Grant Llewellyn

Grant Llewellyn

Grant Llewellyn (born 1962, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales) is a Welsh conductor.

Biography

Llewellyn began developing his conducting reputation in 1985, when he was awarded a conducting fellow position at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. There his mentors included Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur and André Previn. He later conducted concerts at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Pops and as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. From 1990 to 1995, he was associate conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal guest conductor of the Stavanger Symfoniorkester from 1993 to 1996. Llewellyn served as principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (deFilharmonie) of Flanders from 1995 to 1998.

From 2001 to 2006, Llewellyn was the music director of the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston) and now holds the title of principal conductor. Since July 2004, he has been music director of the North Carolina Symphony. His initial contract was for 4 years, and in November 2006, his contract was extended to 2012. [cite news | url=http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5648.html | title=Grant Llewellyn Extends Contract as North Carolina Symphony Music Director | work=Playbill Arts | author=Vivien Schweitzer | date=27 November 2006 | accessdate=2008-04-16]

Also a conductor of opera, Llewellyn has led performances at the English National Opera ("Die Zauberflöte") and the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He developed an association with stage director Chen-Shi Zheng with a 2001 production of Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" at the Spoleto Festival USA. He also conducted a 2003 new production of Jules Massenet’s "Manon" at Opera North. More recently he conducted at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

Llewellyn, his wife Charlotte and their four children reside in Cardiff.

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External links

* [http://www.hughkaylor.com/Llewellyn/ Grant Llewellyn] at Hazard Chase Management
* [http://www.leeds.gov.uk/conductors/2002/cond_comp.html Leeds Conductor's Competition 2002 page]


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