Jed Gaylin

In the US, Europe, and Asia, Jed Gaylin is praised for performances characterized by insight, powerful sound, precision, expansive phrasing, and conviction.

Since 1997, Mr. Gaylin has been Music Director of the Bay Atlantic Symphony in New Jersey, where he is credited with forging a formidable ensemble. Mr. Gaylin also holds the post of Principal Conductor of the prestigious Cape May Music Festival, where the Bay-Atlantic Symphony has been orchestra in residence 2003, and Principal Guest Conductor of the National Film and Radio Philharmonic in Beijing, China.

A much sought-after guest conductor, Mr. Gaylin has appeared with orchestras including Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra, the Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu for repeat engagements (Barcelona), the Bucharest Radio Orchestra, Sibiu State Philharmonic (Romania) where he served as Principal Guest Conductor (2002—06), the Lodz Philharmonic and Pomorska Philharmonic (Poland), and the Gnessin Institute Orchestra and Moscow Chamber Symphony (Russia), as well as the Orquesta Sinfonica de Guanajuato (Mexico). Guest appearances for 2007—2008 include Orvieto Festival Orchestra (Italy), the Nashua Symphony (New Hampshire), and repeat engagements with Opera Vivente, (Baltimore), and the National Radio and Film Philharmonic (Beijing).

In 2004, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition "Weekend Edition" featured an in-depth profile of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony. NPR aired selections of a live performance of Petrouchka and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 to over four million listeners. Other broadcasts include the Voice of America airing the Bay-Atlantic Symphony throughout Europe and the former Soviet Union, a 2003 Bay-Atlantic Symphony performance aired repeatedly on NPR, and an all-Schubert concert with the Bucharest Radio Orchestra, played nationally in Romania, and a televised, highly successful concert this summer with the National Radio and Film Philharmonic in Beijing.

Mr. Gaylin has received numerous conducting awards. He was chosen to work with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony in the first National Conducting Institute. Other awards include a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Conducting Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival, the Presser Music Award, and membership in the National Musical Honors Society.

Mr. Gaylin attended the Oberlin and Peabody Conservatories. His conducting teachers have included Frederik Prausnitz, Leonard Slatkin, Jahja Ling, Murry Sidlin, Paul Vermel, and Michel Singher, and, for piano, Lydia Frumkin. Mr. Gaylin lives in Baltimore with his wife, writer Lia Purpura, and their son.