Lawrence Foster

Conductor Lawrence Foster also has a flourishing European career, having appeared with orchestras in many countries. He has a large repertory that includes opera and stretches from the Classical era to contemporary works. Foster was born in Los Angeles on October 23, 1941. His parents were Romanian immigrants. Foster's father died when he was three, and he was adopted by his mother's second husband and given that man's surname. Foster took piano lessons in Los Angeles from Joanna Grauden and studied conducting with Fritz Zweig, making an unusually early conducting debut at 18...