Nicholas Milton is Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra (Germany), Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra (Sydney), and Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Gustav Mahler University of Music in Austria. He is recognised as one of Australia’s most internationally distinguished conductors, acclaimed for his energetic leadership … Continued
Pietari Inkinen, now working internationally at the highest level, was appointed Music Director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 2008. He has won unanimous praise from audiences and critics both for his performances on tour in New Zealand and for his recordings with the Orchestra on Naxos and for EMI. In November 2010 Inkinen … Continued
Background: Born, Australia. Graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium where he studied piano with Nancy Weir and composition with Alan Lane and Richard Mills; postgraduate studies in Berkeley California (with Harald Logan in Piano) and at the VCA (with Robert Rosen in Conducting). Worked as a repetiteur and choral director with the Melbourne Spoleto Festival, the … Continued
Jonathan Darlington is music director of Vancouver Opera and, until 2011, was music director of the Duisburger Philharmonic Orchestra. His passionate, yet refined, approach to music-making has done much to increase the popularity and artistic quality of both orchestras. The hallmark of his work is a charismatic enthusiasm and acute sensitivity with regard to orchestral … Continued
Christian Badea has received exceptional acclaim throughout his career, which encompasses prestigious engagements in the foremost concert halls and opera houses of Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. At Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Salle Pleyel, or at the Concertgebouw, Christian Badea has conducted Royal Philharmonic and BBC Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Czech Philharmonic and Saint Petersburg … Continued
Born in Provence, Guillaume Tourniaire studied piano and conducting at the Geneva Conservatory, during which time he was winner of a first prize in the international Gabriel Fauré piano competition and awarded by the Gabriele de Agostini Foundation. His professional career started as artistic director of the vocal ensemble, Le Motet de Genève from 1993, … Continued
Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is the Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Conductor in Residence of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He has previously held the posts of Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2010-2019), Resident Guest Conductor of the Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra (2002-2006) and Principal Guest Conductor of … Continued
Born in Cessnock, Brian Castles-Onion is Australia’s most exciting and best-known opera conductor. His career continues to expand internationally and has worked at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the Julliard School of Music, the Rossini Festival in Italy. He held the position of Artistic Director of Canterbury Opera in New Zealand and currently continues his long … Continued
Anthony Legge studied at the Guildhall, Oxford University and the London Opera Centre, and also studied accompanying privately with Geoffrey Parsons and Paul Hamburger. His numerous recitals include those with, amongst others, Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen, Gwynne Howell and Håkan Hagegård. He has worked regularly with the principal British opera companies, Glyndebourne Festival … Continued
As Music Director of Pittsburgh Opera, Antony Walker enjoys the distinction of serving as one of the youngest music directors of a regional company in the United States. A prodigiously gifted musician, he made his professional conducting debut in 1992 in Sydney, and since that time, has conducted well over 100 operas, as well as … Continued