Evans Mirageas Named VP for Artistic Planning of Atlanta Symphony

Today, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Evans Mirageas as the Orchestra's Vice President for Artistic Planning, effective January 1, 2012.

Mr. Mirageas joined the Atlanta Symphony in April 2006 as Artistic Advisor and has served as the Orchestra's Director of Artistic Planning since January 2007. With this appointment, he will be based in Atlanta, but will also remain The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera.

Mr. Mirageas's varied career in classical music has embraced record retail, radio production with WFMT in Chicago, orchestra administration as Artistic Administrator to Seiji Ozawa at the Boston Symphony, and artistic leadership as Senior Vice President of the Decca Record Company. In 1999 Mr. Mirageas and his partner, Thomas Dreeze, launched a consulting business which provides strategic and artistic planning for arts organizations and individual artists. The services range from program planning, vocal casting, media strategy, conductor and executive searches, career counseling, and all other activities that affect the artistic profile of an organization or individual. Mr. Mirageas is also The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera, a position he has held since 2005. His professional activities include regular engagements as a recording producer (Decca, Warner Classics, and AVIE), lecturer (Mostly Mozart Festival and the Brooklyn Academy Of Music), adjudicator (Sullivan Foundation, Palm Beach Opera, League of American Orchestras, and Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional auditions), and search committee advisor for both executive and music director searches (the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta and the Cincinnati Symphony).

"I am honored to be entering a new phase of working with the Atlanta Symphony as Vice President of Artistic Planning," said Mr. Mirageas. "Having known and worked with Robert Spano for over two decades, it is a joy to be able to now live in Atlanta and participate in the exciting future of this superb Orchestra that Robert has shepherded for 10 years already."

"Since Evans joined the Atlanta Symphony in 2006, he has been a tremendous asset to this organization," said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph. D. "I am confident he will continue to bring superior artistic leadership to our administration, and will be instrumental in continuing to advance the Orchestra's artistry both within our community and around the world."

More information about Mr. Mirageas is available at evansmirageas.com.