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American conductor, pianist, and arts administrator
Benjamin Loeb is an American conductor, pianist, and arts administrator. He is the founder and artistic director of the International Conducting Workshop & Festival (ICWF) and has served as executive director of both the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony.[1][2][3]
Loeb founded the International Conducting Workshop & Festival in 2002.[1] He served as music director of the New Hampshire Music Festival in 2011,[4] associate conductor of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra,[5] and founding director of the El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras.[6]
As a pianist, he has appeared with the Boston Pops Orchestra under Alan Gilbert.[7] His recordings for Naxos include collaborations with violinists Joseph Lin, Livia Sohn, and Takako Nishizaki.[8] A review in The Boston Globe described his playing as “vigorous” and “cogent.”[9]
In 2025, he conducted the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, presented in collaboration with Temple Emanu-El in Dallas.[10]
Loeb studied at Harvard University, the Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, and the Peabody Conservatory.[11][12][13][14]
- ^ a b “Benjamin Loeb – Artistic Director”. International Conducting Workshop & Festival. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “Administrative Appointments – Quad City Symphony”. Symphony Magazine. League of American Orchestras. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ Boros, Phyllis A. S. (September 1, 2010). “Texan Ben Loeb set to lead GBS’ drive into new decade”. Connecticut Post. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “New Hampshire Music Festival – About”. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “El Paso Symphony announces 2006–2008 conducting staff”. El Paso Times. 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “New youth orchestra system launches in El Paso”. El Paso Times. 2005. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “Boston Pops – Program Notes”. Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “Benjamin Loeb – Discography”. Naxos Records. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “Classical Music Review – Piano Recital”. The Boston Globe. 1998. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “Temple Emanu-El presents Defiant Requiem”. Texas Jewish Post. April 2, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ “Harvard Commencement Directory, 1989”. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
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