Nicholas Cleobury has conducted all the major UK orchestras, opera companies and choirs. He has appeared at many leading festivals, including the Proms, worked extensively for the BBC and Classic FM, and has a wide recording catalogue.

He has conducted across Europe, notably at Zurich Opera, across Scandinavia and Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa and the US.

Posts he has held include conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford, assistant director of the BBC Singers, chief opera conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, principal conductor of The Fires of London, founder conductor of the Britten Sinfonia, founder director of Sounds New, music director of Mid Wales Opera and head of opera at the Queensland Conservatorium.

A notable exponent of new music, Cleobury has worked with many leading composers, including Harrison Birtwistle, Peter Maxwell Davies, James MacMillan and Michael Tippett, conducted countless premieres and championed many younger composers.

He works widely in education, conducting and teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and several universities.

For more information, visit www.nicholascleobury.net.