Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Leonard Slatkin, has received an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book, Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro.

Slatkin’s book dissects decades of experience working as a professional conductor and music director. Slatkin shares stories about some of the most famous characters of the musical world, including Frank Sinatra, John Williams, and Leonard Bernstein, and he also lends advice catering to the aspiring conductor. This orchestral encyclopedia explores the attitude, attire, and arenas of music’s most mysterious job.

Watch Maestro Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra alongside Conrad Tao, performing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” on October 11, 2013 below:

Maestro Slatkin’s award is to be presented at the 45th Annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award ceremony on November 14 in New York. Established in 1967 in honor of the memory of composer, critic, and commentator Deems Taylor, the foundation awards individuals and projects for outstanding print, broadcast, and new media coverage of music. Taylor died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as president of ASCAP.

Maestro Slatkin is internationally renowned for his contributions to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the New Orleans Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic of London, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and his current two-year extension contract (2012–2013) with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In November of 2011, the DSO announced the extension of Slatkin’s contract for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.

Maestro Slatkin’s book is available on paperback and eBook for Kindle devices at amazon.com.

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