Keith Lockhart
Keith Lockhart
Keith Alan Lockhartis the Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. Lockhart was the Music Director of the Utah Symphony from 1998 - 2009, and has held honorary titles in many other orchestras...
ProfessionConductor
Date of Birth7 November 1959
CityPoughkeepsie, NY
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The goal of the Pops ... is still to keep the music somehow reflective of the popular culture of the day, but also reach out. Really, you know, the Pops is the best cultural outreach tool we have for classical music. Fiedler would still recognize much of our repertoire.
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One of the lasting ironies in classical music, ... we use this piece written by a Russian to celebrate victory over the French in the 19th century.