Now in his eighth acclaimed season as Music Director of the San Juan Symphony, ARTHUR POST is building a reputation for groundbreaking programming that combines the masterworks of the orchestral repertoire with music reflecting local cultures and concerns. He enjoys a distinguished record with major orchestras in the United States and Europe.

Highlights of Arthur Post’s current season include debut performances with the Arkansas and Thunder Bay symphony orchestras, as well as Spain’s Orquesta de Girona and return performances with the Monterey Symphony.

As a guest conductor in Europe, Arthur Post made his debut with the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin in 1993 and has recorded with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a recording for the BMG label. Other international appearances include the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Saarländische Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de Toulouse, Singapore and Jerusalem symphony orchestras, as well as engagements with the Orchestre National de Lille, Opéra Théatre de Besançon and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica. In the United States, Mr. Post has led concerts with the Annapolis, Columbus, Detroit, Flagstaff, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Houston, Illinois, Monterey, New Jersey, North Carolina, Portland, Richmond, San Antonio, Syracuse and Virginia Symphony Orchestras and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Post has collaborated with leading artists Lorin Maazel, James Galway, Ryan Anthony, Sarah Chang, Hilary Hahn, Judith Ingolfsson and Maxim Vengerov.

As Assistant and later Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1994-1997, Arthur Post was a favorite with local and regional audiences, stepping in several times for Music Director Lorin Maazel. He led the PSO in subscription, Pops and educational concerts, and was active in programming and audience development for the orchestra's innovative outreach program. From 1997-99 he served as Associate Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta.  Subsequently, he completed a one-year appointment as Resident Conductor of The New World Symphony, where he worked closely with Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas, in the training of America's youngest generation of professional orchestral musicians.

A graduate of Yale University, summa cum laude with distinction in Music, Arthur Post earned a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, furthering his studies at the Tanglewood Music Center and the Salzburg Mozarteum. For three years, he studied the operatic repertoire at Hamburg's Hochschule für Musik, also serving on the conducting staff of the Hamburg Operettenhaus and appearing at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival. He has conducted in masterclasses with Leonard Bernstein, Erich Leinsdorf and Simon Rattle, and was a conducting fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, performing at The Hollywood Bowl.

Arthur Post has conducted a variety of operatic repertoire, from Haydn and Mozart to contemporary works. Having begun his studies on the double bass, he is also fluent in a variety of musical styles, including jazz and popular music. He has conducted tours with popular artists James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, and performed in the PBS Pittsburgh Pops television specials with Marvin Hamlisch. As Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra for three years, he provided artistic leadership for one of the top young ensembles in the country. Working closely with Pittsburgh music educators, Mr. Post also developed educational concerts on Beethoven and Tchaikovsky that have subsequently been performed in the United States, Europe and the Far East. His newest educational program, "Music on the Inside," teaches improvisation and composition, and has been introduced to classrooms in four states.