Kerry Stratton
Conductor
In the course of his international career Kerry Stratton has conducted orchestras in Europe, North America and Asia including the Czech Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony, the Slovak Radio Orchestra, the Moscow symphony, the Prague Radio Orchestra, and many others. Stratton has also conducted concert tours of his native Canada with such ensembles as the Vienna Concertverein,Orchestra Internationale d’Italia and the Georg Solti Chamber Orchestra of Budapest.
With a particular fondness for Czech music Stratton won the 2000 Masaryk Award for his services to Czech and Slovak culture and was decorated by the Czech government in 2007 at the Cernin Palace, Prague, with the Gratias Agit Award.
Stratton’s recordings can be heard on Hungaroton,Dorian,Toccata Classics and Classical 963 FM.
Currently he is conductor and music director of the Toronto Concert Orchestra.