As a conductor, composer and broadcaster, Boston native Steven Karidoyanes brings a wealth of musical experiences to the podium.
 
This is his third season as Music Director of Masterworks Chorale. He is also the Music Director of the Plymouth Philharmonic, a professional orchestra on the South Shore, and the Conductor of the New England Conservatory Youth Symphony. Continually praised for the level of distinction to which he brings his ensembles, one reviewer said, “The performance by the Plymouth Philharmonic... was excellent” and “the program was so lively that it proved impossible to sneak away...” (Richard Dyer, Boston Globe, October 8, 2004).

He returns to Prague this season to conduct the North Czech Philharmonic in Dvořák Hall. Past guest conducting engagements include Hungary's Savaria Symphony Orchestra, the Prague (CZ) Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, and orchestras in the Washington, D.C. region. Recent opera productions conducted include Cape Cod Opera’s Carmen, The Mikado by the Bostonian Opera & Concert Ensemble [a.k.a. “The Bostonians”] and Opera-by-the-Bay’s (MA) Die Fledermaus.

He has held the posts of Music Director of the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony and Greensboro Symphony orchestras in North Carolina, and Assistant Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Mr. Karidoyanes has served on the faculty of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for ten seasons, and on the conducting faculty of the New England Conservatory.

Complementing his performing activities, Mr. Karidoyanes is also a composer and member of ASCAP. His recent composition, Yerakína: Dionysian Dance for Orchestra, was written for and premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and has already been performed by the Boston Pops.  His Café Neon: Fantasy on Greek Songs and Dances has been performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony and by orchestras in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Italy and Greece.  His cantata, Cherished Youth, was twice choreographed by the Commonwealth Ballet (MA). A classical music announcer/producer, Mr. Karidoyanes is a frequent fill-in host for Boston's WGBH Radio.

Steven Karidoyanes holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Boston University and received training in orchestral conducting at the Canford School of Music in Dorset, England, where he studied with the renowned British conducting coach, George Hurst. Additional orchestral studies earned him the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for two consecutive years from Ball State University in Indiana.

Mr. Karidoyanes lives in Boston with his wife, Amy, and their sons, Michael and Nicholas.