Matt Kraemer
The 2009-2010 season marks conductor Matthew Kraemer’s third and final year as Associate Conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. He has been appointed Associate Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic beginning September 2009. Upcoming concert highlights include Strauss’ Don Juan and Stravinsky’s Firebird with the VSO, an all Mozart program with the BPO, and performances with Philippe Quint and Chris Botti. He also makes his debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in February 2010 leading a week of education programs.
Recognized for his “musical sensitivity” and “energized sense of interpretation, Mr. Kraemer received the distinguished Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship in 2006, and served a residency with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Music Festival.
In 2008 he was awarded the Bruno Walter Career Development Grant for his work with the Virginia Symphony. He has conducted the Akron, Asheville, Canton, Pittsburgh Youth, and Richmond (IN) symphony orchestras, the Reno Chamber Orchestra, and has appeared in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués. Equally at home in the ballet pit, he has led performances with Virginia Ballet Theatre, Ohio Ballet, and Todd Rosenlieb Dance. Mr. Kraemer has collaborated with many leading artists, including Awadagin Pratt, the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and Richard Stolzman, among others.
Prior to his appointment in Virginia, Mr. Kraemer held positions with the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Akron Youth Symphony. A committed advocate of music education, he has created numerous arts education programs and continues his work with young musicians as a clinician, guest conductor, and lecturer.
Mr. Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna, Austria with Salvador Mas Conde and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. He has additionally participated in the National Arts Center Conductor’s Program in Ottawa, Canada. His conducting teachers include David Zinman, Robert Spano, Stanley DeRusha, and Jorma Panula.
An Indiana native, Mr. Kraemer assisted former Cincinnati Symphony concertmaster Phillip Ruder at the University of Nevada, Reno, receiving a Master of Music in Orchestral Career Studies. An accomplished violinist in his own right, he was a member of the Nightingale String Quartet, quartet in residence at the University of Nevada, Reno. Fluent in German and French, he holds a degree in violin performance from Butler University with a minor in philosophy and his principal violin teachers include Phillip Ruder, Herbert Greenberg, and Larry Shapiro. When he is not performing, Mr. Kraemer enjoys cooking, running, and reading.
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