Douglas Boyd (born 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British oboist and conductor.
Douglas Boyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Music |
| Occupation(s) | oboist conductor |
Biography
editBoyd studied oboe at the Royal Academy of Music, London, as a pupil of Janet Craxton. He later was a student with Maurice Bourgue in Paris. In 1984 he won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, which led to his New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall.
Boyd was one of the founding members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE), and served as its principal oboist from 1981 to 2002.[1] During his time with the COE, he developed an interest in conducting, and counted as his first conducting mentors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He also had guidance from Paavo Berglund and Sir Colin Davis.[2] In 2006, Boyd ceased performing on the oboe to focus full-time on his conducting career.[3]
In 2001, Boyd became music director of the Manchester Camerata, his first major conducting post.[4] He conducted several recordings with the Manchester Camerata for the Avie label, including music of Beethoven, Mozart[5] and Mahler. Boyd concluded his Manchester tenure after the 2010–2011 season.[6] Boyd has also served as principal guest conductor of the City of London Sinfonia. In November 2012, Boyd was named artistic director of Garsington Opera, with immediate effect.[7]
Outside of the UK, in April 2008, the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur announced the appointment of Boyd as its principal conductor, as of the 2009–2010 season. Boyd has since extended his Winterthur contract through the 2015–2016 season,[8] and concluded his Winterthur tenure after the 2015–2016 season.[9] Boyd has conducted the Winterthur orchestra in commercial recordings of music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,[10] Felix Mendelssohn and Josef Rheinberger. On 1 July 2015, Boyd became the new music director of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris.[11] He held the post through the 2019-2020 season.[12]
In the US, Boyd's first conducting appearance was with the Gardner Chamber Orchestra in 2000. In 2002, Boyd became co-artistic director of the orchestra, along with Paula Robison. In 2004, he became one of the first Artistic Partners with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2006, he extended his contract with the SPCO into the 2009–2010 season.[13] He concluded his SPCO Artistic Partnership in September 2009.[14] He first conducted the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in December 2006,[15] and was named their principal guest conductor in January 2008, for a contract of 3 years with 2 weeks of guest appearances per season.[2]
Boyd and his wife Sally Pendlebury, a cellist,[16] have three children, Iona, Sebastian and Sam. The family reside in London.[2]
References
edit- ^ Geoffrey Norris (27 April 2006). "The best chamber orchestra in the world". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ a b c Marc Shulgold (24 January 2008). "Symphony Finds Ideal Guest". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ Sabine Kortals (30 January 2009). "Guest conductor clicks with CSO". The Denver Post. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ David Fanning (8 October 2007). "Manchester Camerata: leap of faith pays off". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ Tim Ashley (11 August 2006). "Mozart: Symphonies Nos 40 and 41 Jupiter, Manchester Camerata/ Boyd". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ "Gábor Takács-Nagy for Camerata post" (Press release). Manchester Camerata. 10 March 2010. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Douglas Boyd Becomes Artistic Director" (PDF) (Press release). Garsington Opera. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ "Douglas Boyd bleibt in Winterthur" (PDF) (Press release). Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur. October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Thomas Zehetmair wird neuer Chefdirigent des Musikkollegiums Winterthur" (PDF) (Press release). Musikkollegium Winterthur. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ Tim Ashley (8 July 2010). "Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante in E flat; Symphony No 31 'Paris'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ Benoît Fauchet (12 April 2015). "L'Orchestre de chambre de Paris en 2015–2016 avec un nouveau chef, Douglas Boyd". Diapason. Retrieved 26 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Orchestre de chambre de Paris: Lars Vogt, new Music Director" (PDF) (Press release). Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Vivien Schweitzer (16 November 2006). "St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Balances Budget, Extends Contracts of Two 'Artistic Partners'". Playbill Arts. Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ Larry Fuchsberg (26 September 2009). "Boyd's SPCO tenure ends on a generous note". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ Marc Shulgold (28 January 2009). "New guest conductor focuses on current job as CSO opening looms". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ Andrew Clark (8 May 2006). "The other side of the baton" (PDF). Financial Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.