Robert Bernhardt
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Robert "Bob" Bernhardt is an American conductor, currently the musical director and conductor of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, and the principal pops conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. For most of the 1980s, he was also associate conductor Louisville Orchestra.
Born in Rochester, New York, Robert Bernhardt holds a master's degree from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where he studied with Daniel Lewis. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Union College in Schenectady, New York, where he was an academic baseball player.
[edit] Career highlights
- Artistic Director of the Sewanee Music Festival in 1999
- Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (1995–1998)
- Artistic Director of the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (1993–1997)
- Principal Guest Conductor of Kentucky Opera (1991–1996)
- Music Director and Conductor of the Tucson (AZ) Symphony Orchestra (1987–1995)
- Music Director of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra (1985–1987)
- Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 1978
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