DAVID RIDDELL

The conductor David Riddell was born at Elgin in Scotland. He studied music at the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh, and conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Today he lives in Denmark, where he is artistic director and main conductor of the Randers Chamber Orchestra, as well as artistic director of the Aarhus Summer Opera. He is a frequent guest conductor for most of the Danish orchestras and has conducted numerous opera productions for Den Jyske Opera and Aarhus Summer Opera. In Britain he has appeared with the Northern Sinfonia, English Touring Opera, Scottish Opera and The Garden Venture (Royal Opera, Covent Garden), among others. He has also conducted in Germany, France, Estonia and Iceland. In addition he is active as a composer and arranger, and has taught at St Andrews University, the Guildhall School of Music, the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music and the Opera Academy.

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Role: Conductor
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