Daniel Stewart

Daniel Stewart is a conductor, violist, composer, and educator, currently in his 12th season as Music Director of the Santa Cruz Symphony, where his leadership and programming have earned international acclaim. He has conducted many leading orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Hessischer Rundfunk and Frankfurt Opern, Boston Ballet, and the New World Symphony.

As a violist, Stewart has performed in over 40 countries, on many of the world’s great stages, including the Musikverein, Het Concertgebouw, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Mariinsky Theater, Teatro Colón, Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Educational tenures include conducting the Metropolitan Opera’s Young Artist Development Program, the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, and coaching the opera departments and orchestras of the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute, and Aspen Music Festival. Stewart has lectured at schools including Stanford and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and conducting prize winner of the 2010 Aspen Music Festival.