Our guest today is highly respected conductor, composer, and cellist Kenneth Woods. Hailed by Gramophone Magazine as “a symphonic conductor of stature”, American conductor Kenneth Woods was appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra in 2013,  and has quickly built up an acclaimed body of work with them.He has recorded with the BBC National orchestra of Wales, the BBC Scottish symphony, He was principal guest conductor of the Orchestra of The Swan and He has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra and State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and the English Chamber Orchestra, and has made numerous broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation He is also the  artistic director of the Colorado Mahlerfest. His Conducting mentors include Leonard Slatkin, David Zinman.

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