每Brevig

每Brevig is currently the Music Director 和 Conductor of East Texas Symphony Orchestra. He brings extensive experience as both performer 和 conductor to the podium. He is attracting attention internationally as a conductor of remarkable ability 和 insight. Critical acclaim has earned him an international reputation as a superb conductor 和 orchestra builder. Norwegian born, Mr. Brevig received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at The Juilliard School. He was Principal Trombonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1968 to 1994 和 has performed as soloist with major orchestras throughout the world. He is credited with numerous commissions 和 premier’s 和 also has an extensive solo discography. In addition, he is a frequent adjudicator of major competitions.

On leaving his position with the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Brevig’s conducting career exp和ed quickly. In the five years following 1994, he conducted more than twenty operas. 一篇关于 纽约时报 先生宣布. Brevig “shaped the performance [of Rigoletto巧妙地”. In addition to his position as Music Director 和 Conductor of East Texas Symphony Orchestra, he is continuing his teaching affiliations with the Aspen Music Festival, 科罗拉多州, as well as the music schools of Juilliard, Manhattan 和 Mannes in New York. His conducting repertoire runs the gamut from Renaissance to contemporary music. A staunch advocate of contemporary music, he has commissioned 和 performed numerous new works. Mr. Brevig has conducted many of the most world renowned soloists such as Christine Brewer, 英雄交响曲三, 希拉里·哈恩, 林恩·哈勒尔, 拉尔夫•克许鲍姆, 郎朗, Cho-Liang林, 马克·奥康纳, 佩佩罗梅洛, 伊扎克帕尔曼, Haochen Zhang et al.

每Brevig has received numerous awards including a Koussevitsky Fellowship, Henry B. 卡伯特奖, three Naumburg Fellowships, The International Music Competition in Prague, 和 The Neill Humfeldt Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1990 King Olav V of Norway awarded him the Royal Medal of St. Olav in recognition of his efforts on behalf of Norwegian music 和 culture in the United States.

Mr. Brevig has studied the medical problems faced by musicians 和 serves on the Advisory Boards of Medical Problems of Performing Artists 和 Musikphysiologie und Musik Medizin, apublication from Stuttgart, Germany.

A champion of Sc和inavian music, Mr. Brevig is founder 和 president of the Edvard Grieg Society, Inc.，纽约. Since 1991 the Society has, under his leadership, produced recitals, chamber performances, radio broadcasts 和 symposia at Columbia University to celebrate the composer’s sesquicentennial. The series of events often culminate with performances at Lincoln Center with Mr. Brevig conducting the Orchestra of St. 卢克的. 纽约时报 wrote: “…orchestra of St. 卢克的, conducted by 每Brevig in a compelling concert … Brevig was utterly convincing 和 rewarding.” 美国音乐wrote: “…It all added up to a remarkable evening indeed … It was the occasion for much estimable 和 rewarding music making.”

Mr. Brevig has been a member of the Brass faculty at Manhattan School of Music, where he also teaches in the Orchestral Performance Program, 自1988年以来.