Christopher Adey

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Christopher Adey (born February 19, 1943 in London ) is a British conductor and violinist .

life and work

Christopher Adey, born in London in 1943, was a member of the Hallé Orchestra from 1963 to 1965 after initial training as a violinist and then from 1967 to 1971 of the London Philharmonic Orchestra .

Adey began his conducting career in 1973 as Associate Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra . Since then he can look back on a remarkable international career. He was director of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales from 1996 to 2002 and chief conductor of the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra from 1998 to 2004. He was Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music from 1979 to 1992. In addition to his international conducting, he has his own personal Engagement as a guest conductor for district and youth orchestras and as one of the most renowned orchestra coaches in Great Britain never lost sight of.

Adey has conducted all of London's major orchestras at the Barbican and the Royal Festival Halls. He conducted the opening concert for the United Nations for the International Year of the Child in New York and the European Youth Orchestra at the Hannover Millennium Expo in 2000.

His extensive repertoire of more than 1,500 international conductors includes symphonic works, chamber orchestras and choral works from all eras. Among the many conductors is the celebrated cycle of Bohuslav Martinů's symphonies. In 1986 Christopher Adey was awarded a commemorative medal for his services to Czech music.

In 1988 he conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for the soundtrack for John Schlesinger's drama Madame Sousatzka .

He was honored by fellowships from the Royal College of Music in 1989 and the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2003.

Christopher Adey's book Orchestral Performance - A Guide for Conductors and Players was published in English by the German publishing house Faber & Faber in April 1998 and reissued in 2009.

Awards

  • 1986: “Czechoslovakian Commemorative Medal” for his services to Czech music
  • 1989: Fellowship of the Royal College of Music
  • 2003: Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music
  • 2003: Fellowship of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Books

  • 1998: Orchestral Performance - A Guide for Conductors and Players , by Christopher Adey, Faber & Faber, London, 1998 (2nd updated edition 2009), 884 pages, ISBN 9780571249169

literature

  • Christopher Adey in: Music and Education, Volume 14, Journal for Theory and Practice of Music Education , B. Schott's Sons, 1982, page 26, limited preview in Google Book Search
  • Christopher Adey in: The New Yorker , Volume 62, Part 1, 1986, page 86, limited preview in Google Book Search
  • Christopher Adey in: Polish Music: Polish Music , Volumes 22-23, Authors Agency., 1987, page 33 limited preview in the Google book search
  • Christopher Adey in: Musical opinion , Volume 115, Musical Opinion, 1992, page 209, limited preview in Google book search
  • Christopher Adey in: Aspects of British Music of the 1990s , by Peter O'Hagan, Ashgate Publishing, 2003, page 143, limited preview in the Google Book search

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data from Christopher Adey in: The International Who's Who 1996-97 - 60th Edition Europa Publications Limited, London, 1996, page 12, ISBN 1-85743-021-2
  2. ↑ Christopher Adey in Academy of St Thomas ( Memento from April 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ Christopher Adey in Rehearsal Orchestra ( Memento from April 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: FRCM Recipients Christopher Adey 1989 RCM (PDF file; 105 kB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rcm.ac.uk
  5. ↑ Christopher Adey: Orchestral Performance - A Guide for Conductors and Players , Faber & Faber, London, 1998 (2nd updated edition 2009), 884 pages, ISBN 9780571249169 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
personal data
SURNAME Adey, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British conductor and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH London