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Andrew is the Festival’s new
Artistic Director. He was born in Todmorden and read music
at Clare College, Cambridge. He has been a member of the
Music Staff of the Royal Opera House and Chorus Master at
WNO, a post he held until 1990. He has since conducted
regularly at WNO, ENO, Oper der Stadt, Köln and the Royal
Danish Opera. From 1996 until 2002 Andrew was Music
Director of ETO, where he conducted many of their most
successful productions, notably Fidelio, Daughter
of the Regiment, The Rake's Progress and La
traviata.
He has
conducted the UK’s major symphony orchestras including the
Philharmonia, RPO, City of London Sinfonia, Ulster Orchestra
and Northern Sinfonia. He is a frequent broadcaster with
the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Concert
Orchestra. In Europe, a successful début with the Rotterdam
Philharmonic led to an invitation to return to conduct
further concerts. Recent engagements include Iphigénie
en Tauride for WNO, concerts with the RPO and Collegium
Musicum, Copenhagen, Mahler's Fourth Symphony in
Istanbul and Albert Herring at the New National
Theatre, Tokyo.
For Buxton
Festival Andrew has conducted La Périchole (2002),
Maria Padilla (2003), The Merry Wives of Windsor
(2005) and Roberto Devereux (2007)
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