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Grant Llewellyn (born 29 December 1960) is a Welsh conductor. == Biography == Llewellyn was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He began developing his conducting reputation in 1985, when he was awarded a conducting fellow position at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. There his mentors included Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur and André Previn. He later conducted concerts at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Pops and as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. From 1990 to 1995, he was associate conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was principal guest conductor of the Stavanger Symfoniorkester from 1993 to 1996. Llewellyn served as chief conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (deFilharmonie) of Flanders from 1995 to 1998. From 2001 to 2006, Llewellyn was the music director of the Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), where he also held the title of principal conductor. Since July 2004, he has been Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony. In September 2013, his contract was extended to 2019.〔 http://www.ncsymphony.org/news/index.cfm?nid=631 〕 Also a conductor of opera, Llewellyn has led performances at the English National Opera (''Die Zauberflöte'') and the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He developed an association with stage director Chen-Shi Zheng with a 2001 production of Henry Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas'' at the Spoleto Festival USA. He also conducted a 2003 new production of Jules Massenet’s ''Manon'' at Opera North. More recently he conducted at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Grant Llewellyn is UK President of the Welsh Sinfonia, Wales' professional chamber orchestra, conducted by Mark Eager. Llewellyn, his wife Charlotte and their four children reside in Cardiff. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grant Llewellyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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