| Leonard Slatkin AKA Leonard Edward Slatkin Born: 1-Sep-1944
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Conductor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Music Director, Detroit Symphony Father: Felix Slatkin (violinist, b. 1915, d. 1963)
Mother: Eleanor Aller (cellist)
Brother: Frederic Zlotkin
Wife: Beth Gootee (div.)
Wife: Jerilyn Cohen (div.)
Wife: Linda Hohenfeld (soprano, m. 1986, separated 2008, one son)
Son: Daniel
University: Indiana University Bloomington
University: Los Angeles City College
University: Juilliard School of Music
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director (2008-)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor (2008-)
Nashville Symphony Music Advisor (2006-)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor (2005-)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Guest Conductor, Hollywood Bowl (2004-07)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor (2000-04)
National Symphony Orchestra Music Director (1996-2008)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Music Director (1979-96)
New Orleans Symphony Music Director (1977-79)
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Assistant Director (1968-77)
St. Louis Walk of Fame 1990
National Medal of Arts 2003
Heart Attack 1-Nov-2009
Jewish Ancestry
Russian Ancestry
Official Website:
http://www.leonardslatkin.com/
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