Guest Conductors Announced For March Performances

Peter Rubardt will replace Arthur Post for the Tuesday Classical program on March 20 featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Maestro Rubardt's last appearance with PSO was for a Tuesday Classical concert on March 28, 2006 conducting "Remembering Gatsby" by John Harbison, Grieg's Piano Concerto, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2. Arthur Post is unable to appear because of a personal conflict.

On March 24 and 25, Daniel Meyer will lead the final Pops concerts of the season. These concerts will feature the Quebecois song-and-dance ensemble Le Vent du Nord. Meyer and Le Vent du Nord will also perform in Youth Concerts on March 26 and 27. Maestro Meyer conducted the first concert of the PSO's 2006-07 season on October 10, 2006, featuring violin soloist Jennifer Frautschi and including "Three Dance Episodes" from Bernstein's On the Town, Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Brahms' Symphony No. 2.

Now in his tenth season as Music Director of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Florida, Peter Rubardt is one of the most consistently hailed American conductors of his generation. In addition to regular appearances on the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra's Classical and Pops series, Rubardt is director of the orchestra's educational programs, and continues the innovative Gateway Series into its eighth season. He is credited with significantly raising the orchestra's artistic level during his tenure, as well as nearly doubling its performance schedule. He has also conducted the Utah Symphony, Louisiana and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestras, The Louisville Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, The Richmond Symphony, Japan's Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Century Orchestra Osaka, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra and Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and Nova Filarmonia Portuguese, among others.

Now in his second season as Music Director of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Meyer has already reinvigorated the orchestra, enlivened its impact on the community, and brought a distinctive flair for innovative programming to audiences of all ages. As Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, he conducts over 40 performances a year, including subscription, pops, community, and education concerts. This season he will lead the orchestra in the world premiere of Richard Danielpour's Pastime, based on the lives of the great American ballplayers Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson, and Henry Aaron. -- www.portlandsymphony.com