The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the life and legacy of Raymond Leppard, the orchestra’s music director from 1987 to 2001, on January 13 at 5 p.m. at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. Leppard died on October 22, 2019 at age 92. Musical tributes will be presented by colleagues from the ISO and Indianapolis Symphonic Choir; ISO Music Director Krzysztof Urbański; ISO Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly; pianist and University of Indianapolis faculty member Richard Ratliff; violinist Joana Genova; and cellist Austin Huntington. The event will be free and open to the public. Leppard’s husband, Dr. John Bloom, and family have requested that donations be made to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in his honor. The British native made Indianapolis his permanent home and became a U.S. citizen in 2003. In addition to serving as the ISO’s music director, Leppard held a long-standing association with the English Chamber Orchestra and conducted orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, and the BBC Symphony. Leppard was active in the revival of Baroque operas beginning in the 1960s, including operas by Cavalli and Monteverdi.
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