steven jarvi, conductor Praised for his “uncommonly expressive and de- family tailed” performances by the Miami Herald and described as an “eloquent and decisive” conductor – s e r i e s – by The Wall Street Journal, Steven Jarvi is a conduc- tor with an equal passion for the concert hall and the Halloween Spooktacular opera house. Mr. Jarvi is the Interim Artistic Director of Charlottesville Opera and recently completed his Sunday, October 25, 2020 | 3 PM tenure as the Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater Symphony and Music Director of the St. Louis Sym- Steven Jarvi, guest conductor phony Youth Orchestra. He won the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award while the Associate Elfman This is Halloween Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, and previously served as the Herrmann Pieces from Psycho Conducting Fellow with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Sym- phony in Miami Beach, an Associate Conductor for New York City Opera Bernstein, E. Ghostbusters Theme at Lincoln Center, and the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Conductor with McBride Pumpkin Eaters Little Fugue the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. Wendel Trick or Treat As Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony, Jarvi conducted over 100 events, including Classical Subscription weekends, the Live at Powell Goulet Movements from Halloween Suite Hall concert series, Family and Educational concerts, and other events Badelt Pirates of the Caribbean throughout the season. He also assisted Music Director, David Robertson, Gounod March of the Marionettes and served as the Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Or- chestra whose performances were recently featured on PBS.

Halloween Spooktacular is made possible through While Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, Jarvi led over the generous support of Directions Credit Union. 150 concerts and performed during the opening season of the Kaufmann Center for the Performing Arts. He made his Classical Series debut filling in on short notice with Violinist, Midori. The following season, after study- ing in Vienna with principal members of the Vienna Philharmonic, Jarvi led a highly praised subscription weekend of Viennese music featuring pianist, Simone Dinnertstein. Raised in Grand Haven, Michigan, Steven Jarvi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Theory from the University of Michigan where he studied with Kenneth Kiesler, Martin Katz and Jerry Blackstone, along with a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hop- kins University, where he studied with the legendary conducting peda- gogue, Gustav Meier.