biography
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Davis, Sir Andrew (Frank)
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| lived:
| (1944– )
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| biography:
| Conductor, born at Ashridge House, Hertfordshire, SE England, UK. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London, King's College, Cambridge, and with Franco Ferrara in Rome. He made his debut in 1970 conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, became assistant conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra (1973–7), principal guest conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (1974–7), and musical director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1975–88, conductor laureate from 1988). In 1988 he was appointed music director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and has been chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 1989. He became director of the Chicago Lyric Opera in 2000. He was knighted in 1998. |
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