Adrian Leaper

Adrian Leaper (born 1953) is an English conductor.

Biography

Leaper studied horn and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and for eight year was co-principal horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra.[1] He was Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria from 1994 until 2001,[2] when he became conductor of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid until 2010.[3][4]

He has made many recordings for the Naxos Records label.[5] He has conducted for all four major London orchestras, the Moscow, Vienna and Prague Symphony Orchestras, in addition to many other radio, philharmonic, and symphony orchestras around the world.[6]

References

  1. Anderson, Keith. "About this Recording: Bantock: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite (Liner Notes, 1989)". Naxo. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. Biography Adrian Leaper's Profile - Hazard Chase
  3. Biography on his agent's website, (accessed January 2, 2014).
  4. History of the RTV Symphony Orchestra (in Spanish), (accessed January 2, 2015).
  5. Leaper's biography on Naxos.com
  6. Biography on his agent's website, (accessed February 20, 2015).

External links

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Enrique García Asensio
Directors, RTVE Symphony Orchestra
2001
Succeeded by
Carlos Kalmar


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