Always premiered at the American Film Festival.
Lawrence Foster -LRB- born October 23 , 1941 , in Los Angeles , California -RRB- is an American conductor of Romanian ancestry .. conductor. conductor ( music ). Foster became the conductor of the San Francisco Ballet at the age of 18 , and served as Assistant Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta .. conductor. conductor ( music ). San Francisco Ballet. San Francisco Ballet. Los Angeles Philharmonic. Los Angeles Philharmonic. Zubin Mehta. Zubin Mehta. He has held music directorships with the Houston Symphony , the Ojai Music Festival , the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra , the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra , and the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya in Spain .. Houston Symphony. Houston Symphony. Ojai Music Festival. Ojai Music Festival. Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona. In late 1989 , Foster had been reported as the next Music Director of the Pacific Symphony of Orange County , California .. Pacific Symphony. Pacific Symphony. However , in February 1990 , the offer was rescinded , and Foster never held this post .. In 1990 , Foster was appointed Music Director of the Aspen Music Festival and School .. Aspen Music Festival and School. Aspen Music Festival and School. Since 2002 , Foster has been the music director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon .. music director. music director. Gulbenkian Orchestra. Gulbenkian Orchestra. He served as music director of the Orchestre National de Montpellier and the Opera National de Montpellier from 2009 to 2012 .. music director. music director. In February 2012 , Foster was announced as the next music director of l'Opera de Marseille and the Orchestre philharmonique de Marseille , beginning in September 2012 , with an initial contract of 4 years .. music director. music director. Foster is particularly noted as an interpreter of the works of George Enescu , and has made a comprehensive survey of commercial recordings of Enescu 's music .. George Enescu. George Enescu. Foster has recorded a number of discs for PENTATONE , including Gordon Getty 's opera Usher House , Schumann 's symphonies , orchestral works by Kodaly , Bartok and Ligeti , and piano and violin concertos by Bruch , Korngold , Rachmaninov , Grieg and Chopin , with various soloists .. PENTATONE. PentaTone Classics. Gordon Getty. Gordon Getty. Schumann. Robert Schumann. Kodaly. Kodaly. Bartok. Bartok. Ligeti. Ligeti. Bruch. Max Bruch. Korngold. Korngold. Rachmaninov. Rachmaninov. Grieg. Grieg. Chopin. Chopin