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Barbara Yahr, Music Director
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Copyright 2009 Greenwich Village Orchestra. All rights reserved.
Copyright 2009 Greenwich Village Orchestra. All rights reserved.
Now in their 8th season together, Music Director Barbara Yahr
continues to lead the Greenwich Village Orchestra to new levels of
distinction. With blockbuster programming and stellar musical
guests, the reputation of the GVO under Barbara’s baton has grown
dramatically in recent years.
A native of New York, her career has spanned from the United
States to Europe, the Middle East and Asia. An invitation from the
Symphony Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich for two
seasons and successive engagements with the Munich Radio
Orchestra for both concert and radio recordings earned her
recognition in the German press. She served as Principal Guest
Conductor for the Munich Radio from 1998-2000.
Her guest appearances include performances with the Dusseldorf
Symphoniker, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Frankfurt Radio,
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Janacek Philharmonic, NHK
Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, National Symphony,
Columbus, Calgary, Chattanooga, Louisiana, New World, Ohio
Chamber, St. Paul Chamber, Richmond Symphony, New Mexico
Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and Anchorage
Symphony. She has also appeared in Israel with symphony
orchestras in Jerusalem and Elat. Ms. Yahr made her German
operatic debut with a new production of “ Rigoletto” at the
Stattheater Giessen, followed by a new production of “l’Elisir d’
Amore” at the Oper Frankfurt.. She conducted “Tosca” with the
Tulsa Opera in what Tulsa World called a “superb” performance
and has appeared with the Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera
Theater, Fort Worth Opera and Stattheater of Hannover, Germany.
Her debut with the Cincinnati Opera in “Carmen” led to a return
engagement with a new production of “Samson and Delilah”. Her
performances of Mozart operas at the Mannes College of Music
were praised by the New York critics.
Ms Yahr is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Middlebury College where
she studied piano and Philosophy. She also holds a Bachelor’s
degree in conducting from the Curtis Institute of Music where she
studied with Max Rudolf, and a master’s degree in music theory
from the Manhattan School of Music. Ms Yahr also studied
conducting with Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux School in
Hancock, Maine. She now resides in New York with her husband,
Alex Lerman, and their son Benjamin.
continues to lead the Greenwich Village Orchestra to new levels of
distinction. With blockbuster programming and stellar musical
guests, the reputation of the GVO under Barbara’s baton has grown
dramatically in recent years.
A native of New York, her career has spanned from the United
States to Europe, the Middle East and Asia. An invitation from the
Symphony Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich for two
seasons and successive engagements with the Munich Radio
Orchestra for both concert and radio recordings earned her
recognition in the German press. She served as Principal Guest
Conductor for the Munich Radio from 1998-2000.
Her guest appearances include performances with the Dusseldorf
Symphoniker, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Frankfurt Radio,
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Janacek Philharmonic, NHK
Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, National Symphony,
Columbus, Calgary, Chattanooga, Louisiana, New World, Ohio
Chamber, St. Paul Chamber, Richmond Symphony, New Mexico
Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony
Orchestra, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and Anchorage
Symphony. She has also appeared in Israel with symphony
orchestras in Jerusalem and Elat. Ms. Yahr made her German
operatic debut with a new production of “ Rigoletto” at the
Stattheater Giessen, followed by a new production of “l’Elisir d’
Amore” at the Oper Frankfurt.. She conducted “Tosca” with the
Tulsa Opera in what Tulsa World called a “superb” performance
and has appeared with the Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera
Theater, Fort Worth Opera and Stattheater of Hannover, Germany.
Her debut with the Cincinnati Opera in “Carmen” led to a return
engagement with a new production of “Samson and Delilah”. Her
performances of Mozart operas at the Mannes College of Music
were praised by the New York critics.
Ms Yahr is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Middlebury College where
she studied piano and Philosophy. She also holds a Bachelor’s
degree in conducting from the Curtis Institute of Music where she
studied with Max Rudolf, and a master’s degree in music theory
from the Manhattan School of Music. Ms Yahr also studied
conducting with Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux School in
Hancock, Maine. She now resides in New York with her husband,
Alex Lerman, and their son Benjamin.
