Teddy Abrams
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Abrams conducting the Louisville Orchestra on September 6, 2014
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edward Paul Maxwell Abrams |
| Born | May 6, 1987 |
| Origin | Berkeley, California, United States |
| Genres | Classical, Jazz, Folk, Klezmer |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor/Composer/Instrumentalist |
| Instruments | Piano, Clarinet, Organ |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Associated acts | Louisville Orchestra, Britt Festival Orchestra, Sixth Floor Trio |
| Website | www.teddyabrams.com |
Teddy Abrams (born May 6, 1987) is an American conductor, pianist, clarinetist, and composer. He is currently Music Director of The Louisville Orchestra and Britt Festival Orchestra.
Abrams was born in Berkeley, California and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Abrams is a fourth-generation American; his ancestors immigrated to the U.S. from Russia, Poland and Hungary. Abrams started improvising on piano at age 3, and began formal lessons at age 5. At age 8, Abrams began clarinet in elementary school band and developed an interest in conducting after seeing a San Francisco Symphony performance at age 9. He began studying conducting and musicianship with Michael Tilson Thomas, the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, at age 12. Abrams never attended middle or high school; he took general education courses at community colleges in the Bay Area, including Laney College and Foothill College from age 11 to 16. He then transferred to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music at age 18 and studying piano with Paul Hersh and clarinet with David Breeden. In 2005 Abrams entered the Curtis Institute of Music as a conducting major, studying with Otto-Werner Mueller, and Ford Lallerstedt. Abrams also studied with David Zinman at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Abrams was the youngest conducting student ever accepted at both Curtis and Aspen.
From 2008 to 2011 Abrams was the Conducting Fellow of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach. Abrams has conducted the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Washington, D.C. and at Carnegie Hall; his 2009 Education Concerts with the New World Symphony (featuring the world premiere of one of Abrams' own orchestral works) were webcast to hundreds of schools throughout South Florida.
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