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| caption = Karen Gorden [photo: Mark Trew]

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== '''Karen Gorden''' ==

'''Karen Gorden''' (born August 8 1965, Springfield Ohio USA) is an American music director and conductor in symphony, opera and contemporary classical music.

|image=[[File:Gorden1.png|thumbnail|Conductor Karen Gorden]]

====Life and Music====

Gorden’s conducting is associated with significant musical centers in Europe and the United States such as the Staatsoper Berlin [http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de Staatsoper Berlin], the [[Bayreuth Festival http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de]], the [[Salzburg Festival http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at]], and [[The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts kennedy-center.org]].

Gorden made her debut at [[Bogotá’s Teatro Colón http://www.teatrocolon.gov.co]] at the age of seven. She studied at the [[University of Oxford http://www.ox.ac.uk]], the [[Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon http://www.cnsmd-lyon.fr]], and
[[Yale University http://www.yale.edu]]. Her fields of musical expertise include conducting, composition, and violin.

She has acknowledged the Italian conductor Franco Ferarra [[francoFranco ferraraFerrara]] as an important mentor, and it was under his guidance that she made her first conducting appearance, in Siena Italy.

Gorden’s arrangements, orchestrations, and compositions have won awards for extending the range of today’s symphony orchestras [http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/archives/]. She has realized a number of projects on behalf of young musicians - notably in Baltimore and Chicago [http://www.karengorden.com/press/].

Gorden is the recipient of the Prix Nadia Boulanger http://www.biography.com/people/nadia-boulanger-9221266 in France, the Special Jury Prize from the 50th [[Geneva International Music Competition http://www.concoursgeneve.ch]] for Conductors, the Prix [[Nadia Boulanger]] in France, and the Opera Award from the [[State Theatre Opava http:/www.divadlo-opava.cz]] in the Czech Republic.

In 2014 Gorden founded ForCulture [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHXqi4PqZfI/], an organization dedicatedwhich topromotes internationalcreativity creative,in educational,international cultural and culturaleducational collaborations. Concurrent Shewith her performing career, currentlyGorden serves as ForCulture’s founding executive director.

=====References=====

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*"A 'Gorden' Opportunity," Carol Simmons, ''Dayton Daily News'', 10.08.05

*‘‘Encore Magazine’’, (Vol. 47, Issue 2, Jacksonville FL Symphony Orchestra)

*WDPR-FM: "Interview with Conductor Karen Gorden," https://www.karengorden.com/press

*‘グラフSGI, 60 号 [‘‘italic SGI Graphic’’, Issue 60, Tokyo Japan]

*‘‘culturethoughts’’''culturethoughts'': “Interview with Karen Gorden, Founding Executive Director of ForCulture” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHXqi4PqZfI

*WBJC-FM Baltimore, “Speaking with GBYO's New Artistic Director Karen Gorden,” 05.2010

=====External Links=====

*WorldCat Identities: Karen Gorden, worldcat.org/identities/

*WDPR-FM: "Interview with Conductor Karen Gorden," https://www.karengorden.com/press

*Interview with ‘‘Leadership Art’’: “Karen Gorden Talks about Music and Youth” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXyykZ0jwM,/ref>

*‘‘culturethoughts’’: “Interview with Karen Gorden, Founding Executive Director of ForCulture” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHXqi4PqZfI

*http://www.karengorden.com/about

[http://www.staatsoper-berlin.de Staatsoper Berlin]

[http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de Bayreuth Festival]

[http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at Salzburg Festival]

[kennedy-center.org/ The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]

[http://www.teatrocolon.gov.co Bogotá's Teatro Colón]

[http://www.ox.ac.uk University of Oxford]

[http://www.cnsmd-lyon.fr Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon]

[http://www.yale.edu Yale University]

[http://www.concoursgeneve.ch Geneva International Music Competition]

[http://www.biography.com/people/nadia-boulanger-9221266 Nadia Boulanger]

[http:/www.divadlo-opava.cz State Theatre Opava]

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