bernhardt

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Robert "Bob" Bernhardt is an American conductor, currently the musical director and conductor of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, and the principal pops conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. For most of the 1980s, he was also associate conductor Louisville Orchestra..

Born in Rochester, New York, Robert Bernhardt holds a master's degree from the University of Southern California School of Music, where he studied with Daniel Lewis. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he was an academic baseball player. His children, Alex and Charlotte, are college and high school juniors, respectively.

[edit] Curriculum Vitae

  • Artistic Director of the Sewanee Music Festival in 1999
  • Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (1995-1998)
  • Artistic Director of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (1993-1997)
  • Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera (1991-1996)
  • Music Director and Conductor of the Tucson (AZ) Symphony Orchestra (1987-1995)
  • Music Director of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra (1985-1987)
  • Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 1978

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