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News Articles: symphony

Keitaro Harada

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  • Music

A chance meeting brought this now-famous conductor to Macon’s Mercer University to study

Keitaro Harada will come “home” to Macon as guest conductor of the Macon-Mercer Symphony at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Grand Opera House.

February 09, 2024
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  • The Telegraph
George Del Gobbo on conducting the Columbus Symphony

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George Del Gobbo on the joys of conducting the Columbus Symphony

You can hear the Columbus Symphony in concert on GPB Radio in February on Front Row Georgia. Host Sarah Zaslaw recently caught up with its maestro.

February 03, 2023
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
Dirk Meyer, Augusta Symphony Orchestra (photo: Hillary Odom)

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From a smashed baton to music therapy for vets: Catching up with the Augusta Symphony’s Dirk Meyer

Augusta Symphony conductor Dirk Meyer sits down with GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw to chat about everything from the renovated movie palace the orchestra now calls home and to its music therapy program that changes lives to the difference between German and American conductor training and his own secret musical past.

September 23, 2022
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
Keitaro Harada, Savannah Philharmonic Music Director

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The Savannah Philharmonic leaves the hall to 'Phil' the city with live music

Change is in the air at the Savannah Philharmonic, which has been rethinking everything the orchestra does, with an eye toward community and relevance.

September 13, 2022
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
Howard Hsu, Music Director, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (photo: Paul Leavy)

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The Valdosta Symphony opens its new season with some closure from its past

Valdosta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Howard Hsu sits down with GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw to chat.

September 09, 2022
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
Violinist Joshua Bell, third from front left, and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chamber orchestra will perform in Columbus as a part of their first post-COVID pandemic tour.

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Joshua Bell and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields set to bring their music to Columbus

Since 2011, American violinist Joshua Bell has also been music director of the London-based Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, whose first pandemic-era U.S. tour together kicks off Feb. 22 in Columbus, Georgia.

February 15, 2022
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
Keitaro Harada

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Keitaro Harada Returns to Georgia As New Savannah Philharmonic Music Director

The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra's new season begins this Saturday, Sept. 14, with a new music director: Keitaro "Kei" Harada. Harada grew up in...

September 10, 2019
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