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Peter Pastreich

Peter Pastreich served as the executive director of the San Francisco Symphony from 1978 to 1999 and of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra before from 1966 to1978. He devotes his efforts today to training orchestra administrators and advising arts institutions.

Pastreich's forty years of service make him the longest-tenured chief of a U.S. symphony orchestra. He was largely responsible for the construction of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and the renovation of Powell Hall in Saint Louis, as well as leading both symphonies to the forefront in recordings (more than 80 recordings during Pastreich's work in Saint Louis and San Francisco).

Pastreich was deeply committed to new music and was involved in the commissioning of more than 30 works by composers including John Adams, Eliot Carter, John Harbison and Witold Lutoslawski.