biography
| name: |
Groves, Sir Charles
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| male
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| lived:
| (1915–92)
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| biography:
| Conductor, born in London, UK. He studied at the Royal College of Music, London. He trained the BBC Chorus (1938–42), conducted the BBC Northern (1944–51), the Bournemouth Symphony (1951–61), and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (1963–77) orchestras, and was also musical director of the Welsh and English National Operas (1961–3 and 1978–9 respectively), as well as president of the National Youth Orchestra (1977–92). He became musical director of the Leeds Philharmonic Society in 1988. He was noted for his mastery of the Romantic repertoire and for championing living composers. He was knighted in 1973. |
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