Via press release this morning, Louisville Orchestra announced that Music Director Teddy Abrams has signed a new three-year contract extension beginning with the 2025–26 season. The agreement ensures Abrams will remain at the artistic helm of the LO through the 2027–28 season.

“Louisville and its Orchestra have shaped my life in ways I could not have imagined,” Abrams said. “Louisville is my home, and the Louisville Orchestra is my family. My colleagues in the Orchestra perform brilliantly, with tremendous passion and virtuosity. Together we’ve worked incredibly hard to raise the institution to an exceptional level where our musicality and creativity are understood locally and internationally. So many of the projects we’ve dreamed about are actually happening, and are demonstrating tremendous results that have significant implications for both classical music as an industry and performing arts organizations around the country. This is the moment we can fully inhabit the institution we’ve built together, and I am beyond excited to continue this adventure with our city, our state, and our spectacular Orchestra.”

For more details, visit louisvilleorchestra.org.

And don’t miss Abrams on WDRB Mornings speaking about how he is excited to stay in Louisville and is looking forward to his goals. Watch here.