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Stilian Kirov Looks Ahead To New Season With Bakersfield Symphony

KVPR | By Joe Moore
Published September 26, 2017 at 11:30 AM PDT
Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Music director Stilian Kirov leads the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra

The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra begins its new season this weekend, and it marks the third season under the leadership of music director and conductor Stilian Kirov. He joined us this week on Valley Edition to talk about Friday night's opening concert, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by Andre Previn. We also talked about upcoming concerts featuring a centennial tribute to Leonard Bernstein, and Romantic-era composers like Dvorak, Brahms and Strauss.
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Joe Moore
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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