Career Adam Gatehouse

1 career

1.1 conducting
1.2 radio 3
1.3 other roles

career
conducting

gatehouse started professional conducting career musical director of ballet rambert (1974–78). founding conductor of wolsey orchestra (1972–76), amateur chamber orchestra. became principal conductor , musical director of dutch national ballet (1978–89) , of dutch national youth orchestra (1980–90). royal concertgebouw orchestra s artistic advisor (1988–92).

he has been conductor of ipswich symphony orchestra since 2000. other orchestras has conducted guest include barcelona symphony orchestra, brooklyn philharmonic orchestra, la fenice, lamoureux orchestra, orchestre de bordeaux aquitaine, royal ballet , tenerife symphony orchestra. in 2013, conducted world première of , crowd (wept), opera composer erick flores , librettist afsaneh gray jade goody, late reality television star.

radio 3

in 1991, gatehouse gave full-time conducting join radio 3, bbc s classical music radio station, @ first producer , subsequently editor live music. made radio programmes, including documentaries on russian ballet dancer rudolf nureyev , russian composer sergei prokofiev, received sony radio awards. founded bbc wigmore hall lunchtime concert series in 1998, broadcast on radio 3, , continued run until 2013. founded london symphony orchestra s lunchtime concert series @ st luke s. responsible special radio 3 programming on several composers, including composer weeks schubert , tchaikovsky.

in 1999, founded bbc radio 3 new generation artists scheme (nga), aims boost careers of 6 or 7 selected young classical performers or groups each year concerts, recordings , radio 3 broadcasts. continued direct scheme until 2013, when left radio 3. prominent musicians participated in scheme include pianists benjamin grosvenor, igor levit, paul lewis , steven osborne, violinist alina ibragimova, trumpeter alison balsom, percussionist colin currie, mezzo-soprano alice coote , belcea quartet. jonathan lennie, writing in time out in 2009, called tribute intuition ... practically of 60 ngas have lived potential. meurig bowen, director of cheltenham music festival, commented gift detecting signs of greatness on in musicians careers has proved second-to-none.

other roles

gatehouse served on jury of leeds international piano competition in 2012 , 2015, , in 2015, took on fanny waterman artistic director of competition, jointly paul lewis. martin cullingford, writing in gramophone magazine, commented gatehouse s role in launching bbc new generation artists scheme ... places him discover next generation of keyboard greats. jury member bbc cardiff singer of world competition in 2009 , 2013.

in 2006, founded festival de valloires, week-long chamber music festival held @ argoules, france, directed. serves on artistic committee of borletti-buitoni trust, charitable trust gives grants young musicians.