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BENJAMIN ZANDER
Conductor Of The Boston Philharmonic and Leadership, Creativity and Team Building Expert
Benjamin Zander started his early musical training, in his native England, with cello and composition lessons under the guidance of his father. When he was nine, Benjamin Britten, England's leading composer, took an interest in his development and invited the family to spend three summers in Aldeburgh in Suffolk where he lived. This led to a long association with Britten and lessons in theory and composition from Britten’s close associate Imogen Holst, daughter of Gustav Holst.
Benjamin Zander left school when he was fifteen, moving to Florence at the invitation of the great Spanish cello virtuoso, Gaspar Cassadó, who became his teacher and mentor for the next five years. He completed his cello training at the State Academy in Cologne, travelling extensively with Cassadó and performing recitals and chamber music.
In 1964 Benjamin Zander completed a degree at London University, winning the University College Essay Prize, and a Harkness Commonwealth Fellowship for post-graduate work at Harvard. Boston has been his home ever since.
In 1967 Benjamin Zander joined the Faculty of the New England Conservatory, where he teaches the Interpretation Class, conducts the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and regularly conducts the conservatory orchestras. Twenty years ago he became the Artistic Director of the joint program between NEC and Walnut Hill, a boarding high school for the Performing Arts in Natick, Mass.
During his thirty-two year tenure as conductor of the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic he has taken the orchestra on twelve international tours, made five commercial recordings and several PBS documentaries.
In 1979, Benjamin Zander became the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. In their twenty-six seasons together they have performed an extensive repertoire, with an emphasis on late Romantic and early Twentieth Century composers, especially the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. To celebrate the orchestra's 25th Anniversary in 2003-2004, the BPO completed an all-Mahler season, including a concert of Mahler's Second Symphony in Carnegie Hall.
Benjamin Zander has established an international reputation as a guest conductor. He has a unique relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. He is recording with them a series of Beethoven and Mahler symphonies for the Telarc label. Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh symphonies, and Mahler's symphonies 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 have been released thus far. Each of his recordings includes a full-length discussion disc in which he explains the music. High Fidelity named his recording of Mahler 6th as the best classical recording of 2002. His recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 was awarded the 2004 Critic’s Choice by the German Record Critic’s Award Association, and his recording of Mahler’s 9th Symphony was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Benjamin Zander has an extensive speaking career, traveling the world lecturing to organizations on leadership. He has appeared four times as a keynote speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he was presented with the Crystal award for "outstanding contributions in the Arts and international relations". The best-selling book, The Art of Possibility, co-authored with his partner, leading psychotherapist Rosamund Zander, has been translated into fifteen languages.
Benjamin Zander was awarded the 2002 "Caring Citizen of the Humanities" Award by the International Council for Caring Communities at the United Nations.
EXPERIENCE THE ART OF THE POSSIBILITY
WITH BENJAMIN ZANDER
Benjamin Zander is widely acknowledged as one of the most effective and engaging presenters in the world today!
Tom Peters calls him "the hottest property on the business guru circuit " This brilliant symphony conductor uses the analogy of the orchestra to demonstrate how an organization can come together as a team and unleash its full potential.
Benjamin Zander, renowned conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, has been a Key-note speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos for three consecutive years. He engages passionately with orchestras and audiences the world over, enticing people to go beyond their customary barriers to accomplish truly extraordinary results. Whether he is addressing top Executives of Fortune 500 companies, or conducting world-class orchestras, Zander never fails to challenge, enthuse and energize.
The Zanders demonstrate that the leader’s power derives from his or her ability to make others powerful. They can teach us how to release the passion and commitment of our players, sothat, both in the workplace and in personal relationships, we suddenly find ourselves surrounded by stars!
Together they reveal a new realm, where dead ends, despair and anger can be transformed to full participation and creativity. In essence a whole new world of possibility.
"Benjamin Zander draws parallels between the conductor of an orchestra and the CEO of a company, in the most unforgettable and entertaining way possible."
Russell Loubser, CEO: JSE Securities Exchange
‘Ben Zander the hottest property on the management guru circuit’.
Tom Peters (Acclaimed Self Development Author)
‘Zander is simply awesome’.
Tom Floyd (CFO : Unilever North America)
"I’m as excited about meeting Ben Zander as last I was when meeting Nelson Mandela. They both inspire me to be a better man’.
Colin Hall (Chairman : Woolworths Holdings (Pty)
Limited, South Africa)
CLIENTS:
Texas A&M-Dallas TX
Accenture
Aegis Therapies
Allstate Insurance
American Bar Association
American Health Mgmt Assoc.
American Skandia
American Veterinary Association
Anglo American
Anderson Consulting
Apco
Arthur Andersen
Astral Media
AT&T
Aventis
Bank of America
BBDO
Biogen
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Bose
The Boston Globe
Branson & Guevara
Bristol-Myers Squibb
British Airways
Charles Schwab
Citigroup
Clinique
Compaq
Cosma International
Cox Communications
CPM Resource Center
Deluxe
Disney
ECustomerworldservice.com
Edison Electric
EuroRSCG
Expomanagement
Fast Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Fidelity
First Data
Fleet
Foote Health Systems
Forbes
Ford Motor Company
Fortune
Gensler
Gillette
Glaxo Smith Kline
GMAC
Goldman Sachs
Genzyme
Harrahs
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Henry Ford Health Care
Hewitt Associates
Hewlett Packard
Hitachi
Holiday Inn
IBM
IKEA
International Coaching Fed Johnson & Johnson
Johnson School, Cornell University
Ken Blanchard
Kindermusik
Kurt Salomon Association
Lenscrafters
McDonalds
McKinney Silver
Memorial Sloane Kettering
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft
MIT/Sloane School
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
NASA
New York Times
NFP Securities
Nokia
NSA
Option One
OrthoBiotech
Oxford Bioscience
Parthenon Group
Peoplesoft
Pfizer
Phillip Morris
Pizza Hut
Proctor & Gamble
Prudential Real Estate
Psychotherapy Networker
Public Libraries Association
Shell Oil
Sonesta Hotels
State of the World Forum
Synetics
Tetrapak
Thermo-Electron
Towers Perrin
Toyota
Trader Joe’s
Triangle 2 Partners
Tyco
Unilever
Unisys
US Bureau of Public Debt
USA Networks
US Army
Washington Mutual
World Economic Forum
Young Presidents Organization
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