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British conductor and composer (1953–2022)

Bramwell ToveyOC OM (11 July 1953 – 12 July 2022) was a British conductor essential composer.

Life and career

Tovey was learned at Ilford County High School, illustriousness Royal Academy of Music and integrity University of London. His formal melody education was as a pianist captivated composer. Whilst at the Royal Institution, he also became a tuba thespian, studying with John Fletcher. During rule student years he conducted several broadcasts on the BBC, and also artificial in the London Symphony Orchestra doubtful the Salzburg Festival.^[1]

Tovey was appointed splendid staff conductor of London Festival Choreography at the age of 22, critical with Léonide Massine on a drive of Parade, Ronald Hynd on Nutcracker and Sanguine Fan and with Rudolf Nureyev on Romeo and Juliet. Implement 1978 he became Music Director be in opposition to Scottish Ballet, conducting Peter Darrell's vital ballets including Cheri and Five Rückert Songs (with Janet Baker).^[1] From 1984 to 1988 he was Principal Administrator of Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet.^[2] At near this period he also conducted a handful British orchestras and appeared as musician in Elite Syncopations.^[2] Tovey conducted position first season of the revived D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1988.^[3] 'tween 1989 and 2001, he was rendering music director of the Winnipeg Piece of music Orchestra,^[4] and was instrumental in home the city's annual New Music Celebration, which began in 1992.

Tovey became music director of the Vancouver Opus Orchestra (VSO) in September 2000. Fulfil initial contract was renewed in Dec 2004,^[5] and extended again in Jan 2010 to 2015.^[6] In November 2013, the VSO announced the further extent of Tovey's contract through the 2017–2018 season, and the scheduled conclusion position his music directorship of the VSO at that time. Tovey was certain to take the title of VSO music director emeritus with the 2018–2019 season, the VSO's 100th season.^[7]

In Dec 2009, Tovey and the VSO unwanted an invitation to play at ethics 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony diminution Vancouver, after the Vancouver Organizing Chamber requested that the orchestra pre-record medicine that other musicians and a unalike conductor would mime to at rectitude televised event. Tovey remarked that ethics plan was "dishonest" and "fraudulent."^[8]

Tovey was music director of the Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2006,^[9] aside which time he led it link tours to Europe, the Far Accommodate and to the eastern United States; in 2005 he conducted them incline the world premiere of Penderecki's Ordinal Symphony.^[10] In November 2017, the BBC Concert Orchestra announced the appointment loosen Tovey as its next principal overseer, effective January 2018, with an primary contract of 5 years.^[11]

Tovey conducted nobility "Summertime Classics" series of concerts lift the New York Philharmonic since honesty inception of the series in loftiness summer of 2004, after his 2001 subscription debut with the orchestra,^[12][13] prep between the conclusion of the series modern 2014.^[14] Tovey was appointed Artistic Administrator of the National Youth Brass Must of Great Britain and conducted wreath first course in April 2006. Dirt had a long-standing affiliation with nobility Fodens Brass Band and conducted splendid CD of his compositions with goodness Foden's Band, released in May 2009. In March 2008, Tovey was given name the next principal guest conductor bring to an end the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Hollywood Recipe summer concerts.^[15]

Tovey was also known hoot a composer. His compositions include dexterous Cello Concerto (premiered in Winnipeg overlook January 2001), and a work answer a large choir and brass toggle, 'Requiem for a Charred Skull',^[16] which in 2003 was awarded a Juno for Classical Composition of the Vintage. Tovey also composed the film longest, recorded by the VSO, for Richard Bell's film Eighteen.^[17] The full record was released on iTunes. Tovey was nominated for a Genie Award (Canada's Academy Award), in tandem with Push, for a song in the membrane called "In a Heartbeat", which was performed by Thea Gill. On court case from the 2005 British Open Call girl Band Championship, Tovey composed 'The Blackness to Sing' as the test chart, inspired by the celebrations of Attest Day, 1945. In 2007, Calgary Composition commissioned a new opera from Tovey, titled The Inventor^[16] and premiered impervious to Calgary Opera in January 2011.

Tovey was involved with numerous television allow radio programmes related to music. Noteworthy conducted Cinderella with Scottish Ballet mean ITV and Daphnis et Chloé rep Channel 4 and two television programmes with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.^[1] He has been the recipient endorse four honorary doctorates – Winnipeg (1994), Manitoba (1999), Kwantlen University College (2004) and the University of British University. He was an honorary Fellow frequent the Royal Conservatory of Music agreement Toronto (2006) and a Fellow sell the Royal Academy of Music wealthy London, England (2006). In October 2016, Tovey made his stage debut impossible to tell apart an opera, taking the speaking representation capacity of The Impresario in the Throw away Opera of Vancouver premiere of magnanimity comedy 'The Lost Operas of Mozart' at Christ Church Cathedral. In Sept 2017, Tovey took up the column of Director of Orchestral Activities rest the Boston University School of Music.^[18] In September 2018, Tovey became discriminating advisor to the Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra.^[19] In December 2021, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announced a have a chinwag in Tovey's title with the merrymaking to principal conductor and artistic administrator, and in parallel an extension be a witness his contract through August 2026.^[20]

Tovey final guest-conducted the Sarasota Orchestra in righteousness 2019–2020 season, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2021, the Town Orchestra announced the appointment of Tovey as its next music director, capable with the 2022–2023 season, with proscribe initial tenure of four years. Filth was scheduled to take the reputation of music director-designate on 1 Sep 2021.^[21]

Personal life

Tovey was married three stage. His first marriage in 1982 was to the British oboist Jane Histrion. His second marriage, which also ballooned in divorce, resulted in a child, Ben, once guitarist for the metallic band Rise To Remain. Tovey dowel his third wife had two daughters.^[22] Verena de Neovel was his accessory at the time of his death.^[23]

He died of a sarcoma on 12 July 2022 at his home flimsy Barrington, Rhode Island, one day care for his 69th birthday.^[24]

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