Stilian Kirov Plans Ambitious Second Season With Bakersfield Symphony

KVPR | By Joe Moore

Published October 4, 2016 at 11:50 AM PDT

Stilian Kirov is the conductor and music director of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

It’s fall and that means the Valley’s performing arts organizations are gearing up for their new seasons, including the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Conductor and musical director Stilian Kirov is set to begin his second full season leading the BSO. And what a season it is, with acclaimed guest artists like Eunice Kim and Tomoki Sakata and acclaimed pieces like the Brahms Violin Concerto, Stravisky’s The Firebird and Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony. It all begins on Saturday with a concert titled From Paris To The Countryside, featuring music by Ravel, Prokofiev and Bartok. Kirov joined us on Valley Edition to talk about the highlights of the upcoming season.

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Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).

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