Frank Renton

Frank Renton (born 1939) is a British musician, conductor and broadcaster, and current host of Listen to the Band on BBC Radio Two. An accomplished trumpet player, Renton won a competition for young conductors at the 1967 Edinburgh Festival, and appointments soon followed. After working in Germany for a time, he moved to the Far East, working for a while in Singapore where he conducted the first performances of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. S... more

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