Maestra Ruth Reinhardt

 

Over the years of writing my blog I have discovered and promoted women conductors.  It has been a joy learning about these women, their education, the path they took to get where they are, which orchestras and opera companies they have conducted and more.  Each time I find a new woman conductor I want to write about her and share her on my blog.  Words are my way of promoting these wonderful musicians.

 

Ruth Reinhardt has been appointed Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra.  She is the fifth music director in this orchestra’s  80 year history and the first woman conductor to hold the position! 

 With a deep interest in promoting late 20^th century and early 21^st century European women composers she has conducted works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Kaiija Saariaho, Lottta Wennäkoski as well as Daniel Bjarnsason and Thomas Ades.  She has not forgotten the symphonic greats leading orchestras in performances of Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak, Stravinsky and Bartok!

 

Studying violin and composition in Zurich, she furthered her conducting studies at Juilliard under the tutelage of Alan Gilbert and James Ross.  For two seasons she was assistant conductor with the Dallas Symphony and a Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. 

 

Maestra Reinhardt has conducted the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony. Stockholm Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic and many more! 

 

Her inaugural concert with the Rhode Island Philharmonic is  Friday, September 19^th when she conducts Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture,” Billy Childs “Diaspora: Concerto for Saxophone” featuring Steven Banks, and ending the concert with Brahms, “Symphony No. 4.”

 

Congratulations to Maestra Ruth  Reinhardt and wishing her many years of wonderful music experiences with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. 

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