Paul Daniel CBE (born 5 July, 1958, Birmingham, England) is an English conductor. He is particularly noted for performances and recordings of opera and of British music.
As a boy, he sang in the choir of Coventry Cathedral, where he received musical training. He attended King's College, Cambridge where he studied music. After graduation he went on to learn conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where his teachers include...
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Paul Daniel CBE (born 5 July, 1958, Birmingham, England) is an English conductor. He is particularly noted for performances and recordings of opera and of British music.
As a boy, he sang in the choir of Coventry Cathedral, where he received musical training. He attended King's College, Cambridge where he studied music. After graduation he went on to learn conducting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where his teachers included Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Edward Downes. In 1982, he received a position on the musical staff of the English National Opera, remaining there until 1987. He also became the Music Director of Opera Factory. In the late '80s he was Musical Director of a number of amateur choirs, notably Wokingham Choral Society , often featuring his (then) future wife, the soprano Joan Rodgers .
His career began to come to the fore in the 1990s. From 1990 to 1997, he was Musical Director of Opera North and Principal Conductor of the English Northern Philharmonia...
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