Howard Williams
Conductor
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Howard Williams studied at Oxford and Liverpool Universities and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He was a member of the music staff of English National Opera as repétiteur and Chorus Master for six years, conducting eleven productions for ENO during that short time. Williams has an extensive operatic repertoire, comprising of more than seventy works, covering the widest historical range. His work in the theatre has also included guest appearances with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, as well as with the Dutch National Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theatre and Hamburg Ballet.
Howard Williams has conducted most of the major orchestras of Great Britain, including the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and BBC Symphony, as well as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Bournemouth Symphony and Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, London Sinfonietta and all the BBC regional orchestras. He has conducted at the BBC Proms and at the Edinburgh, Leeds, Bath and Brighton Festivals, as well as at festivals in Budapest, Hong Kong, and throughout France and Spain.
Since his appointment in 1989 as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Howard Williams has devoted a significant amount of his time to working with the leading symphony orchestras in that country. He was the recipient of an Artisjus award, and in 1997 was honoured with the Bartók medal for services to Hungarian music abroad. He is now Permanent Guest Conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic in Hungary.
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