The Van Cliburn Foundation has named conductor Leonard Slatkin chair of the jury for the 2017 Van Cliburn International Competition, to be held in Fort Worth’s Bass Performance Hall. Slatkin also will conduct the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in the final concerto round of the competition, but he will abstain from voting in that round. Slatkin previously conducted the FWSO in the 2013 Cliburn Competition.
With a long and notable career, Slatkin is currently music director of the Detroit … [visit site to read more]