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Maestro Cal Stewart Kellogg
Cal Stewart Kellogg first conducted the Symphony of
the Southwest in 2005 after completing a six year collaboration with the
Arizona Opera. Beginning his career in the symphonic concert hall,
he has performed with such orchestras as the Antwerp Philharmonic, Monte
Carlo Symphony, Israel Sinfonietta and in Italy with the Accademia di Santa
Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the radio
orchestras of Rome, Naples and Turin. In North America, he has conducted
the Baltimore Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, Seattle Symphony, New World
Symphony, Orchestra of Illinois, Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida and at
the Spoleto Festival, U.S.A. He served as Music Director of the Virginia
Chamber Orchestra from 1993-1998.
Before moving to Phoenix in 2000, Mr. Kellogg conducted 24 opera productions
over 16 consecutive seasons for the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center,
Washington D.C. He has also conducted performances at the Teatro d’Opera
di Roma, Teatro San Carlo Opera of Napoli, Teatro Reggio di Parma, Teatro
San Carlos Felice di Genova, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Montreal,
Canadian Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Opera, Portland Opera and
Seattle Opera.
Mr. Kellogg attained international attention as the first-prize winner
of the Gino Marinuzzi Conducting Competition and as a co-winner of the Guido
Cantelli Conducting Competition. He made his operatic debut with the
Rome Opera Leading a production of Nino Rota’s Aladino e la Lampada Magica
and New York City Opera debut conducting Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Saint of
Bleeker Street, both at the request of the composers. The Menotti opera
was featured on the PBS series Live from Lincoln Center. He earned a
diploma in conducting from the Conservatorio di Musica S. Cecilia in Rome
under the guidance of the legendary Franco Ferrara, and also earned diplomas
in composition and bassoon. Mr. Kellogg lives in Phoenix, Arizona with
his wife Jamie and their sons Mark and Sean.
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