{{short description|American conductor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Richard Westerfield''' is an American conductor. He has served as Associate Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and has led orchestras such as the Brown University Orchestra, the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
He came to prominence in 1993 at age 35 when he stepped in at the last minute for three concerts with the New York Philharmonic to fill in for an ailing Erich Leinsdorf, to critical acclaim. At the time, his day job was in JP Morgan's Sovereign Group, helping third-world countries get access to capital markets in the US and Europe.<ref name="NYTMorgan"> {{cite news |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D61138F93AA35751C0A965958260 |date= February 9, 1993 |accessdate= 2008-01-09 |last= Bryant |first= Adam |title= Morgan's Baton-Wielding Banker |work= New York Times }}</ref> In May 2004, he stepped down from a 6-year tenure as music director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.artsjournal.com/yesterdays/20051120-19424.shtml |accessdate= 2008-01-09 |title= Weekend, November 19–20 |publisher= ArtsJournal.com |archive-date= December 11, 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051211065243/http://www.artsjournal.com/yesterdays/20051120-19424.shtml |url-status= dead }}</ref>
In 2002, he conducted the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable Events and Performers |url=https://naumburgconcerts.org/notable-events-and-performers |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Naumburg Orchestral Concerts |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official|www.richardwesterfield.com}} * [https://charlierose.com/videos/6119 Investment banker Richard Westerfield tells the story of how he filled in as a conductor for the New York Philharmonic] on the ''Charlie Rose'' show * [https://archives.bso.org/Search.aspx?searchType=Performance&Conductor=Richard%20Westerfield Boston Symphony conducting history] * [http://www.adamstoltman.com/gallery.html?gallery=The+Arts&folio=&sortnumber=20 Photo] of Westerfield and Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood
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