and three new concert series and increased collaboration with An Appalachian Summer Festival, where he is artistic partner for symphonic music programming. Recordings Among the orchestras that Schwarz has led on his other recordings are the Czech Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre National de France. In 2003 he recorded two concertos by Philip Glass: the Cello Concerto (with Julian Lloyd Webber) and the Concerto for Two Timpanists (with Evelyn Glennie and Jonathan Haas with the RLPO). He recorded all of Mahler's symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems with the RLPO. As a trumpet soloist, Schwarz has recorded the concertos of Franz Joseph Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel for Delos. In 2011, the block around Benaroya Hall was named "Gerard Schwarz Place." Discography Judith Blegen and Frederica von Stade: Songs, Arias and Duets, with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Columbia, 1975 Awards Ditson Conductor's Award for his commitment to the performance of American music. (1989) Musical America's Conductor of the Year (1994) He was the first American to win that award 14 Grammy nominations 4 Emmy awards (of 5 nominations) for his performance of Mozart's Requiem on Live from Lincoln Center and performances with the Seattle Symphony on PBS. Seattle City of Music Outstanding Achievement Award (2010). Personal life Gerard Schwarz married Jody (née Greitzer) in June 1984. He has four children, including cellist Julian Schwarz. References External links Gerard Schwarz - Home Gerard Schwarz biography Most Up To Date Biography retrieved from the Seattle Symphony Website 1947 births American male conductors (music) American people of Austrian-Jewish descent Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Juilliard School alumni Jewish American classical musicians Living people People from Weehawken, New Jersey 20th-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American conductors (music) Classical musicians from New Jersey 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century American Jews