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He is an orchestral conductor born in Durham,
England. He was introduced to
music from a young age and studied at Huddersfield University where he won
the Davidson Prize for Distinction brought to the Institution and the Kruczynski
Prize for Piano. He
ventured into his musical career in 1992 when he became a conductor and
pianist for the Northern Ballet Theatre. He stayed with them until 1998 when he took the step of
becoming freelance as a composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. That same year he worked with the
Royal Ballet Sinfonia on a recording of theirs and since that time he has
performed on at least 40 CDs.
His name is now known over national and international circles and he
has worked with companies such as the English National Ballet, the Royal
New Zealand Ballet, Adventures in Motion Pictures, the City of Prague
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish Festival Orchestra, the Australian
Pops Philharmonic Orchestra and many more. As a composer he has written the one-act ballet Revolting
Rhymes and the musical Little Women.
Royal Ballet Sinfonia recordings
William Alwyn
Suite
of Scottish Dances
ASV CD WHL 2116 (CD: British Light Music Discoveries)
Conductor - Gavin
Sutherland
Sources:
- http://www.transdiffusion.org/profiles/gavin_sutherland.asp
- http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/401.htm
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