Heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “…a shining example of podium authority and musical enlightenment,” the American conductor and pianist Neal Stulberg garners consistent international acclaim for performances of clarity, insight and conviction.

In North America, Mr. Stulberg has led the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, National, New Jersey, New World, Pacific, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Utah and Vancouver symphonies, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, among others.  He is a recipient of the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award, America’s most coveted conducting prize, and has served as assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Carlo Maria Giulini and music director of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Stulberg’s European career was launched in September 1997 when he stepped in on short notice to conduct the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Chorus in a program of Bartok and Kodaly.  He was immediately re-engaged by that orchestra to conduct on the prestigious VARA series in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and makes debut appearances in Holland this year and next with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Gelders Orchestra and Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam. .  In October 2001, he will conduct the Netherlands premiere of Philip Glass’ opera Akhnaten at the Rotterdam 2001 Festival.

Neal Stulberg is also an acclaimed pianist, appearing regularly as a recitalist, chamber musician and with major orchestras and at international festivals as pianist/conductor.  His performances of Mozart concertos conducted from the keyboard are uniformly praised for their buoyant virtuosity and interpretive vigor.

A native of Detroit, he is a graduate of Harvard College, the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School.  He studied conducting with Franco Ferrara at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, piano with Leonard Shure, Theodore Lettvin, William Masselos and Mischa Kottler, and viola with Ara Zerounian.