Douglas Boyd

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Douglas Boyd (born Glasgow, Scotland) is a British oboist and conductor. He studied oboe at the Royal Academy of Music, London, as a pupil of Janet Craxton. He later was a student with Maurice Bourgue in Paris.

Boyd was one of the founding members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE), and served as its principal oboist from 1981 to 2002.[1] During his time with the COE, he developed an interest in conducting, and counted as his first conducting mentors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He also had guidance from Paavo Berglund and Sir Colin Davis.[2]

In 2001, Boyd became music director of the Manchester Camerata, his first major conducting post.[3] He has conducted several recordings with the Manchester Camerata for the Avie label, including music of Beethoven, Mozart[4] and Mahler. Boyd is also principal guest conductor of the City of London Sinfonia.

In the US, Boyd's first conducting appearance was with the Gardner Chamber Orchestra in 2000. In 2002, Boyd became co-artistic director of the orchestra, along with Paula Robison. In 2004, he became one of the first Artistic Partners with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2006, he extended his contract with the SPCO to the 2009-2010 season.[5] He first conducted the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in December 2006. In January 2008, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra named Boyd their principal guest conductor, for an initial contract of 3 years with 2 weeks of guest appearances per season.[2]

Boyd and his wife Sally Pendlebury, a cellist[6] , have three children. They make their home in London.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Geoffrey Norris. "The best chamber orchestra in the world", Telegraph, 27 April 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  2. ^ a b c Marc Shulgold. "Symphony Finds Ideal Guest", Rocky Mountain News, 24 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  3. ^ David Fanning. "Manchester Camerata: leap of faith pays off", Telegraph, 8 October 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  4. ^ Tim Ashley. "Mozart: Symphonies Nos 40 and 41 Jupiter, Manchester Camerata/ Boyd", The Guardian, 11 August 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  5. ^ Vivien Schweitzer. "St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Balances Budget, Extends Contracts of Two 'Artistic Partners'", Playbill Arts, 16 November 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  6. ^ Andrew Clark. "The other side of the baton", Financial Times, 8 May 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 

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Preceded by
Sachio Fujioka		 Music Director, Manchester Camerata
2001–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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