Gerard Schwarz Vinyl Record Albums

Gerard Ralph Schwarz: The award-winning American conductor and trumpeter Gerard Schwarz was born on August 19, 1947 in Weehawken, New Jersey. Schwarz serves as Music Director of the Emmy-winning All-Star Orchestra series, which airs on public television. Schwarz is also Music Director of the Eastern Music Festival, and is the Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony. He played in the orchestras of Bernstein, Boulez, Stokowski and Leinsdorf, and was hailed as “the new Bernstein” when he gave up his solo career at age 30 to turn his talents to conducting. Schwarz raised the Seattle Symphony from obscurity to top-tier status, mostly on the basis of a comprehensive series of groundbreaking recordings. His discography of 350 titles features critically acclaimed performances of both established and new repertoire. The maestro is a renowned interpreter of nineteenth-century repertoire, in addition to his significant work with American composers.