Jeffrey Kahane, guest conductor

Hometown: Los Angeles

Primary positions:  Music Director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO); Music Director, Colorado Symphony; Artistic Director, Green Music Festival in Sonoma County

Seasons with LACO: 11

Education: Began piano lessons at age five with Howard Weisel; entered San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a sophomore in high school

Accolades and honors: Finalist in the 1981 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; Grand Prize in the 1983 Arthur Rubensteirn Competition in Israel; 2007 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming (for both Los Angeles Chamber and Colorado Symphony Orchestras

Upcoming highlights with LACO: Two-week European tour performing and conducting the world premiere of Kevin Put's solo piano concerto — composed for Kahane to conduct from the keyboard

Other interests: Cooking and studying ancient and modern languages

Master Chorale concerts

Haydn & Andriessen
Sunday, November 18, 2007