Nicholas McGegan Conductor

Active in opera as well as the concert hall, masterly but mislaid Gloria . Other he has been Principal Guest Conductor of important releases on Philharmonia Scottish Opera and Principal Conductor of Baroque’s own label include Brahms Sweden’s 18th Century theatre in Serenades, Berlioz Nuits D’Ete, Haydn Drottingholm, running the annual festival Symphonies, Vivaldi Four Seasons and there. Handel Atalanta.

He has been a pioneer in the process of Recent highlights include conducting the exporting historically informed BBC Proms’ first prom outside of London performance practice beyond the world of since the 1930s and the world premiere of period instruments to wider conventional Sally Beamish’s The Judas Passion , co- symphonic forces, guest-conducting with commissioned by the OAE and the orchestras such as the Chicago, St Louis, Philharmonia Baroque. In 2018/19 he Toronto, Montreal and Sydney Symphony returns to conduct the Bournemouth Orchestras, the New York, Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestras, National Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland, Philadelphia, Houston and appears with the Stuttgart Radio Concertgebouw Orchestras as well as the Symphony Orchestra, the NDR Royal Scottish National, BBC Scottish Radiophilharmonie, and with the MDR- Symphony, Scottish Chamber, Royal Sinfonieorchester at MDR Musiksommer. Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ National Born in , he was educated at Symphony Orchestra, the City of Cambridge and Oxford universities. His “ conducted with implacable Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and awards include an honorary professorship intensity by McGegan ” CBSO Baroque Ensemble, the Swedish at Georg-August University, Göttingen, the Chamber Orchestra, the Orquestra Hallé , an order of merit of Tim Ashley, The Guardian Sinfonica do Porto at Casa da Musica, the state of Lower Saxony, a medal of Capella Savaria at the Esterházy Festival, Honour of the City of Goettingen and an and the Hallé. official Nicholas McGegan Day, declared by the Mayor of for two

Opera companies he works with include decades of distinguished work with the

Royal Opera House Covent Garden, San Philharmonia Baroque.

Francisco, Santa Fe and Washington. He Nicholas McGegan is “one of the finest has broken new ground in experimental He was made an OBE in the Queen's baroque conductors of his generation” dance-collaborations with Mark Morris, Birthday Honours List 2010. . (Independent) and “an expert in 18th notably at festivals such as Edinburgh century style” (New Yorker). In his capacity International and Ravinia. as Music Director of San Francisco based Valid for use until 1 September 2019 Philharmonia Baroque he has established His discography of over 100 releases For updated versions please contact the group as the leading period band in includes the world premiere recording [email protected] America. In 2005 they marked their 20 of Handel's , which attracted both year association with concerts at Carnegie a Gramophone Award and Grammy Hall, their first European tour with nomination. Recent issues of the same appearances at the BBC Proms, Snape composer's works include Solomon , Maltings Aldeburgh, the Concertgebouw Samson and Acis and Galatea (a rarity in Amsterdam and the International Handel that it unearths the little-known version Festival, Göttingen where McGegan was adapted by Felix Mendelssohn). Among Artistic Director 1991 - 2011. He is also the his other rediscoveries is the first Principal Guest Conductor of Pasadena performance in modern times of Handel's Symphony.

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