William Eddins, Conductor and Pianist
Résumé
2017 Music Director Emeritis – Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
2004-2017 Music Director- Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
2001-2006 Principal Guest Conductor – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
1999-2001 Resident Conductor – Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1998- Associate Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1998-2004 Artistic Director, Prospect Park Players Chamber Ensemble
1995- Assistant Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
1995-1997 Associate Conductor, Minnesota Orchestra Association
1992-1995 Assistant Conductor, NEA/ Affiliate Artist Conducting Fellow
Minnesota Orchestra Association
1995 Conducting Assistant to Daniel Barenboim at Berlin State Opera
1993-1995 Apprentice Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, Music Director
1992-1993 Conducting Fellow with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
American Symphony Orchestra League Mentor Program
Selected Guest Conducting Appearances
Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic , San Francisco Symphony Atlanta Symphony St. Louis Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Austin Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic,
Berlin Staatskapelle, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Adelaide Symphony, Orchestra Opera Lyon, Royal Scottish Nat. Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, RAI Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale
Selected Guest Artists Collaborations
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman ,Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Ralph Gothoni, Christopher O’Reily, Renee Fleming, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Cho-Liang Lin, Richard Stoltzman, Mitsuko Uchida, John Browning, Jon Kimura Parker, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Selected repertoire Mr. Eddins conducts from the keyboard
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (Original Dance Band Whiteman Version)
Gershwin – Concerto in F
Mozart – Piano Concert No. 20
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24
Piano Concerto #25
Beethoven – Triple Concerto
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Recordings
Bad Boys Volume 1., William Eddins, piano
Beethoven – Sonata #29 in B Flat, “Hammer-Klavier”
William Albright – The Nightmare Fantasy Rag (1970)
JAMESTOWN CONCERTO (Naxos)
William Eddins, conductor: THOMSON, SCHUMAN, PERRY Works for Cello and Orchestra. RTÉ National Symphony (Ireland)
Education
1985 Master of Music, Piano Performance, Eastman School of Music
1983 Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Eastman School of Music
Major Teachers
Conducting – Daniel Barenboim, David Effron, and Dan Lewis
Piano – Dr. David Burge, Barbara Lister-Sink