"...extremely musical...a natural born
conductor..." Sir Georg Solti
"...vigorously expressive..."
New York Times
"At every turn, Stephen D'Agostino (a young, New
York-born conductor making his Philadelphia debut) was a sympathetic
accompanist, but one not without his own strong ideas. He was best
displayed in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, in an excitable performance
full of the sort of shifting tempos and violin portamentos that
suggested he was out to recapture 19th-century performance practices
(a highly worthwhile endeavor). Most important, he avoided the
sugar-coating that can make this piece, written to commemorate the
birth of the composer's son, as soporific as a lullaby."
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Maestro D’Agostino mesmerized both the
orchestra and the audience."
24 Oré
"...an amazing performance..."
TV Katowice
"[Stephen D'Agostino] conducted [Mozart’s]
Prague Symphony with a seductive mixture of devotion and temperament."
Hofer Anzeiger/Frankenpost
"The compelling American guest conductor Stephen
D'Agostino [presented Mozart's Clarinet Concerto] in a sparkling
realization...The highly homogenous Hof Orchestra played with total
unity - not least thanks to Stephen D'Agostino's youthful elan... Even
the audience was drawn into the course of the music by the likeable
D'Agostino's small gestures."
Frankenpost Frankenwald
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Mr. Cecil Cole,
Artistic Administrator
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
300 West Water Street, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Telephone: 904-354-5479
Telefax: 904-354-9238
Ms. Vera Wilson, President
Astral Artistic Services
230 South Broad Street, 3rd FL
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-735-6999
astralsvc@aol.com
Astral Artistic Services is a Philadelphia non-profit organization
dedicatedto discovering promising young classical musicians and
providing them with career-development services and diverse
performance opportunities at no cost to the artist.
Mr. Julian Rodescu, Member Board of Astral
1420 Locust Street, Apt. 36 I
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-732-7056
Julesrod@aol.com
Julian Rodescu is a renowed opera singer who has worked
with Simon Rattle; Mstislav Rostropovich; Riccardo Muti; Zubin Mehta;
Wolfgang Sawallisch and Seiji Ozawa. In 1999, he sang and recorded
Zemlinsky's Der Traumgorge with James Conlon.
Maestro Gilbert Varga, Music Director
Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Spain
+ 33 56 207 0655
Mr. Edward Crafts, Baritone
Metropolitan Opera
301 E 48th St
New York, NY 10017-1748
212-755-1076
Ms. Orsolya Winkler, Violinist
Weiner-Szasz Chamber Orchestra
51 Nagybanyai út
Budapest 1025
Hungary
Telephone: 36 30 210 1872
Telefax: 36 1 212 4926
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