Andrew Frank Davis ( February 2, 1944 , Ashridge, Hertfordshire ) - British conductor, harpsichordist, organist.
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Repertoire
- 3 Recognition
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
He studied at the Royal College of Music , at the Royal College of Cambridge (he graduated from the organ class in 1967 ). He later studied conducting with Franco Ferrara at the Academy of St. Cecilia in Rome ( 1967 - 1968 ).
In 1966 - 1970 - pianist, harpsichord player and organist of the early music orchestra of St. Martin's Academy in the fields . From 1970 - second conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra , from 1975 - 1988 - music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . In 1989 - 2000 - music director of the Glyndeborn Opera Festival , as well as the main conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra . In 1995 - 1998 - the chief conductor of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (together with Paavo Järvi ). Since 2000 - Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Chicago Lyric Opera . In 2002 - 2003 - the main conductor of the Bayreuth Festival . In 2005 - 2007 - music adviser to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra . Since 2013 - chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra .
Repertoire
The Andrew Davis repertoire is extremely wide and includes authors from Bach and Handel to Bartok and Shostakovich , but his specialty is modern British music ( Britten , Michael Tippett , Harrison Burtwistle and others).
Recognition
Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( 1992 ), Knight-Bachelor ( 1999 ).
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Discogs - 2000.
- ↑ Freebase data upload - Google .