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Meet The Philadelphia Orchestra's New Assistant Conductor

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published August 25, 2014 at 11:59 AM EDT
Conductor Lio Kuokman, a native of Macau, becomes The Philadlelphia Orchestra's assistant conductor in September, 2014.

As The Philadelphia Orchestra opens its new season in September 2014, the ensemble will have a new assistant conductor on board. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, the Hong Kong-trained musician has garnered international acclaim this summer.

http://youtu.be/xFfmf4wHpjA

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Susan Lewis interviews Lio Kuokman.

The Philadelphia Orchestra opens its 2014/2015 season on September 26th with pianist Lang Lang, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin on the podium.
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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