Matt Kraemer
Introducing the Virginia Symphony’s New Assistant Conductor: Matthew Kraemer
Engaging conductor Matthew Kraemer begins his inaugural season with the VSO as Assistant Conductor. He will lead a variety of orchestra performances including the Norfolk Southern Pops series, PB&J Family concerts and education and community concerts. Prior to joining the VSO, Mr. Kraemer served as Associate Conductor of the Akron Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Akron Youth Symphony Orchestra, leading the AYS into its 50th anniversary season with a performance in Carnegie Hall.
In 2006, he received the distinguished Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship and served a residency with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Music Festival. This season he will make his South American debut with the Orquesta Clasica de Santiago in Santiago, Chile.
Substituting on very short notice, Matthew Kraemer actually made his Virginia Symphony debut in May 2007, conducting a program which included the world premiere of composer Kenneth Fuchs’ Eventide for English horn and orchestra. In the United States, Mr. Kraemer has led orchestras including Akron, Canton, Pacific, Richmond (IN) Symphonies and the Reno Chamber Orchestra. A regular guest conductor of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and cover conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, he has appeared in Europe with the Vidin Philharmonic and the Orquesta de Cadaqués.
Mr. Kraemer studied conducting in Vienna with Salvador Mas Conde and was twice a fellowship conductor at the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen. He has also 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.
A Richmond, Indiana native, Mr. Kraemer earned a Master of Music in Orchestral Career Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno and holds a degree in violin performance from Butler University with a minor in philosophy. His principal violin teachers include Phillip Ruder, Herbert Greenberg, and Larry Shapiro. An accomplished violinist, he was a member of the Nightingale String Quartet, at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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