John DeMain

MSO Music Director John DeMain is noted for his dynamic performances on concert and opera stages throughout the world, from the Kennedy and Lincoln Centers to Italy's La Scala.

“A gifted orchestra builder," according to the New York Times, DeMain has built the MSO into one of America's leading regional orchestras.

His signature work, Gershwin's Porgy & Bess earned him Grammy and Tony Awards and was featured, among many of his other performances, on the PBS series “Live from Lincoln Center."

A double graduate of The Juilliard School in New York, he was one of the first six conductors to receive the Exxon/National Endowment for the Arts conducting grant for his work with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.