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He is an orchestral conductor and organist born in Sunderland,
England. He studied at the Chetham School
and while there he was with the Cathedral Choir. He
further studied organ, double bass,
piano, conducting and accompaniment at the Royal Manchester College of Music
on an Organ Scholarship and he became a Fellow of the Royal College of
Organists when he was 18. As
an organist he has performed with Sir John Barbirolli, the Halle Choir and Ampleforth Abbey.
As a conductor he has led orchestras that include the Philharmonia
Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Northern Sinfona,
the Britten Singers, the Leeds Festival Chorus and the City of York
Guildhall Orchestra. He has toured worldwide and made numerous
successful recordings with John Wallace, the Wallace collection and The Philhamormia.
Philharmonia Orchestra recordings
Concerto No. 3 in B Flat for Oboe, Strings and
Continuo, Op. 7
NIM 5188 (CD: Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto and Concerti by
Albinoni, et al)
Conductor - Simon Wright
Oboe - John Anderson
Concerto a Cinque No. 6 for Oboe in D Major, Op. 7
Nimbus 7027 (CD: Cimarosa's Oboe Concerto and Concerti by
Albinoni, et al)
Conductor - Simon Wright
Oboe - John Anderson
Sources:
- http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Wright-Simon.htm
- http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/2104.htm
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