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Currently in his fourteenth season as Music Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, NEAL GITTLEMAN enjoys a career and reputation of international dimensions.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Neal Gittleman graduated from Yale University in 1975. He continued his musical studies with the eminent teachers Nadia Boulanger and Annette Dieudonné in Paris, Hugh Ross at the Manhattan School of Music and Charles Bruck at both the Pierre Monteux Domaine School and the Hartt School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Karl Böhm Fellowship. In 1984, he was the Second Prize Winner of Geneva's Ernest Ansermet International Conducting Competition, and, two years later, he was awarded Third Prize at the Leopold Stokowski Conducting Competition in New York City. In 1989, he was selected for the American Conductors Program at the American Symphony Orchestra League's annual conference in San Francisco.
Neal Gittleman's conducting career began in 1981 as Assistant Conductor of the Hartt Symphony Orchestra and the Hartt Opera Theater. Subsequently, he served as Assistant Conductor of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra (under the Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductors Program) and as Associate Conductor of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He was also the distinguished Resident Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for three seasons, preceded by six years of service as its Associate Conductor. For four seasons, starting in 1998, Mr. Gittleman led an annual three-concert series of "Classical Connections" with The Phoenix Symphony, and, for five seasons - from 2000 through 2005, he led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s series of "Discovery Concerts." As guest conductor, he has appeared with numerous orchestras, including l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Chicago, Indianapolis, Oregon, New Jersey, Phoenix, Saint Louis, San Antonio, San Francisco and Seattle Symphonies, the Minnesota, Philadelphia and National Repertory Orchestras and the Buffalo and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestras as well as the ensembles of Anchorage, Bangor, Baton Rouge, Chattanooga, Cincinnati, El Paso, Eugene, Green Bay, Jacksonville, Knoxville, New Haven, Omaha, San Jose, Springfield and Chicago's Grant Park and Oregon's Britt Music Festivals. He has also conducted Canada's Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra London, México City's Orquesta Filamónica de la Ciudad de México, UNAM Philharmonic and Orquesta Cámara Bellas Artes, Bosnia’s Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra and Germany's Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and led performances of Handel's Messiah in Tokyo and Osaka.
At home in the opera pit as well as on the concert stage, Neal Gittleman has conducted for the Hartt Opera Theater, Syracuse Opera Company, Milwaukee's Skylight Opera Theatre and Dayton’s Human Race Theatre Company. During the 1997-98 season, he made an acclaimed debut with the Dayton Opera, conducting Gounod's Faust, followed, in subsequent seasons, by productions of Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Adamo’s Little Women and Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. He has also led performances of the Milwaukee Ballet, Hartford Ballet, Chicago City Ballet, Ballet Arizona and Theatre Ballet of Canada.
As Music Director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Neal Gittleman regularly conducts classical, Pops, educational and summer concerts. In addition, he leads the orchestra's nationally known "Classical Connections," a popular and innovative series offering audiences a "behind-the-scenes" look at masterpieces of the symphonic repertoire. His first CD with the DPO - "Tomas Svoboda - Piano Concertos" - with the composer soloist in the First Concerto and Norman Krieger soloist in the Second - was released in the summer of 2001. This was quickly followed by "Gershwin in Prague," with performances of Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F with the Prague National Symphony Orchestra, again with Norman Krieger as soloist. Both albums are available on the Artisie 4 Recordings label. In 2004, Albany Records released "A Celebration of Flight," comprised of new scores by William Bolcom, Robert Xavier Rodríguez, Michael Schelle and Steven Winteregg.
Neal Gittleman and his wife, Lisa Fry, make their home in Dayton.
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"Concluding the eventing, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (1919) showed off not only the Hall [Schuster Performing Arts Center], but also what this orchestra could do. Now in his eighth season, Gittleman has brought the Dayton Philharmonic to a new level. His captured the Firebird's magical sweep while illuminating details with a sure hand, and his musicians responded with a high degree of precision."
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
"The orchestra performed with inspired insight, led by Gittleman's sympathetic reading of the Brahms score."
DAYTON DAILY NEWS
"The musicians gave the work the needed brilliance under Gittleman, whose direction clearly showed his expertise with Copland"
AUGSBURGER ALLGEMEINE
"But most striking was the silken, refined sound Mr. Gittleman elicited from the strings. He chose tempos that propelled the music and aided the playing of his musicians. The freedom of expression that resulted allowed the Dvorak's [Symphony #9] lyricism to sing. The finale was taut with palpable energy. Mr. Gittleman galvanized his musicians to a stunning finish."
