Name Peter Pastreich | Education Yale University | |
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Peter Pastreich (born Brooklyn, New York, 13 September 1938) served as executive director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (2009–2011), the San Francisco Symphony (1978 to 1999), the Saint Louis Symphony (1966–1978) and the Nashville Symphony (1962–1966). On August 11, 2016, he was named as the interim director of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)
Pastreich represented the San Francisco Symphony in the planning and construction, and in the successful acoustical and architectural renovation, of Davies Symphony Hall. During his 21 years in San Francisco, a period which included the tenures of music directors Michael Tilson Thomas, Herbert Blomstedt, and Edo De Waart, the Orchestra's budget increased from under $6,000,000 to over $40,000,000. During his tenure the San Francisco Symphony founded the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, issued over 40 recordings, syndicated its radio broadcasts on over 450 stations.
He organized and for ten years has served as Director of the League of American Orchestra's "Essentials of Orchestra Management" seminar. He is also the Director of a seminar in orchestra and concert hall management for the University of Zürich. He has served on Advisory Panels in the Visual Arts, Media, Challenge and Orchestra Programs of the National Endowment for the Arts, is a member of the Seaver/NEA Conductors' Award Executive Council. Before joining the Saint Louis Symphony, Pastreich served for seven months as Business Manager of the Kansas City Philharmonic.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1938, Pastreich received a B.A. Degree, magna cum laude, from Yale University in 1959, majoring in English Literature. In 1999 he was made a chevalier des arts et des lettres by the French government.
Pastreich has four children, Emanuel Pastreich, professor at Kyung Hee University and director of the Asia Institute, Michael Pastreich, executive director of The Florida Orchestra, Anna Pastreich, development associate at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center and Milena Pastreich, an independent film maker. He is married to Jamie Whittington.