Steven Richman is conductor and music director of Harmonie Ensemble/New York, and the Dvořák Festival Orchestra of New York. He has conducted seven CDs, including Copland: Rarities and Masterpieces, the Grammy-nominated Stravinsky: Histoire du Soldat, and Dvořák Day Concert. Mr. Richman led benefit concerts to place a statue of Antonin Dvořák in New York City’s Stuyvesant Square Park (across the street from where Dvořák lived from 1892-95), and since 1997 has conducted the annual Dvořák Day Concert. At Lincoln Center, Mr. Richman conducted a Handel 300th Birthday Concert, a Gershwin Memorial Concert, and a Leonard Bernstein 70th Birthday Concert. Until its demise, he was a member of the Spike Jones International Fan Club.
Steven Richman
Copland and Me: Two Concerts and a Recording
On Saturday, November 22, 1980, a 14 1/2-hour concert took place at New York City’s Symphony Space on the Upper West Side, one of the first Wall-to-Wall Concerts. Celebrating the 80th birthday (actually November 14) of Aaron Copland, it included works by the birthday boy, as well as from other American composers.
Copland and Me: Two Concerts and a Recording
On Saturday, November 22, 1980, a 14 1/2-hour concert took place at New York City’s Symphony Space on the Upper West Side, one of the first Wall-to-Wall Concerts. Celebrating the 80th birthday (actually November 14) of Aaron Copland, it included works by the birthday boy, as well as from other American composers.
Genesis of a CD: Dvorak Day Concert
On Saturday afternoon, September 13, 1997, a statue of the great Czech composer Antonín Dvorak was dedicated at 17th Street near 2nd Avenue, in Stuyvesant Square Park, New York City.
Genesis of a CD: Dvorak Day Concert
On Saturday afternoon, September 13, 1997, a statue of the great Czech composer Antonín Dvorak was dedicated at 17th Street near 2nd Avenue, in Stuyvesant Square Park, New York City.