AUGUST 3, 2004 @ 7:30 PM

The Naumburg Orchestra
Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor

Jan Vaclav Vorisek (1791-1825)
Symphony in D major

Georges Bizet / Rodion Shchedrin (1932 – )
Carmen Suite

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Charles Olivieri-Munroe – conductor Chief Conductor of the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava and the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Canadian conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe has at the age of 34 accumulated a unique wealth of experience on the orchestral podium. During the early 1990’s in Czechoslovakia studying conducting he immersed himself in the country and its music, absorbing the musical tradition of Central Europe. Ten years later at a ceremony held in Prague’s historic city hall he was awarded 1st Prize in the prestigious 2000 Prague Spring International Music Festival Conducting Competition launching an international career.