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My New Kentucky Home

June 03, 2025

Season 2, Episode 2

0:32:11

Summary

Do you have to be born in a place to feel like you are of that place? The conductor Teddy Abrams has been asking himself that question for the last decade. Originally from San Francisco, he has earned recognition as one of today’s youngest and most dynamic conductors while serving as music director of the Louisville Orchestra. For Teddy, music is a bridge across Kentucky, a magical force that binds him to the state’s hills and hollers, bluegrass and bourbon—and, of course, its people.

Learn more about th work of our guest, Teddy Abrams.

Music featured in this episode courtesy Louisville Orchestra.

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