Steven Richman

Richman's versatility is reflected in his conducting a wide variety of classical and jazz performances and recordings ranging from composers including Gershwin, Handel, Stravinsky,[6] Copland, and Dvořák to Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, and Gil Evans/Miles Davis.

Richman is featured guest commentator at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Library programs on subjects including Toscanini, Gershwin, and Dvořák.

Richman was assistant principal horn in the American Symphony Orchestra[9] at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts under Leopold Stokowski, as well as Leonard Bernstein and James Levine.

[10] In 2016 on the Harmonia Mundi label, he led a Gershwin orchestral CD including Concerto in F (with pianist Lincoln Mayorga), An American in Paris, and two premieres.

In addition, in 2010 the multi-award-winning Gershwin by Grofé was also released on the Harmonia Mundi label featuring legendary clarinetist-bass clarinetist-alto saxophonist Al Gallodoro, soloist with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, which premiered Rhapsody in Blue in 1924.

Additional recordings include the 2002 GRAMMY Award-nominated Stravinsky: Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale) and Four Premieres, on Koch International Classics.

He served as music associate for United Nations Day Concerts[26] international TV broadcasts, assisting director Humphrey Burton and collaborating with conductors including Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Richard Bonynge, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Ms. Esaki also served as concertmaster for numerous Broadway shows including Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Producers, and Dreamgirls, as well as appearing on WNBC-TVs "Saturday Night Live" and recording with the Modern Jazz Quartet.