Complex sentence: Between 1989 and 2001 Tovey was the music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and was instrumental in establishing the city's annual New Music Festival, the first of which was held in 1992.
Split into simpler sentences: Between 1989 and 2001, Tovey was the music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. He was instrumental in establishing the city's annual New Music Festival, which began in 1992.