JULIAN
CLAYTON
Conductor
Julian Clayton studied violin and
conducting at Dartington, Toulouse and Birmingham. Following an
early career as a violinist he made his professional debut as a
conductor with London Festival Ballet. A recent prize at the International
Conductors' Workshop in the Czech Republic has resulted in engagements
in Zlin, Olomouc, Salzburg and, most recently, in Hradec Kralove.
He has worked with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Magyar
Radio and Television Orchestra, the Surrey Sinfonietta, the Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Also very active
in the world of opera, he has conducted seasons for Opera-on-a-Shoestring
and Civit Hills Opera.
Julian Clayton has gained an enviable reputation as
on of the foremost trainers of young orchestras and as such has
worked with many student and conservatoire orchestras and opera
departments in the UK and abroad including conducting the massed
strings of the London International String Quartet Symposium where
he also acted as assistant to Yehudi Menuhin.
In addition to broadcasting on radio and television,
Julian's commercial recordings include five discs with the orchestra
of Chetham's School of Music, which all met with wide critical acclaim.
His recording of Elgar's First Symphony was reviewed by Michael
Kennedy as "phenomenal" and a recording of music by Charles
Camilleri with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has just been
released. Julian Clayton has recently enjoyed highly successful
debuts with the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union, the Limburgs Symphony
Orchestra, Maastricht, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
with whom he will be appearing further during 2003.
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