Santa Monica names music director
mainOrchestra Santa Monica has picked Roger Kalia, one of the new crop of Solti Foundation US grant recipients, as its music director.
Kalia, 33, is assistant conductor at the Pacific Symphony.
The Solti gift keeps on giving.
Could not happen to a nicer young man.
john marks
I didn’t know much about this orchestra so I looked them up. They have many L.A. studio players among(st) their ranks. They sound quite good on their Youtube videos, but I notice that their repertoire is very conservative. Maybe the new guy will expand their horizons just a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGltA4ThU2I
Good luck, Roger! You have the talent and vision to take this orchestra into the future.
Congrats Roger, You join many of the former internationalconductorsworkshopandcompetition.org who have attained some very
prestigious positions. All the best, Maestro Gnam