Masterworks - Rising Star

Carl Nielsen Helios Overture, Op. 17

R. Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody, No. 1 in E Minor

Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op.60

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy

A graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory with two Masters' Degrees in Composition and in Conducting. Prior's accomplishments include:

• UK conducting debut with The National Symphony Orchestra in 2007.
• Runner-up in the 2009 Leeds Conductors Competition.
• Conducted The State Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg, the Seattle Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra UK, The Royal Philharmonic, The New World Symphony, The Northern Sinfonia.
• Upcoming performances with The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
• Early 2010 Prior was appointed to the conducting staff of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
• A prolific composer whose works have been commissioned by the St. Petersburg Concert Society, for a choral symphony as well as a piano concerto for a Franco - German film.