Loading AI tools
Orchestra conductor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stilian Kirov (born January 24, 1984) is a conductor and music director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra,[1] Symphony in C (orchestra)[2] in New Jersey, and the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in California.[3] He was previously associate conductor for the Seattle Symphony and Memphis Symphony.[4]
Stilian Kirov | |
---|---|
Born | |
Education | |
Occupation | Orchestra conductor |
Kirov was born on January 24, 1984, in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Kirov is a graduate of the Juilliard School in orchestral conducting, where he was a student of James DePreist, and holds a master's degree in conducting from the École Normale de Musique de Paris.[1]
Engagement highlights for Kirov include guest performances with the symphonies of Chautauqua,[5] Kalamazoo,[6] South Bend,[7] and West Virginia,[8] among others. He also appeared regularly as guest conductor with the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle.[9]
Worldwide, he has appeared with the Minas Gerais Philharmonic, Leopolis Chamber Orchestra/Ukraine, Orchestra of Colors/Athens, Orchestre Colonne/Paris, Sofia Philharmonic,[10] State Hermitage Orchestra/St. Petersburg, Thüringen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Musical Olympus International Festival in St. Petersburg, and the Victoria Symphony/British Columbia.
During the 2013-14 season, Kirov was engaged as an assistant conductor to Bernard Haitink with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.[4] He was also engaged as a cover conductor for Stéphane Denève, the late Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Christoph von Dohnáyi.[11]
In 2017, Kirov was appointed Music Director for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra.[12]
Kirov was awarded the 2018 Career Assistance Award of the Solti Foundation U.S. It is the third time he has received the award of the foundation.[13][14] In addition, he was awarded first prize in the 2017 "Debut Berlin" Concert Competition.[15]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.