Brian Asher Alhadeff | Conductor

Hailed by 805 Living magazine as the “Maestro of the Central Coast”, Brian Asher Alhadeff has been the Principal Conductor of State Street Ballet since 2012. He is also the General and Artistic Director of Opera San Luis Obispo, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Lompoc Pops Orchestra, and Principal Conductor of Civic Ballet San Luis Obispo and Ventura County Ballet. Alhadeff has also held conduction positions with the Albanian National Radio and Television Orchestra, Filharmonie Hradec Kralove, Marina Del Rey Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Tulsa Ballet, South Florida Opera, Long Beach Opera, Ballet Tucson, Bourgas Opera Ballet, and Prague State Opera, in addition to many other orchestras and opera companies throughout the U.S. and Europe. Off stage, he consults for the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education producing educational outreach, and is on the music faculty of Cuesta College. Alhadeff studied conducting at the Peabody Conservatory and Janacek Academy of Music. His conducting degrees include a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University, Masters of Music from California State University Los Angeles, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts from UCLA.