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SCOTT SPECK

Music Director & Conductor

With recent performances in London, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington (DC), Scott Speck has inspired international acclaim as a conductor of passion, intelligence, and winning personality.

Speck is one of the most active conductors on Chicago’s cultural scene. In addition to his many Joffrey performances, he is Artistic Director of the Chicago Philharmonic, and he has become a frequent guest for the Chicago Symphony’s family concerts. He is currently the Illinois Council of Orchestras’ Conductor of the Year.

In recent seasons, Speck has conducted at London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, New York’s Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center, Chicago’s Lyric Opera House, San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, and the Los Angeles Music Center. He has led numerous performances with the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Houston, Chicago, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing, Vancouver, Romania, and Slovakia, among many others.

Scott Speck can be reached at scottspeck.org, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @ScottSpeckMusic.