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MUSICAL LIFE IN HUNGARY" - Howard Williams
DARWIN COLLEGE
"MUSICAL LIFE IN HUNGARY"
DARWIN COLLEGE
HOWARD WILLIAMS is one of Britain's most experienced
conductors, both in the opera house and
concert hall, with a quite exceptionally
large and broadly-based symphonic
repertoire and over seventy opera titles to his credit.
Howard Williams has conducted most of the
major British orchestras, appearing at the
BBC Proms and at Edinburgh, Leeds, Bath
and Brighton Festivals, as at festivals
throughout the world. He has guested with
many of the leading orchestras of Europe.
In addition to his extensive operatic work,
Williams' work in the theatre has also included
guest appearences with the Royal Ballet
at Covent Garden, as well as with the
Dutch National Ballet, Netherlands Dance
Theatre and Hamburg Ballet.
Following his appointment in 1989 as
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor
of the Pecs Symphony Orchestra, making
him the first British conductor ever to hold
such a position in Hungary.
Howard Williams devoted a significant
amount of his time to working with the
leading symphony orchestras in that country,
including frequent appearences with the
National Philarmonic, Hungarian Symphony
Orchestra and Hungarian Radio Orchestra.
His work with the Pecs Symphony quickly
placed it in the forefront of Hungarian
orchestras, and with it he created a broad
and adventurous repertoire, ranging from
Stravinsky and Mahler cycles to many world
premieres. For his services to new Hungarian
music, Williams has been the recipient of an
Artisjus award, and in 1997 was honoured
with the Bartok medal for services to
Hungarian music abroad.
On leaving Pecs in 2000, Williams was
created Permanent Guest Conductor by
the orchestra - now renamed the Panon
Philharmonic. In the same year he was
appointed to the new post of Head of
Conducting at the Royal Welsh College
of Music and Drama in Cardiff, as well
as becoming Artistic Director of the Oxford
Orchestra da Camera.
In 2001 the new London-based CC21-Choir
of the 21st Century was formed with Howard
as its Principal Conductor.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Sándor Balassa HUNGAROTON HCD32161
Frank Bridge PEARL SHE 568
Frank Bridge PEARL SHE 600
Frank Bridge PEARL SHE CD9582
Edward Cowie HYPERION A66120
Edward Elgar The Music Makers SOMMCD 230
Zoltán Kodály The Music Makers
György Lickl KOCH SCHWANN 3-1296-2 H1
W. A. Mozart SOMMCD 010
Sergei Rachmaninov HUNGAROTON HCD 31551
Rossini; Donizetti MP CLASSICS 30367 00102
Miklos Rózsa ‘Cello Concerto SILVA CLASSICS SILKD 6011
Gerard Schurmann The Gardens of Exile
Bernard Stevens TROY418
Philip Glass Another Look at Harmony – Pt 4 SOMMCD
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