Karina Canellakis

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Karina Canellakis (born August 23, 1981) is an American conductor and violinist. Biography Born in New York City, of Greek and Russian background, Canellakis grew up in a family of musicians. Her parents were music students at the Juilliard School. Her father Martin became a conductor, and her mother Sheryl became a pianist. She studied violin as a youth, and her younger brother Nicholas studied cello. She continued music studies at the Curtis Institute, where her teachers included Ida Kavafian, and graduated from Curtis in 2004. As a violinist, she played as a substitute in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and was a guest leader with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2005 to 2007, Canellakis was a violinist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchester-Akademie. Whilst in Berlin, Simon Rattle encouraged her growing interest in conducting. She studied conducting at the Juilliard School from 2011 to 2013, where her teachers included Alan Gilbert. She also studied conducting with Fabio Luisi, at the Pacific Music Festival. In 2013, she was the winner of the TakiConcordia Conducting Fellowship. From 2014 to 2016, she was the assistant conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Early in her career in the Dallas post, in October 2014, she stood in as an emergency substitute for Jaap van Zweden with the Symphony No. 7 of Shostakovich, without rehearsal. Her work in contemporary music has included performing with and conducting the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), and con

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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

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Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky

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Tania León: Horizons, Raíces (Origins), Stride, Pasajes

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Tania León: Horizons, Raíces (Origins), Stride, Pasajes (Live)

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, III. Valse. Allegro moderato

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique", II. Allegro con grazia

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Brett Dean: Ceremonial

Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra

MSO: Beethoven 5

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Brett Dean: In spe contra spem, Viola & Cello Concertos and Orchestral Works

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Prom 70: Missy Mazzoli, Bartók and Dvořák

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Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky (Disc 2 of 2)

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