Celebration of Music Musical History & Culture Along the Danube

Mitchell Sardou Klein brings extensive conducting orchestras and ballets in the US, Europe, Australia and Japan to his 40 years as Music Director and Conductor of the Peninsula Symphony. He founded and has recently retired as Music Director of the Peninsula Youth Orchestra, which he has taken on concert tours of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Since 1984, he has also been Artistic Director of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, one of the most prominent music competitions in the world.

Known for her lush and warm voice, Ms. Thomas has performed at many of the world class opera houses and venues, such as the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera; she has performed at prominent venues here in the US, France, Germany, Spain and England, including the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. Among numerous top orchestras with which she has appeared are the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony and Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Orchestra – as well as leading orchestras in Paris, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, Japan, Finland, South Korea, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi, Boston, Cleveland and Detroit. Ms. Thomas has graced several famous music festivals in Austria, France, London and beyond.