DISCUSSION LEADERS
2020 Discussion Leaders
2020 Discussion Leaders will be announced by March 1, 2020
2019 Discussion Leaders
Alex Rainer
Senior Publicity & Marketing Manager, Unison Media
Stephen Cera
Writer, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal, Producer, CBC Radio
George Grella
Composer, editor/reviewer, The Brooklyn Rail and New York Classical Review
David Homan
Composer, Nonprofit Executive Director of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Founder of Orchestrated Connecting, Board member of the Arthur Miller Foundation
Jed Distler
Composer, Gramophone magazine reviewer, Radio host at Between the Keys, Artistic director, ComposersCollaborative
Jim Feichtmann
Director of Sales and Streaming, Warner Music Group
Gail Wein
Publicist and President, Classical Music Communications
Devi Reddy
Booking Representative, Primo Artists
2018 Discussion Leaders
Christina Baker
Manager, Artists & Attractions
Opus 3 Artists
Amanda Cook
Editor-in-Chief of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Carsten Duerer
Publisher and editor in chief of PIANONews Germany, CEO of Classic Academy Germany
Mark Forlow
Vice-President, Digital Sales – Naxos of America Inc.
Elliott Forrest
Peabody Award Winning Broadcaster/Producer, WQXR
Sean Hickey
Composer, Vice-President, Sales and Business Development of Naxos of America
Ariel Horowitz
violinist, From the Top alum
Christina Jensen
Publicist, President of Jensen Artists
Emil Kang
Executive and Artistic Director of Carolina Performing Arts. Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program at Harvard Business School
Justin Kantor
co-founder, Le Poisson Rouge, cellist
Daniel Lippel
Guitarist
John Mauceri
conductor, educator and writer
Collin Rae
CEO, Sono Luminus Records, former Vice President of Digital Sales and Marketing at Universal Music Classics.
Keith Sherman
Publicist, President, Keith Sherman & Associates Public Relations
Jacob Slattery
Digital Media and Promotion Manager of The Leonard Bernstein Office
Dr. Glenn Cornett
Spectrum NYC; founder - Pastorus, LLC
Lara Downes
Pianist
Afa Dworkin
President and Artistic Director of Sphinx Organization
Alexander Fiterstein
Clarinetist, Faculty at Peabody Conservatory
Amy Roberts Frawley
Director of Merkin Hall
Judd Greenstein
Composer, co-director of New Amsterdam Records, founding member of NOW ensemble
David Homan
Composer, Nonprofit Executive Director of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Founder of Orchestrated Connecting, LLC Board member of the Arthur Miller Foundation
Klara Min
Pianist, Founder/Artistic director, New York Concert Artists & Associates
Bob Lord
Producer, Composer, Bassist and CEO of PARMA Recordings. Named one of Musical America’s “30 Professionals of the Year: Key Influencers 2015.”
Bettina Mehne
Co-founder of HELLO STAGE, former artistic manager The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, former head of artistic planning Wiener Konzerthaus a.o
Robert Paterson
Composer, Artistic Director, Mostly Modern Festival, American Modern Ensemble
Kathleen Supove
Pianist, concert presenter, commissioner,
founder – The Exploding Piano
Gabor Takacs-Nagy
Conductor, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Founder of Takacs Quartet