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With the aim to promote greater cultural integration for the cause of peace in South Asia, the South Asian Symphony Foundation tapped Subbaraman in 2018 to be the conductor for the inaugural performance of the South Asian Symphony Orchestra, pulling together over seventy musicians from a half-dozen
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as a "100 Creatives 2012", one of the one hundred most creative people in Houston. Opera Vista and Subbaraman were also honored with the 2010 Mastermind Award from the Houston Press for artistic creativity and innovative outreach.
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named Subbaraman their new artistic director beginning with the 2013–14 season. During his three-year tenure, he expanded the renown of the Skylight's reputation, conducting the world premiere of
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In 2017, the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston, Houston's oldest opera company, hired Subbaraman to be the music director for their post-
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In 2005, Subbaraman was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship by the Herbert von Karajan Center (now the
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In 2017 Subbaraman, increasingly recognized as a leading conductor of new works, was tapped to be the music director for
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as a Debut Conductor in the National Conducting Institute. Additional conducting appearances have included the
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countries and diaspora. The concert, entitled "Chiragh: A Concert Beyond Borders", was performed in
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Subbaraman was selected as a delegate to the 2010 Asia21 Young Leader’s Summit in Jakarta by the
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and the French premiere of the Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra by
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where he assisted Kurt Masur and visiting guest conductors, including
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in a Bollywood setting, starring Cassandra Black in the lead role.
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In Paris, he worked as the visiting assistant conductor of the
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The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors
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Viswa Subbaraman leading an Opera 101 event for Opera Vista at
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Sugar Land Town Square
Sugar Land
Big Spring, Texas
Duke University
Opera Vista
Skylight Music Theatre
Classical music
www.viswasubbaraman.com
conductor
Opera Vista
Skylight Music Theatre
Big Spring, Texas
Duke University
North Carolina Symphony
Texas Tech University
Fulbright Program
John Nelson
Kurt Masur
Manhattan School of Music
Accademia Chigiana
Brevard Music Center
Suwon International Conductors Competition
Vakhtang Jordania Competition
The Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors
Leonard Slatkin
Marin Alsop
David Effron
Gunther Schuller
MBA

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