Joseph Horowitz has long been a pioneer in classical music programming, beginning with his tenure as Artistic Advisor for the annual Schubertiade at the 92nd Street Y. As Executive Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, resident orchestra of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, he received national attention for “The Russian Stravinsky,” “American Transcendentalists,” “Flamenco,” and other festivals exploring the folk roots of concert works. Now an artistic advisor to various American orchestras, he has created more than three dozen interdisciplinary music festivals since 1985 – including the annual American Composers Festival presented by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Last fall, he inaugurated the New York Philharmonic’s new “Inside the Music” series, writing, hosting, and producing a program about Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique” Symphony.
Called "our nation's leading scholar of the symphony orchestra" by Charles Olton, former President of the American Symphony Orchestra League, Mr. Horowitz is also the award-winning author of seven books dealing with the institutional history of classical music in the United States – most recently, Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall (Norton), supported by fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Columbia University, and the National Endowment for the Humanities and named one of the best books of 2005 by The Economist. His forthcoming book, “Artists in Exile: How Refugees from 20th Century War and Revolution Transformed the United States” (HarperCollins, Feb. 2007), is linked to a Post-Classical Ensemble concert with the same title. As Project Director of an NEH National Education Project, he is the author of a book for young readers on Dvorak in America, linked to a state-of-the-art DVD. For the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. Horowitz serves as Artistic Advisor to an annual national institute for music critics, based at Columbia University.
A former New York Times music critic, Mr. Horowitz writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement (UK) and contributes frequently to scholarly journals. He lectures widely in the United States and abroad. His many honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two fellowships from the NEH, and a commendation from the Czech Parliament for his many festival projects exploring “Dvorak in America.”
Founders Circle
Senator Christopher J. Dodd
John Brademas
Ambassador Javier Rupérez
Antonio Garrigues Walker
J. Anthony Smith
Board of Directors
John E. Farina
Gary P. Fitzgerald
Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Barry A. Passett
Music Director
Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Artistic Director
Joseph Horowitz
Corporation Secretary
John Mosher
Artistic Advisory Council
Alicia de Larrocha
Anthony Braxton
Alvin Lucier
Mark Slobin
Septime Webre
Post-Classical Ensemble
Angel Gil-Ordóñez, Music Director
Joseph Horowitz, Artistic Director
María Sánchez-Carlo, Director of Development
Susan Kelly, Personnel Manager
Mary Marron, Office Manager