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
"Neal Gittleman is still an effective leader. He enters into the spirit of every piece he conducts; it all seems to matter to him, and nothing is mere routine. He cares about the orchestra and manages to make the audience feel that he cares about them too, and hopes that the music reaches them in all its power and beauty."
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
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9/18/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E
soloist: Richard Dowling, pianist
Brahms: Symphony #1
9/19/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
"Classical Connections"
Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens (overture)
Brahms: Symphony #1
9/20/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E
soloist: Richard Dowling, pianist
Brahms: Symphony #1
9/24/2008 (6:30pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
9/25/2008 (10am) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Ravel: La Tombeau de Couperin
Poulenc: The Story of Babar the Elephant
Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toît
9/27/2008 (3pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
"Barbie at the Symphony"
10/3/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
10/4/2008 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Pops: "Appalachian Sojourn"
with Mark O’Connor, fiddler
10/10/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
10/11/2008 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Rossini: Semiramide (overture)
Martucci: Notturno
Tower: Tambor
Schubert: Mass #5
soloists: Diana Cataldi, soprano
Kathleen Maurer, alto
Vincent Davis, tenor
William Henry Caldwell, baritone
with Dayton Philharmonic Chorus
10/25/2008 (3pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Family Concert: "PhilharMonster"
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Schelle: Extraction #8
10/29/2008 (6:30pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
10/30/2008 (10am) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in B-flat
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Guitars
Svoboda: Concerto for 2 Violins
J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Guitars
soloists: Brazil Guitar Duo
12/4/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Still: Festive Overture
Dvorák: Symphony #7
Still: Kaintuck’ Poem for Piano & Orchestra
soloist: Dr. Everett Jones
Still: Symphony #1
12/5/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
"Classical Connections"
Still: Festive Overture
Still: Kaintuck’ Poem for Piano & Orchestra
soloist: Dr. Everett Jones
Still: Symphony #1
12/6/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Still: Festive Overture
Dvorák: Symphony #7
Still: Kaintuck’ Poem for Piano & Orchestra
soloist: Dr. Everett Jones
Still: Symphony #1
12/13/2008 (7pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Handel: Messiah
soloists: Diana Cataldi, soprano
Kathleen Maurer, alto
Vincent Davis, tenor
William Henry Caldwell, baritone
with Dayton Philharmonic Chamber Choir
12/31/2008 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
"New Year’s Eve Concert"
1/16/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
1/17/2009 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Cordero: Violin Concerto
soloist: Rachel Barton Pine
Sibelius: Symphony #7
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
soloist: Rachel Barton Pine
2/6/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
2/7/2009 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Pops: "Master of Mayhem, the Films & Music of Alfred Hitchcock"
2/27/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
2/28/2009 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Mahler: Symphony #9
3/4/2009 (6:30m) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
3/5/2009 (10am) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (overture)
Mozart: Flute Concerto #1
soloist: Brandon George
Haydn: Symphony #103
3/6/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
"Classical Connections"
Haydn: Il mondo della luna (overture)
Haydn: Symphony #103
3/13/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
3/14/2009 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Pops: "Downtown Diva"
with Petula Clark
4/4/2009 (7pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Westminster Presbyterian Church
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
soloists: Tony Arnold, soprano
Julia Bentley, alto
John Wesley Wright, tenor
Ian Greenlaw, baritone
with Dayton Philharmonic Chamber Choir
4/16/2009 (7pm) ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jemison Concert Hall (Birmingham)
"The Classical Edge"
Daugherty: Route 66
Zappa: Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat
Ratliff: Travolta
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony (Red Cape Tango)
Glass: Heroes Symphony (Neu Köln)
Daugherty: Gee’s Bend (world premiere)
4/17/2009 (7:30pm) ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Norton Auditorium, University of North Alabama (Florence)
"The Classical Edge"
Daugherty: Route 66
Zappa: Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat
Ratliff: Travolta
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony (Red Cape Tango)
Glass: Heroes Symphony (Neu Köln)
Daugherty: Gee’s Bend (world premiere)
4/30/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (overture)
Shostakovich: Symphony #6
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
soloist: Stephanie Chase
5/1/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
"Classical Connections"
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (overture)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
soloist: Stephanie Chase
5/2/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (overture)
Shostakovich: Symphony #6
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
soloist: Stephanie Chase
5/8/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
5/9/2009 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Pops: "Mighty Sound of Motown"
with The Contours
5/10/2009 (3pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Family Concert: "Cirque de la Symphonie"
5/29/2009 (8pm) DAYTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
5/30/2009 (8pm) Mead Theatre, Schuster Performing Arts Center
Wagner: Rienzi (overture)
Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem
soloist: Jamie Cordes, baritone
with Dayton Philharmonic Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony #5
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