2010 Orchestra

Mr. Adrian Bryttan

ADRIAN BRYTTAN brings many years of experience to the podium, having conducted many of the important opera companies and symphony orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Korea, including Chicago Opera Theater, Bielefeld Theater, Lviv National Opera and the Seoul Philharmonic. In addition to the standard operas of Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner, he is equally at home in works such as Ravel's "L'Heure espagnole" and Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos".  Known for his range and versatility, Bryttan has conducted the world premiere of Ludmila Ulehla’s opera “Sybil”, as well as many Broadway musicals and silent film scores with orchestra. Following an international career as violin soloist and concertmaster, his command of the symphonic repertoire at the podium encompasses orchestral works from the baroque period up through Shostakovich, Bartok, Britten, Stravinsky and includes numerous contemporary composers such as Gunther Schuller and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.  Maestro Adrian Bryttan has served as a member on the music faculties of several conservatories and in 2005 was honored with a Fulbright International Scholar Award.