Strauss St. Louis Tickets - Powell Symphony Hall

Strauss with St. Louis Symphony and Leonard Slatkin

Apr 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM · Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO

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St. Louis Symphony

4 concerts

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1880, is the second oldest U.S. professional orchestra. Based at Powell Hall since 1968, it has 60 Grammy nominations and nine wins, including 2015 for John Adams: City Noir under David Robertson.

Strauss

40 concerts

Richard Strauss, born in Munich, Germany, was a leading late Romantic and early Modern German composer and conductor. Renowned for his tone poems, including "Also sprach Zarathustra", and operas like "Der Rosenkavalier", he mastered orchestral and vocal composition. Strauss collaborated notably with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. He was also a successful conductor of orchestras and director of opera houses.

Leonard Slatkin

8 concerts

Los Angeles-born American conductor Leonard Slatkin is known for championing American music. Former music director of the St. Louis and Detroit Symphony orchestras, he has won six Grammys and received the U.S. National Medal of the Arts.

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