Conductor Teddy Abrams on championing new music in Louisville

Back in 2012 *Gramophone* gave an award to a wonderful documentary called *Music makes a City* which tells the story of the Louisville Orchestra, its creation, and its early philosophy. This week’s guest, the conductor **Teddy Abrams** has been Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra since 2014 and has continued this fabled ensemble’s commitment to championing new music. To coincide with the release of new Pentatone album of music by Andrew Norman and Christopher Cerrone, *Gramophone*’s James Jolly spoke to Teddy Abrams about the orchestra and its unique history. The new album contains *Split*, a piano concerto by Andrew Norman, for which the soloist is Jeffrey Kahane for whom the work was written and which he premiered with the New York Philharmonic back in 2015. Its partner, which also gives its name to the album is *The Year of Silence* by Christopher Cerrone, recorded here with Dashon Burton as narrator. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.