IVOR BOLTON: Director

Ivor Bolton read music at Clere College, Cambridge, and studied the organ with Peter Hurford and Gillian Weir. During this time he obtained BA and MusB degrees and was Assistant Conductor to Philip Ledger of the Cambridge University Musical Society. He also made his first record and BBC recital on the organ. He continued his studies at the Royal College of Music where he was Conducting Scholar and gained major prizes in conducting and harpsichord solo and continuo. A year at the National Opera Studio coincided with his appointment as conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Ivor Bolton was appointed Chorus Director at Glyndebourne, and has been Dorector of Music at St. Jame's Piccadilly and of the Piccadilly Festival since 1982. A recent article by Classical Music described him as a musician "not just of formidable talents, but also of extraordinary energy and drive."