- Son of former 20th Century Fox Studio Orchestra conductor and concertmaster violinist Felix Slatkin, and cellist with the Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra, Eleanor Slatkin.
- Musical director of the (USA) National Symphony Orchestra, 1996-present.
- Currently (2003) Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
- Features in TV documentary "Hollywood Composers: the Golden Age" (BBC, 2003)
- Brother of cellist Frederic Zlotkin
- Recipient of a (USA) National Medal of Arts, 2003.
- Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (1979-1996).
- Graduated from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
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