Our Artists
NICHOLAS BRAITHWAITE
Background: Born in London. Completed his formal musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music, at the Festival masterclasses in Bayreuth and with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. Has held positions as Music Director and Chief Conductor of Stora Teatern (in Göteborg, Sweden), Music Director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera (UK), Associate Principal Conductor of English National Opera, Principal Conductor of the Manchester Camerata and the Adelaide and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Permanent Guest Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Associate Conductor to Constantin Silvestri of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. For Opera Queensland: Tosca. Engagements: Has appeared with the Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de France, Oslo Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Odense Symphony, Aarhus Symphony, Aalborg Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Danish National Radio Symphony, Collegium Musicum Copenhagen and the Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. Has conducted more than 70 different operas with many of the premier opera companies around the world including the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Welsh National Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Norwegian Opera and NBR New Zealand Opera. Toured Japan and Korea with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as Associate Conductor to Sir Georg Solti. Was also a frequent guest conductor for all the major orchestras in the UK (both in concert and on recordings). Recordings: Shostakovich’s Symphony No 8 (with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra - ABC Classics), Wordsworth’s Symphonies Nos 2 and 3 (with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which won the 1991 Record of the Year Award from Gramophone Magazine), Henry Wood’s orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition (with the London Philharmonic Orchestra) and Coleridge Taylor’s Violin Concerto (with Lorraine MacAslan and the London Philharmonic). Has conducted many recordings with leading international orchestras including London Philharmonic, London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, with soloists such as Dame Kiri te Kanawa and Simon Preston. His recording of Flute Concertos with Alexa Still and the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra was nominated for a 1992 Grammy Award. In 2000, recorded a CD of orchestral music by Swedish composer Franz Berwald. Also recorded Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos 6, 7 and 9 (with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra which is due to be released).