George Cleve was born in Vienna and at the age of four moved to New York with his family. He received his musical training at the High School of Music and Art, and the Mannes College of Music, where he studied viola with Paul Doktor, chamber music with William Kroll, and conducting with Carl Bamberger. In addition to studying piano and conducting with Seymour Lipkin, he pursued further conducting studies with Pierre Monteux, George Szell, Leonard Bernstein and Franco Ferrara.
George Cleve is Music Director of San Francisco's Midsummer Mozart Festival, which he founded in 1974. As a guest conductor, he has appeared with most of the major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Montreal Symphony. He has also worked at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony. Invited by choreographer Twyla Tharp in 2000 to conduct the world premiere of her The Beethoven Seventh at New York City Ballet, Mr. Cleve subsequently has become a frequent guest conductor there, conducting The Firebird, Concerto in 5 Movements, Symphony in C, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Midsummer Night's Dream and other works in ensuing seasons. He was appointed Music Director Laureate of the San Jose Symphony in June, 1992, upon the conclusion of his twenty year tenure as Music Director of that orchestra, which through his leadership had become one of the finest in America.
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George Cleve is Music Director of San Francisco's Midsummer Mozart Festival, which he founded in 1974. As a guest conductor, he has appeared with most of the major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Montreal Symphony. He has also worked at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony. Invited by choreographer Twyla Tharp in 2000 to conduct the world premiere of her The Beethoven Seventh at New York City Ballet, Mr. Cleve subsequently has become a frequent guest conductor there, conducting The Firebird, Concerto in 5 Movements, Symphony in C, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Midsummer Night's Dream and other works in ensuing seasons. He was appointed Music Director Laureate of the San Jose Symphony in June, 1992, upon the conclusion of his twenty year tenure as Music Director of that orchestra, which through his leadership had become one of the finest in America.
George Cleve was born in Vienna and at the age of four moved to New York with his family. He received his musical training at the High School of Music and Art, and the Mannes College of Music, where he studied viola with Paul Doktor, chamber music with William Kroll, and conducting with Carl Bamberger. In addition to studying piano and conducting with Seymour Lipkin, he pursued further conducting studies with Pierre Monteux, George Szell, Leonard Bernstein and Franco Ferrara.
George Cleve is Music Director of San Francisco's Midsummer Mozart Festival, which he founded in 1974. As a guest conductor, he has appeared with most of the major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Montreal Symphony. He has also worked at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony. Invited by choreographer Twyla Tharp in 2000 to conduct the world premiere of her The Beethoven Seventh at New York City Ballet, Mr. Cleve subsequently has become a frequent guest conductor there, conducting The Firebird, Concerto in 5 Movements, Symphony in C, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Midsummer Night's Dream and other works in ensuing seasons. He was appointed Music Director Laureate of the San Jose Symphony in June, 1992, upon the conclusion of his twenty year tenure as Music Director of that orchestra, which through his leadership had become one of the finest in America.
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George Cleve is Music Director of San Francisco's Midsummer Mozart Festival, which he founded in 1974. As a guest conductor, he has appeared with most of the major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Montreal Symphony. He has also worked at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival and at the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony. Invited by choreographer Twyla Tharp in 2000 to conduct the world premiere of her The Beethoven Seventh at New York City Ballet, Mr. Cleve subsequently has become a frequent guest conductor there, conducting The Firebird, Concerto in 5 Movements, Symphony in C, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and Midsummer Night's Dream and other works in ensuing seasons. He was appointed Music Director Laureate of the San Jose Symphony in June, 1992, upon the conclusion of his twenty year tenure as Music Director of that orchestra, which through his leadership had become one of the finest in America.
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