Skip to main content Skip to footer site map

Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Ed Gazouleas To Head The Tanglewood Music Center For Summer 2023

Complete details of the 2023 Tanglewood season—including the ,activities of the Tanglewood Music Center—will be announced on February 1.

Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Ed Gazouleas To Head The Tanglewood Music Center For Summer 2023

The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) will be led this summer by Ed Gazouleas, a longtime TMC faculty member, a former member of the Boston Symphony, and Provost at the Curtis Institute of Music. The announcement was made this week by Jeffrey Dunn, the BSO's interim Eunice and Julian Cohen President and Chief Executive Officer.

Quote from Jeffrey D. Dunn, Interim Eunice and Julian Cohen BSO President and CEO
"Ed's deep familiarity with the Tanglewood Music Center and Boston Symphony Orchestra and absolute commitment to training the next generation of preeminent vocalists and instrumentalists have generated much excitement from musicians, faculty, trustees, and donors dedicated to the mission and programs of the festival's summer music academy. We look forward to Ed's leadership and guidance of the Tanglewood Music Center, as it continues its legacy of training the next generation of the country's finest musicians."

Quote from Andris Nelsons, Ray and Maria Stata BSO Music Director
"Ed is thoughtful, forward-thinking, with an amazing knowledge of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center. As someone who has attained one of the highest positions in the field of advanced music education as Provost of the Curtis Institute, he is the ideal person to lead the TMC this summer. Please join us in welcoming back an old friend of the BSO and wishing him the very best in his new role with the Tanglewood Music Center."

Quote from Ed Gazouleas, Interim Director of the Tanglewood Music Center
"To me, Tanglewood is a dream of art and nature, so I am thrilled and honored to return to the festival this summer to serve as Interim Director of the Tanglewood Music Center. Every summer fine young musicians arrive seeking instruction and inspiration and I am looking forward to welcoming them once again. I invite our growing community of friends and patrons alike to come experience these exciting young artists perform an enormous variety of music this summer."

As Interim Director of the Tanglewood Music Center, effective immediately, Ed Gazouleas-working closely with Fellows, faculty, and staff-will oversee the TMC's schedule of classes, coachings, rehearsals, and performances throughout the summer. Mr. Gazouleas, who reports directly to Jeff Dunn, will work closely with Tony Fogg, Vice President, Artistic Planning, Lynn Larsen, Vice President, Orchestras and Production, and Bobby Lahart, Director of Tanglewood Facilities.

Ed Gazouleas enjoyed a 24-year career as a BSO violist, during which time he was active in orchestra governance, chairing the orchestra's artistic advisory committee, and serving on the search committee that selected Andris Nelsons to be the orchestra's 15th music director. Gazouleas has served on the TMC faculty for 18 summers and on the faculties of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, the Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston Conservatory, Wellesley College, and New England Conservatory. A 1984 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Gazouleas joined the Curtis faculty in 2017 and was named the Gie and Lisa Liem Artistic Director in 2021. He became the institute's Provost in 2022. As interim TMC Director, he will split his time between his BSO and Curtis responsibilities.

The TMC was founded in 1940 by legendary BSO Music Director Serge Koussevitzky, whose vision was to create a premier music academy where the rising generation of accomplished musicians could access the resources of a great symphony orchestra, honing their skills under the mentorship of BSO musicians and other luminaries in the field. Today, the TMC offers an intensive schedule of study and performance for emerging professional instrumentalists, singers, conductors, librarians, and composers who have completed most of their formal studies. Each summer, the Tanglewood Music Center presents recital, chamber music, and orchestral programs throughout the Tanglewood season, with many performances free to the public, including the annual Festival of Contemporary Music.

The 2023 Tanglewood season will be announced on February 1. This summer's festival will offer a wide range of performances and events by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Tanglewood Music Center, and Tanglewood Learning Institute, as well as a Popular Artist series, on Tanglewood's iconic grounds in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.

More information at: bso.org/tanglewood



Aida Rodriguez To Take The Stage At City Winery Boston, April 12 Photo
Multi-talent actress, comedian, and writer Aida Rodriguez will be bringing her unique brand of insightful and observational comedy to the City Winery Boston Wednesday, April 12, 2023.

The New England Foundation For The Arts Names Harold Steward As Next Executive Director Photo
The New England Foundation for the Arts announced that Harold Steward (they/he) will join the organization as the next executive director.

CHITA: THE RHYTHM OF MY LIFE is Coming to North Shore Music Theatre in May Photo
Come celebrate the one and only CHITA RIVERA in CHITA: THE RHYTHM OF MY LIFE, a unique concert event coming to North Shore Music Theatre on Sunday, May 7 at 2pm with special guest George Dvorsky.

New Chamber Ballet Celebrates Centennial of Composer Ursula Mamlok in May Photo
On May 25, the Goethe-Institut Boston will welcome Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet in the Boston premiere of Stray Bird, Dances to Music by Ursula Mamlok, celebrating the composer’s centennial.


More Hot Stories For You


Aida Rodriguez To Take The Stage At City Winery Boston, April 12Aida Rodriguez To Take The Stage At City Winery Boston, April 12
March 30, 2023

Multi-talent actress, comedian, and writer Aida Rodriguez will be bringing her unique brand of insightful and observational comedy to the City Winery Boston Wednesday, April 12, 2023.

The New England Foundation For The Arts Names Harold Steward As Next Executive DirectorThe New England Foundation For The Arts Names Harold Steward As Next Executive Director
March 30, 2023

The New England Foundation for the Arts announced that Harold Steward (they/he) will join the organization as the next executive director.

CHITA: THE RHYTHM OF MY LIFE is Coming to North Shore Music Theatre in MayCHITA: THE RHYTHM OF MY LIFE is Coming to North Shore Music Theatre in May
March 30, 2023

Come celebrate the one and only CHITA RIVERA in CHITA: THE RHYTHM OF MY LIFE, a unique concert event coming to North Shore Music Theatre on Sunday, May 7 at 2pm with special guest George Dvorsky.

New Chamber Ballet Celebrates Centennial of Composer Ursula Mamlok in MayNew Chamber Ballet Celebrates Centennial of Composer Ursula Mamlok in May
March 30, 2023

On May 25, the Goethe-Institut Boston will welcome Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet in the Boston premiere of Stray Bird, Dances to Music by Ursula Mamlok, celebrating the composer’s centennial.

Shakespeare & Company To Host Two-Day Acting Workshop In AprilShakespeare & Company To Host Two-Day Acting Workshop In April
March 29, 2023

Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training will hold a two-day acting workshop titled Tuning Your Instrument at its Lenox, Mass. campus in the Berkshires on Thursday, April 20, and Friday, April 21.