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Music Interview: Michael Stern Makes His Stamford Symphony DesignateDebut As Music Director

Todd Rosenberg
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Colbert Artists Management

Michael Stern will be on the podium, making his debut as music director designate of the Stamford Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th.  

Kate Remington talks with Michael about the program, which includes Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Stephen Hough, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, and Apu: A Tone Poem for Orchestra by contemporary composer Gabriela Lena Frank.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Kate Remington joined WSHU in December of 2000, and she's been WSHU's Music Director since 2002.