11 classical music stories to remember from '11
"My favorite concerts (symphonic)… the collaboration between conductor Ward Stare and pianist Stephen Hough, in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major…" (read more)
12-31-2011
Music of the spheres and sounds of the seasons with Jennifer Koh, Ward Stare, and the St. Louis Symphony at Powell Hall
"St. Louis Symphony Resident Conductor Ward Stare had neither score nor baton but lots of panache when he stepped up to the podium to conduct an utterly captivating Schubert Symphony No 5…" (read more)
12-03-2011
Musician of the Month: Ward Stare
"Ward Stare exudes charm as he bounds on stage and bows to the audience from the podium. He’s a good-looking guy, not tall, but with an athletic build, a full head of black hair and blue eyes. And once he picks up the baton, he’s all about the music…" (read more)
11-01-2011
SLSO, Stare and Hough triumph in Friday concert
“SLSO resident conductor Ward Stare was clearly a phenomenal talent when he arrived here in 2008, but he has continued to mature and to refine his art to an impressive level...” (read more)
04-29-2011
Exciting Tchaikovsky, exotic Scriabin with the St. Louis Symphony
"clearly a rising star in the conducting firmament... Mr. Stare really took the spotlight in the second half of the program, turning in a tremendously persuasive performance of Alexander Scriabin’s sometimes discursive but always intriguing Symphony No. 2...” (read more)
04-30-2011
A Debut, an Anniversary and a Springboard for Young Players
"Ward Stare, music director of the youth ensemble (comprising musicians ages 12 to 22) and resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony, has trained his charges exceptionally well...." (read more)
06-29-2010
SLSO gives powerful performance
"Resident conductor Ward Stare is by now familiar to St. Louis audiences for pops and Youth Orchestra performances. Friday night's performance was his first regular St. Louis Symphony Orchestra subscription program. He definitely has the chops to conduct at that level..." (read more)
11-28-2009
Is That in Your Job Description, Maestro?
"Ward Stare, the orchestra's able young resident conductor, took Mr. Robertson's place on the podium.....Under Mr. Stare the musicians performed this circus of a score.....More than fun, the piece touches the dark side of childhood fantasy during ethereal passages, wrong-note chorales and bursts of fearsomely pummeling rhythms..." (read more)
04-05-2009
Titans of music and human rights meet on common ground
"Stare, who is in his second season as the resident conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, is enthusiastic about this weekend's program..." (read more)
04-08-2009
Seen and Heard International Concert Review
"At ease and assured in his surprise Carnegie Hall debut, Ward Stare led the orchestra in a dynamic performance that ranged from coaxing to merry to downright sinister..." (read more)
03-04-2009
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