Jules Buckley

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Jules Buckley with the Heritage Orchestra (2019)

Jules Buckley (born January 8, 1980 in Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom ) is an English conductor, composer and arranger. He heads the Metropolis Orkest .

Live and act

Buckley grew up in Aylesbury. He received trumpet lessons at the Guildhall School of Music in London because he originally wanted to be a jazz trumpeter. But then he turned to conducting and composition.

In 2004 he founded the Heritage Orchestra with his producer and manager Chris Wheeler . In 2008 Buckley was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropole Orkest , an orchestra specializing in jazz and electronic music. In 2013 he became its chief conductor.

Buckley has worked with ensembles and orchestras such as the WDR Big Band , the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Orchester National d'Île de France .

He arranged and conducted Caro Emerald's album The Shocking Miss Emerald and Jacob Collier's album Djesse Vol. 1 .

In numerous other projects there was collaboration with artists such as José James , Patrick Watson ,  Gregory Porter , Tori Amos , Markus Stockhausen , Michael Kiwanuka , Jonathan Jeremiah , Basement Jaxx , Massive Attack , Arctic Monkeys , John Cale , Emeli Sandé , The Cinematic Orchestra , Jamie Cullum and Dizzee Rascal .

Buckley lives in Berlin.

Recordings (selection)

  • What Heat - with Bokanté and the Metropol Orkest, Label: Rough Trade / Pias / Real World, published September 28, 2018
  • Laura Mvula - with Laura Mvula and the Metropol Orkest, Label: RCA / Sony Music Entertainment, Released August 28, 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jules Buckley. In: IMDb. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Metropole Orchest: Conductor, Chief Conductor Jules Buckley. Retrieved March 17, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Buckley, Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English conductor, composer and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Aylesbury