Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn Net Worth is $4 Million
Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Kenneth Schermerhorn was born on November 20, 1929 in Schenectady, New York, USA as Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn. He is known for his work on The Nutcracker (1977), Il Divo (2008) and Liberty! The American Revolution (1997). He was married to Hooker, Tish, Carol Neblett and Lupe Serrano. He died on April 18, 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Part of the opening concert of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center was broadcast on NPR's "Performance Today".
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Conducted the first U.S. performance of Jean Sibelius's "Kullervo".
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Conducted the Hong Kong Philharmonic from 1984 to 1988.
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The Schermerhorn Symphony Center, named in his honor, opened in Nashville, Tennesssee, on September 9, 2006.
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He was awarded the Sibelius Medal in 1979 by the Finnish government, for his conducting of Jean Sibelius's works.
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While at Tanglewood, he won the Serge Koussevitzky memorial conducting award twice in a row.
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Conducted the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra from 1968 to 1980.
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Former assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic.
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One of his teachers at Tanglewood, and his greatest influence, was Leonard Bernstein.
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At age 14, he joined a dance band that played in nightclubs. He graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music, and played trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras before being drafted into the army.
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In the army, he was stationed in Germany, and there he got his first conducting job by chance. A general wanted to prove that the Americans were sophisticated, so he bragged that the US 7th Army had its own symphony orchestra. The next day an orchestra was hurriedly organized, with Schermerhorn put in charge of a group of soldiers who had studied at Juilliard, the New England Conservatory, and other top music schools.
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He was appointed music director of the American Ballet Theatre when he was 28. He left in 1968, but returned in 1976 to conduct Mikhail Baryshnikov's famous production of "The Nutcracker", which was eventually televised in 1977. He returned to ABT again in 1982 at the request of artistic director Baryshnikov and stayed there for two more years.
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Composed more than 50 choral, orchestra, and chamber works.
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Music director and conductor of the Nashville Symphony from 1983 until his death.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Liberty! The American Revolution
1997
TV Mini-Series conductor - 6 episodes
Breakfast with the Arts
1997
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Great Performances: Dance in America
1985
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Nutcracker
1977/I
TV Movie conductor
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Il Divo
2008
performer: "Pohjola's Daughter op. 49"
Breakfast with the Arts
1997
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Nutcracker
1977/I
TV Movie performer: "The Nutcracker" ballet
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1960
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts
1960
TV Series
Himself - Assistant conductor
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
One Symphony Place: A Dream Fulfilled
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City