PACIFIC SYMPHONY

“Carl St. Clair has a special gift for complicated, daunting music. He can negotiate the impenetrable thickets of a George Crumb score or some other atonal Rubrik's Cube with gusto and ease, and he has a knack for making difficult things understandable ... St. Clair mastered [all] challenges effortlessly.”

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA

“Carl St. Clair made an impression as a solid and often imaginative leader. If there is any test of a conductor’s skills, it is Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. St. Clair handled the bloated forces of the ballet’s Suite No. 2 with skill and elegance.”

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / TAIWAN

"St. Clair is a fantastic, energetic, charismatic leader, and I hope we get to see more of him in the future ... it was a fantastic evening, very exciting." [Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"]

FUGUE FOR THOUGHT

PACIFIC SYMPHONY (European Tour)

“St. Clair and his fabulous orchestra completely won over Hanover … with spirit, a sense of sound and utterly breathtaking precision.”

HANNOVERSCHE  ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG

NASHVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

"[Carl St. Clair] led the NSO in a performance that was remarkable for its precision and clarity ... His reading was full of passion and febrile intensity — the pathos in the work's slow finale was heartrending ..." [Frank Ticheli's Radiant Voices]

NASHVILLE SCENE/Country Life

KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

“The concert began with the dramatic and indestructible overture to Bernstein’s Candide, and after this piece, which lasts less than five minutes, one already knew quite a bit about Carl St. Clair, his working economy, his mastery, his taste and his showmanship … a new, heartier tone will enter the Komische Oper with St. Clair.”

BERLIN ZEITUNG