Conductor Laureate Raymond Leppard served as Music Director of A Celebration of Raymond Leppard the Indianapolis Symphony for 14 January 13, 2020 years, from 1987 to 2001. During his tenure with the Orchestra, he led eight recordings, two tours to Europe and Welcoming Remarks...... Dr. John Bloom initiated “Indianapolis On-The-Air,” a nationally syndicated radio broadcast of Film Tribute from WFYI Media Indianapolis Symphony performances that aired on more than 250 stations Comments...... Marianne Williams Tobias across the United States. Trio No. 1 in B-flat major for Violin, Cello, and Piano...... Franz Schubert In addition to his 14-year tenure as Andante un poco mosso (1797–1828) Music Director of the Indianapolis University of Indianapolis faculty: Symphony Orchestra and long Richard Ratliff, piano association with the English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard appeared Joana Genova, violin with the New York Philharmonic on numerous occasions, toured with the Austin Huntington, cello Chicago and Detroit symphonies and conducted many other major orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Video Comments ...... Christel DeHaan Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony (including the Last Night of the Proms), as well as in all European capital cities “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations, Op. 36...... Edward Elgar and Japan. Krzysztof Urbański, ISO Music Director (1857–1934) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra In the opera houses of the world, highlights for Raymond Leppard included appearances at the Metropolitan and San Francisco operas, the New York Comments...... Christopher Slapak City Opera and Glyndebourne Opera, where he was a frequent guest. He also appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and in Paris, Hamburg, Santa Comments...... Jack Everly Fe, Stockholm and Geneva. In the late 1950s, Mr. Leppard accepted a post at Cambridge as University Lecturer in Music, beginning a distinguished joint career Ave verum corpus, K. 618...... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as academician and performer. Jack Everly, ISO Principal Pops Conductor (1756–1791) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra A prolific recording artist, Raymond Leppard earned such international prizes Indianapolis Symphonic Choir as the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, a Grammy® Award, a Grand Pro/Am Music Michael Davis, Assistant Artistic Director Prix du Disque, and the Edison Prize. Mr. Leppard composed a number of film scores including the music for Lord of the Flies, Laughter in the Dark, and Hotel Closing Remarks...... James Johnson New Hampshire. His second book, Raymond Leppard on Music: An Anthology of Critical and Personal Writings, was published by Resources in 1993.

The Queen of England honored Raymond Leppard with the title Commander of the British Empire (CBE). For his services to Italian music, the Republic of Italy conferred upon him the title of Commendatore della Republica Italiana. In America, he received honorary degrees from Purdue University, Butler University, and the University of Indianapolis. Born in London, Raymond Leppard was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a U.S. citizen in 2003.