Jonathan Sheffer

Jonathan Sheffer is a composer and conductor who was the Artistic Director of two iconoclastic chamber orchestras, The Eos Orchestra, which he founded in NYC in 1995, and Red {an orchestra}, which he led for six seasons in Cleveland, OH. In addition he has conducted opera and festivals throughout the world, including The New York City Opera, American Ballet Theatre and numerous dance companies. As a composer, he has composed numerous film scores, and his opera Blood On The Dining Room Floor has won the Richard Rogers Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has had residencies at Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, and the American Academy in Rome. Active in charitable and political causes, he is on the board of the New York City Opera, and is currently the appointee of the Speaker of the NY City Council to the board of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.