(b NY, 1959). Amer. conductor. Won BBC Rupert Foundation int. cond. comp. 1982. London début 1982 Proms (BBCSO). Ass. cond. Nat. SO, Washington, 1982–6. Prin. cond. Bournemouth SO 1988–94. Mus. dir. Dallas SO 1994–2006. NY Met début 1989 (Eugene Onegin).