David Bernard (ed.)

David Bernard (ed.)
David Bernard's conducting has received critical acclaim in the US and worldwide. Noted recent performances include Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring at Lincoln Center ("transcendent...vivid....expertly choreographed", LucidCulture) and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Carnegie Hall ("taught and dramatic", superconductor). Bernard's critically acclaimed catalog of recordings include a premiere recording of a new edition of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring ("committed and forceful...(with) thrilling moments", Gramophone) and a complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies praised for its "intensity, spontaneity, propulsive rhythm, textural clarity, dynamic control, and well-judged phrasing" by Fanfare Magazine.

A multiple First Prize winner of the Orchestral Conducting Competition of The American Prize, Bernard is Music Director of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and the Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a frequent guest conductor. Bernard has worked on the Edwin F. Kalmus editorial team with Clinton F. Nieweg, retired librarian of the Philadelphia Orchestra, developing new editions of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and The Firebird Suite-1919 Version, which was published in 2016. In addition, he has published his own editions of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, K. 622, and Schumann's Symphony No. 2, Op. 61.

David Bernard is an acclaimed orchestra builder and is sought after for his artistic leadership and innovation in community engagement, including his new InsideOut format (seating audiences inside the orchestra) which hve been acclaimed by WQXR, NY1, Newsday, ClassicalWorld and the Epoch Times.

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