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American-based conductor Kevin Rhodes has had an exceptionally varied musical career leading concerts, opera and ballet around the world. He's conducted in fifteen different countries with nearly fifty different orchestras. Currently, Rhodes is Conductor and Music Director of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts and the Traverse Symphony Orchestra in Traverse City, Michigan. In addition he is the Principal Conductor of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston.

Rhodes' work extends from the major opera houses of Europe to the beloved concert stages of the U.S. He has collaborated with artists as diverse as Andre Watts, Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, Peter Serkin, Glenn Dicterow and Lorin Hollander in the classical milieu and has also worked with pops legends such as T-Pain, Art Garfunkel and the Kingston Trio. One of the most highly sought after conductors by Europe’s major ballet companies, Rhodes has made an international name for himself conducting for the Paris Opera Ballet, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Ballet of la Scala, the Berlin State Opera Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Basel Ballet, the Verona Ballet and the Ballet of Teatro San Carlo. Many of Maestro Rhodes’ performances with the Paris, Vienna, Milan and Dutch companies have been filmed and broadcast throughout Europe on television and in cinemas, and distributed worldwide.

The 2014-2015 season witnessed Maestro Rhodes conducting the Paris Opera for productions of “Nutcracker” throughout November and December as well as “Swan Lake” in March and April. He also returned to the Vienna State Opera for “La Sylphide” and the annual Nureyev Gala. In his overseas activities during the 2015-2016 season, Rhodes returns to the world renowned Stuttgart Ballet in Germany in addition to the Vienna State Opera to begin a partnership with the National Dance Company of Spain in Madrid as well as making his debut with the Tokyo Philharmonic in Japan.