Grant Llewellyn

Grant Llewellyn (born 29 December 1960) is a Welsh conductor and Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony and Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne.

Grant Llewellyn

Biography

Llewellyn was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He began developing his conducting reputation in 1985, when he was awarded a conducting fellow position at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. There his mentors included Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur and André Previn. He later conducted concerts at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Pops and as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. From 1990 to 1995, he was associate conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal guest conductor of the Stavanger Symfoniorkester from 1993 to 1996. Llewellyn served as chief conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (deFilharmonie) of Flanders from 1995 to 1998.

From 2001 to 2006, Llewellyn was the music director of the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), where he also held the title of principal conductor. Since July 2004, he has been Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony. In September 2013, his contract was extended to the 2019/20 season. He has been Music Direcor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne since 2014.[1][2]

Also a conductor of opera, Llewellyn has led performances at the English National Opera (Die Zauberflöte) and the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He developed an association with stage director Chen-Shi Zheng with a 2001 production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the Spoleto Festival USA. He also conducted a 2003 new production of Jules Massenet’s Manon at Opera North. More recently he conducted at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

Grant Llewellyn is UK President of the Welsh Sinfonia, Wales' professional chamber orchestra, conducted by Mark Eager.

Llewellyn, his wife Charlotte and their four children reside in Cardiff.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-09-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Page d'Accueil". O-s-b.fr. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

Sources
  • Waleson, Heidi (Winter 2001). "Handel & Haydn maps out a new era". Early Music America (7): 18–21.
  • Loveland, K. (Autumn 1995). "Grant Llewellyn". Musical Opinion (118): 145.
  • "Honours and Appointments". The Instrumentalist. 45: 6. August 1990.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Muhai Tang		 Chief Conductor, DeFilharmonie
1995–1998		 Succeeded by
Philippe Herreweghe
Preceded by
Christopher Hogwood		 Music Director, Handel and Haydn Society
2001–2006		 Succeeded by
Roger Norrington (Artistic Advisor)
Preceded by
Gerhardt Zimmermann		 Music Director, North Carolina Symphony
2004–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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