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Tag: Prizes and Awards
Jacksonville Symphony Associate Conductor Kevin Fitzgerald Honored at Mahler Competition
In Monday’s (7/24) News4Jax (Jacksonville, Florida), Jacksonville Symphony Associate Conductor Kevin Fitzgerald discussed his participation in the 2023 Gustav Mahler Competition in Bamberg, Germany, where he was awarded the prize for Best Performance of a Contemporary Piece. The competition was founded by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra to assist young conductors at the start of their careers. Fitzgerald led the Bamberg Symphony in the world premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch’s “Con Moto.” Fitzgerald has served as associate conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony since 2022; he is also assistant conductor at the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (2018 – present) and founder and music director of ÆPEX Contemporary Performance (2015 – present).
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