Steven Sloane (born 1958) is an Israeli- American

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Biography

Born in

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, Sloane developed an interest in conducting at age 16. He graduated from the

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with a degree in music. Separately, he also took conducting lessons with

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and

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. Sloane lived and worked for much of the 1980s in Israel. From 1989 to 1994, Sloane was First ''Kapellmeister'' at the Frankfurt Opera. He was music director of the Bochum Symphony Orchestra (''

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'') from 1994 to 2021. Simultaneously with his Bochum tenure, Sloane was Music Director of

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from 1999 to 2002, and was principal conductor of the

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from 2007 to 2013. In June 2018, the ''Bochumer Symphoniker'' announced that Sloane is to conclude his tenure as its ''Generalmusikdirektor'' (GMD) at the close of the 2020–2021 season. In the US, Sloane was music director of the Spoleto Festival USA from 1996 to 2000. In November 2000, Sloane was named music director of the

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, effective with the 2002–2003 season. This appointment was unusual in that Sloane had never conducted the orchestra prior to his appointment, although he did meet several of the orchestra's musicians during their music director search prior to his appointment. Sloane did not conduct the orchestra for the first time until March 2002. He formally began his tenure with the orchestra in November 2002., and concluded his tenure with the orchestra in 2006. In February 2019, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Sloane as its next music director, effective with the 2019–2020 season. Sloane was married to the violist Tabea Zimmermann. The couple have a daughter, Maya, born in 2003.

References

External links

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Karsten Witt agency page on Steven Sloane

Opus 3 Artists agency page on Steven Sloane

'Steven Sloane blir ny sjefdirigent i Stavanger', ''Norsk musikkinformasjon'', 23 May 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sloane, Steven 1958 births Living people American male conductors (music) Music directors (opera) Opera North 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American male musicians 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians Musicians from Los Angeles Classical musicians from California