Named Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year, Teddy Abrams is the widely acclaimed Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra. In his ninth season as Music Director, Teddy launched the orchestra’s groundbreaking Creators Corps—a fully-funded residency for three composers—and the orchestra went on tour across Kentucky in a first-of-its-kind multiyear funding commitment from the Kentucky State Legislature. Highlights of the 2022–2023 season include guest conducting engagements with the Cincinnati, Kansas City, Utah, Colorado, and Pacific Symphonies, a return to conduct the the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, and his debut with the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck.