Maestro Cal Stewart Kellogg
Music Director and Conductor
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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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