These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut of Lawrence Loh.

    Lawrence Loh is Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, New York) and Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. He concluded his tenure as Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic in 2017. After a decade-plus association with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, he currently leads annual pops and other select programs there.
    Loh’s previous positions include: Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera; Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony.
    Having a particular affinity for pops programming, Loh has been engaged for repeat performances with Chris Botti, Idina Menzel, and Ann Hampton Callaway. He is particularly adept at synchronizing live orchestral music with film and has led Star Wars Episodes IV & V, Jaws, Pixar in Concert, Disney in Concert, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and Singin’ in the Rain, among others.
    Loh is an active guest conductor including engagements this season with Seattle Symphony; San Diego Symphony and the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago— plus recent engagements in Washington D.C. (National Symphony Orchestra), Indianapolis, Malaysia, and Daejeon (South Korea) . His summer festival appearances have included Bravo! Vail Valley and Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, the Mann Center in Philadelphia, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra.
    Loh received his artist's diploma in orchestral conducting from Yale, his master’s degree in choral conducting from Indiana University, and his bachelor’s degree and Certificate of Management Studies from the University of Rochester.