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Carolyn Kuan guest conductor
Recognized as a conductor of extraordinary versatility, Carolyn Kuan has enjoyed successful associations with top-tier orchestras, opera companies, ballet companies, and festivals worldwide. Her commitment to contemporary music has established her as an international resource for new music. Regularly collaborating with top-tier orchestras around the world, she was the first woman to be appointed as Music Director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, a position she has held since 2011. Ms. Kuan’s North American engagements have included performances with the symphonies of Baltimore, Detroit, Milwaukee, Omaha, San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto; the Florida and Louisville orchestras; the New York City Ballet; the Colorado Music Festival and Glimmerglass Opera Festival; the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Washington National Opera. In the 2021/2022 season she made her debut with the Columbus (OH) Symphony and returned to conduct Opera Theatre of St. Louis in Harvey Milk and the Santa Fe Opera to conduct Huang Ruo’s M Butterfly. Recent international engagements have included concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Symphony of Taiwan, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Residentie Orkest, Orquesta Sinfonica de Yucatan, Royal Danish Ballet, the West Australian Symphony, and the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo. Ms. Kuan made her debut with English National Opera in Philip Glass’ Satyagraha in the 2021/2022 season. She led Borusan Istanbul Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony this season and this summer conducts the Chautauqua Symphony. Ms. Kuan’s recent highlights include debuts with the Singapore Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, and the Portland Opera, conducting a production of Rossini's La Cenerentola. She led Mark Campbell’s Stonewall with New York City Opera in June, 2019 which helped commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. (continued next page)
