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Philip Ledger

Sir Philip Stevens Ledger, CBE (12 December 193718 November 2012) was a British classical musician and academic, best known for his tenure as director of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, between 1974 and 1982 and as director of Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama from 1982 until his retirement in 2001. He was also a composer of choral music and an organist.
==Life==
Ledger was born in Bexhill-on-Sea in 1937 and educated at King's College, Cambridge.〔Stanley Webb "Philip (Stevens) Ledger" in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (London: Macmillan, 1980)〕 His appointment as master of the music at Chelmsford Cathedral in 1961 made him the youngest cathedral organist in the country.〔 In 1965 he took up the directorate of music at the University of East Anglia, where he was also dean of the School of Fine Arts and Music and responsible for the establishment of an award-winning building for the University’s Music Centre, opened in 1973.〔
In 1968, Ledger became an artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, conducting at the Snape Maltings on many occasions including the opening concert after its rebuilding, and playing in first performances of works by Britten.〔 He worked regularly with the English Chamber Orchestra during this period. He was director of music at King's College, Cambridge from 1974 to 1982, and conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society from 1973 to 1982. During his years in Cambridge, he directed the Choir of King’s College in the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, made an extensive range of recordings and took the choir to the United States, Australia, and Japan for the first time. Ledger was subsequently principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama from 1982 to 2001.
Ledger married the soprano Mary Erryl Wells in 1963, with Robert Tear as best man at the wedding ceremony. The couple had two children, Tim and Kate. His widow, children, and granddaughter Becky all survive him.

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