General Information

• Minnesota Orchestra History
• Biography: Kevin Smith, President and CEO (pdf)
• Key Biographies
• 2017-2020 Strategic Plan: Executive Summary (pdf)
• 2018-19 Season Announcement
• 2018-19 Season Calendar (pdf)
• 2018-19 Classical Season At-A-Glance (pdf)
• 2017-18 Season Calendar (pdf)

Noteworthy Press (PDFs):

• Review: Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra launch a Mahler cycle with Symphony No. 5
  (Presto Classical, July 2017)
• Gramophone Feature with Osmo Vänskä : Mahler's Fifth Symphony 
  (Gramophone, August 2017)
• Activist's now run the Minnesota orchestra's chic Symphony Ball
  (Star Tribune, June 15, 2017)
• Minnesota Orchestra reports 'very promising year' with balanced budget 
  (Star Tribune - December 2, 2016)
  
  2015-16 Season Highlights
• Stellar League Sibelius, Orchestral Recording of the Month
  (BBC Music Magazine, July 2016)
• Classical Review: It's Good to be Back
  (The Sunday Times - August 7, 2016)
• Review: The Minnesota Orchestra’s White Light and White Heat
  (New York Times - March 4, 2016)
• The Minnesota Orchestra Rebounds from a "Near Death Experience"
  (The New York Times - February 25, 2016)
• Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe is the power beside the podium.
  (Star Tribune - February 21, 2016)
• Minnesota Orchestra's Kevin Smith: Fanfare for an Uncommon Leader
  (Star Tribune - December 19, 2015)
• Minnesota Orchestra Is Getting $250,000 From Musicians
  (New York Times - December 3, 2015)
• Meet 5 New Faces of the Minnesota Orchestra's Future
  (Star Tribune - October 1, 2015)
• Minnesota Orchestra's Music is Back, With Feeling
  (Star Tribune - September 30, 2015)
• Minnesota Orchestra Shows Statewide Focus with Detroit Lakes Visit
  (Star Tribune - September 26, 2015)
• Minnesota Orchestra’s Cuba Trip Puts It at the Cultural Vanguard
  (New York Times - May 10, 2015)

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North Star: Osmo Vänskä, 2010 Artist of the Year (pdf), December 26, 2010
Star Tribune

Battle of the Bands (pdf), March 22, 2010
The New Yorker

Symphonic Drama (pdf), March 3, 2010
The New York Times

Made in Minnesota (pdf), Nov-Dec, 2009
Symphony Magazine

Double Vision (pdf), February 14, 2009
Classical Music

Ultimately it's down to me... (pdf), December 2008
Classic FM Magazine

A Little Beethoven on the Prairie (pdf), February 23, 2008
Star Tribune

The Hardest-Working Orchestra in America (pdf), November 2007
Mpls. St. Paul Magazine

Master Builder (pdf), October 21, 2007
Star Tribune

A Most Audacious Dare Reverberates (pdf), December 17, 2006
New York Times

The Process of Osmo-sis (pdf), August 18, 2006
The Times (of London)