John Francis Mauceri (born September 12, 1945, New York) is a world-renowned conductor, producer, educator and writer. Since making his professional conducting debut almost half a century ago, Mauceri has appeared with most of the world's great orchestras, guest conducted at the premiere opera houses, produced and musically supervised Tony and Olivier Award winning Broadway musicals, and taught at the most prestigious halls of academia. Through his varied career, he has taken the lead in the preservation and performance of many genres of music and has supervised/conducted important premieres by composers as diverse as Debussy, Stockhausen, Korngold, Hindemith, Bernstein, Sibelius, Ives, Elfman, and Shore. He is a leading performer of music banned by the Third Reich and especially music of Hollywood’s émigré composers.
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, Tony Award for Best Revival, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
Movies
The Hollywood Sound: Music for the Movies
Star Sign
Virgo
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Winston-Salem, NC. Chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts. [July 2006]
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As of July 2006, is the seventh chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem).
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Conducts the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra.
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Coordinated with conductor/composer Howard Shore for national performances of his "Lord of the Rings" Symphony.
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He conducted the orchestra for the first complete recording of the score for the Gershwin musical "Girl Crazy", using the original 1930 orchestrations.
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Principal Conductor, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, 1991-
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