b'The Driving Force Behind the 2022 Princeton FestivalThe 2021 merger of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra with the Princeton Festival brings new leadership to the Festival. The 2022 administrative and creative team, pictured above, of Executive Director Marc Uys, Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov, and Festival Director Gregory J. Geehern, presents adventuresome programming and new artists to the Princeton Festivals growing audience of performing arts lovers. They are achieving the long-sought goal of centralizing the Festival within Princeton, underscoring Princeton as a cultural destination for live arts.We are leading Princeton forward into a new creative era filled with fresh ideas,expressive voices, and innovative music.Rossen MilanovRossen MilanovEdward T. Cone Music DirectorRossen Milanov has established himself as a conductor with considerable national and international presence. In addition to leading the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and the Princeton Festival, Mr. Milanov is the music director of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra in Ljubljana. Noted for his versatility, he is also a welcomed presence in the worlds of opera and ballet. He has collaborated with Komische Oper Berlin (Shostakovichs Lady Macbeth of Mtzensk), Opera Oviedo with the Spanish premiere of Tchaikovskys Mazzepa and Bartoks Bluebeards Castle (awarded best Spanish production for 2015), and Opera Columbus (Verdis La Traviata). He has been seen at New York City Ballet and collaborated with some of the best-known choreographers of our time such as Mats Ek, Benjamin Millepied, and most recently Alexei Ratmansky in the critically acclaimed revival of Swan Lake in Zurich with Zurich Ballet and in Paris with La Scala Ballet. Mr. Milanov is deeply committed to music education, presenting Link Up education projects with Carnegie Hall and the Orchestra of St. Lukes and leading the PSOs annual BRAVO! concerts for thousands of schoolchildren. 6 The Princeton Festival princetonsymphony.org/festival'