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Asadour Santourian

Asadour Santourian
United States

Asadour Santourian, artistic advisor and administrator of the Aspen Music Festival and School, came to Aspen in 2003. Working with David Zinman, he has developed artistic initiatives at Aspen, including the thematic minifestivals. Previously artistic director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Gergiev Fesival in Rotterdam, he has conceived and edited several Dutch-language program books on the music of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Valery Gergiev. He is a member of the Recommendation Board of the Avery Fischer Career Grants and has served on several jury panels, including the Barlow Endowment, Young Concert Artists, Inc., Princess Christina Concours; from 1991 to 2000 he was the Minnesota Orchestra’s director of artistic planning.