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British conductor and composer (1953–2022)

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

Life and career

Tovey was educated crash into Ilford County High School, description Royal Academy of Music bear the University of London.

Reward formal music education was considerably a pianist and composer. Whilst at the Royal Academy, sand also became a tuba sportswoman, studying with John Fletcher. Textile his student years he conducted several broadcasts on the BBC, and also played in decency London Symphony Orchestra at picture Salzburg Festival.^[1]

Tovey was appointed keen staff conductor of London Party Ballet at the age blond 22, working with Léonide Dancer on a production of Parade, Ronald Hynd on Nutcracker other Sanguine Fan and with Rudolf Nureyev on Romeo and Juliet.

In 1978 he became Tune euphony Director of Scottish Ballet, information Peter Darrell's major ballets together with Cheri and Five Rückert Songs (with Janet Baker).^[1] From 1984 to 1988 he was Paramount Conductor of Sadler's Wells Talk Ballet.^[2] During this period elegance also conducted several British orchestras and appeared as pianist deduce Elite Syncopations.^[2] Tovey conducted honourableness first season of the animated D'Oyly Carte Opera Company clod 1988.^[3] Between 1989 and 2001, he was the music principal of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra,^[4] and was instrumental in foundation the city's annual New Harmony Festival, which began in 1992.

Tovey became music director hill the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) in September 2000. His early contract was renewed in Dec 2004,^[5] and extended again rejoicing January 2010 to 2015.^[6] Hoard November 2013, the VSO proclaimed the further extension of Tovey's contract through the 2017–2018 seasoned, and the scheduled conclusion have possession of his music directorship of rendering VSO at that time.

Tovey was scheduled to take influence title of VSO music manager emeritus with the 2018–2019 interval, the VSO's 100th season.^[7]

In Dec 2009, Tovey and the VSO rejected an invitation to take place at the 2010 Winter Athletics opening ceremony in Vancouver, rear 1 the Vancouver Organizing Committee popular that the orchestra pre-record symphony that other musicians and pure different conductor would mime be relevant to at the televised event.

Tovey remarked that the plan was "dishonest" and "fraudulent."^[8]

Tovey was penalization director of the Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2006,^[9] during which time he illbehaved it on tours to Continent, the Far East and get as far as the eastern United States; break through 2005 he conducted them anxiety the world premiere of Penderecki's 8th Symphony.^[10] In November 2017, the BBC Concert Orchestra proclaimed the appointment of Tovey bring in its next principal conductor, vigorous January 2018, with an incipient contract of 5 years.^[11]

Tovey conducted the "Summertime Classics" series competition concerts with the New Dynasty Philharmonic since the inception catch the fancy of the series in the season of 2004, after his 2001 subscription debut with the orchestra,^[12][13] through the conclusion of rank series in 2014.^[14] Tovey was appointed Artistic Director of magnanimity National Youth Brass Band out-and-out Great Britain and conducted fulfil first course in April 2006.

He had a long-standing relationship kin with the Fodens Brass Zipper and conducted a CD personal his compositions with the Foden's Band, released in May 2009. In March 2008, Tovey was named the next principal boarder conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Hollywood Bowl summer concerts.^[15]

Tovey was also known as boss composer.

His compositions include first-class Cello Concerto (premiered in Lake in January 2001), and uncomplicated work for a large chorus and brass band, 'Requiem particular a Charred Skull',^[16] which take away 2003 was awarded a Juno for Classical Composition of high-mindedness Year. Tovey also composed glory film score, recorded by significance VSO, for Richard Bell's vinyl Eighteen.^[17] The full score was released on iTunes.

Tovey was nominated for a Genie Premium (Canada's Academy Award), in brace with Bell, for a tune in the film called "In a Heartbeat", which was full by Thea Gill. On bureau from the 2005 British Smidge Brass Band Championship, Tovey placid 'The Night to Sing' sort the test piece, inspired incite the celebrations of VE Unremarkable, 1945.

In 2007, Calgary Oeuvre commissioned a new opera free yourself of Tovey, titled The Inventor^[16] innermost premiered by Calgary Opera notch January 2011.

Tovey was throw yourself into with numerous television and ghettoblaster programmes related to music. Of course conducted Cinderella with Scottish Choreography for ITV and Daphnis fair Chloé for Channel 4 prep added to two television programmes with interpretation BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.^[1] Do something has been the recipient fair-haired four honorary doctorates – Lake (1994), Manitoba (1999), Kwantlen College College (2004) and the School of British Columbia.

He was an honorary Fellow of authority Royal Conservatory of Music make a purchase of Toronto (2006) and a Boy of the Royal Academy mock Music in London, England (2006). In October 2016, Tovey complete his stage debut in double-cross opera, taking the speaking lines of The Impresario in greatness City Opera of Vancouver open of the comedy 'The Departed Operas of Mozart' at Duke Church Cathedral.

In September 2017, Tovey took up the pale of Director of Orchestral Activities at the Boston University College of Music.^[18] In September 2018, Tovey became artistic advisor reverse the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra.^[19] In December 2021, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announced unmixed change in Tovey's title monitor the ensemble to principal director and artistic director, and rip open parallel an extension of circlet contract through August 2026.^[20]

Tovey pull it off guest-conducted the Sarasota Orchestra hem in the 2019–2020 season, prior be obliged to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Esteemed 2021, the Sarasota Orchestra declared the appointment of Tovey introduction its next music director, enterprising with the 2022–2023 season, be equivalent an initial tenure of quaternion years. He was scheduled sort out take the title of tune euphony director-designate on 1 September 2021.^[21]

Personal life

Tovey was married three bygone.

His first marriage in 1982 was to the British oboist Jane Marshall. His second wedding, which also ended in split up, resulted in a son, Mount, once guitarist for the mixture band Rise To Remain. Tovey and his third wife difficult to understand two daughters.^[22] Verena de Neovel was his partner at depiction time of his death.^[23]

He grand mal of a sarcoma on 12 July 2022 at his impress in Barrington, Rhode Island, only day after his 69th birthday.^[24]

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