Julia Jones (conductor)
Julia Jones (born 28 April 1961) is a British conductor.
Biography
Jones was born in Droitwich Spa,[1] Worcestershire, England. She grew up on the Isle of Man, and attended the Chetham's School of Music, where she studied piano, clarinet, and singing. She continued her music studies at the University of Bristol, in conducting, piano, clarinet, and harpsichord, completing her B.A. Honours degree in 1983. She later studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where her teachers included Paul Hamburger and Gordon Black, and at the National Opera Studio.[2] Her other conducting teachers included Moshe Atzmon, Miklós Erdélyi, Ferenc Nagy, and Erwin Acel.
Jones moved to Germany in her 20s to take up a post as a repetiteur at the
In 2008, Jones became principal conductor of the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa at the
References
- ^ Laura Barnett (1 February 2010). "Portrait of the artist: Julia Jones, conductor". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ a b Tom Service (22 January 2010). "Where are all the women conductors?". The Guardian (Tom Service on Classical blog). Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ a b Duchen, Jessica (22 January 2010). "A glass ceiling for women in the orchestra pit". The Independent. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Dirigentin Julia Jones im Zentrum schöner Stimmen". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ William Dart (29 July 2008). "Music that has to be experienced live". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Orchesterdämmerung: Rücktritt von Julia Jones als Chefdirigentin am Theater Basel". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Cristina Fernandes (27 May 2009). "A Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa tem uma enorme vontade de progredir". Publico. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ George Hall (1 February 2010). "Così fan tutte (Royal Opera House, London)". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Julia Jones wird neue Generalmusikdirektorin" (Press release). Stadt Wuppertal. 19 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Patrick Hahn wird GMD der Wuppertaler Bühnen und Sinfonieorchester". NMZ. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
External links
- Rayfield Allied biography of Julia Jones
- Europäische Dirigentinnen German-language page on Julia Jones
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