Douglas Boyd

Douglas Boyd

Douglas Boyd (born 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British oboist and conductor. He studied oboe at the Royal Academy of Music, London, as a pupil of Janet Craxton. He later was a student with Maurice Bourgue in Paris. In 1984 he won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions which led to his New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall.

Boyd was one of the founding members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE), and served as its principal oboist from 1981 to 2002.[1] During his time with the COE, he developed an interest in conducting, and counted as his first conducting mentors Claudio Abbado and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He also had guidance from Paavo Berglund and Sir Colin Davis.[2] In 2006, Boyd ceased performing on the oboe to focus full-time on his conducting career.[3]

In 2001, Boyd became music director of the Manchester Camerata, his first major conducting post.[4] He has conducted several recordings with the Manchester Camerata for the Avie label, including music of Beethoven, Mozart[5] and Mahler. Boyd concluded his Manchester tenure after the 2010-2011 season.[6] Boyd has also served as principal guest conductor of the City of London Sinfonia. In April 2008, the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur announced the appointment of Boyd as its principal conductor, as of the 2009-2010 season.

In the US, Boyd's first conducting appearance was with the Gardner Chamber Orchestra in 2000. In 2002, Boyd became co-artistic director of the orchestra, along with Paula Robison. In 2004, he became one of the first Artistic Partners with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2006, he extended his contract with the SPCO into the 2009-2010 season.[7] He concluded his SPCO Artistic Partnership in September 2009.[8] He first conducted the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in December 2006, in an acclaimed concert.[9] In January 2008, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra named Boyd their principal guest conductor, for a contract of 3 years with 2 weeks of guest appearances per season.[2]

Boyd and his wife Sally Pendlebury, a cellist,[10] have three children. They make their home in London.[2]

References

  1. ^ Geoffrey Norris (2006-04-27). "The best chamber orchestra in the world". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=2PBJ2AY1IRXZTQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/arts/2006/04/27/bmorch27.xml. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  2. ^ a b c Marc Shulgold (2008-01-24). "Symphony Finds Ideal Guest". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/24/symphony-finds-ideal-guest/. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  3. ^ Sabine Kortals (2009-01-30). "Guest conductor clicks with CSO". Denver Post. http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_11582399. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  4. ^ David Fanning (2007-10-08). "Manchester Camerata: leap of faith pays off". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=2PBJ2AY1IRXZTQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/arts/2007/10/08/bmcamera108.xml. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  5. ^ Tim Ashley (2006-08-11). "Mozart: Symphonies Nos 40 and 41 Jupiter, Manchester Camerata/ Boyd". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/aug/11/classicalmusicandopera.art2. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  6. ^ "Gábor Takács-Nagy for Camerata post" (Press release). Manchester Camerata. 10 March 2010. http://www.manchestercamerata.co.uk/news/g-bor-tak-cs-nagy-for-camerata-post. Retrieved 2010-05-06. 
  7. ^ Vivien Schweitzer (2006-11-16). "St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Balances Budget, Extends Contracts of Two 'Artistic Partners'". Playbill Arts. http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5603.html. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  8. ^ Larry Fuchsberg (2009-09-26). "Boyd's SPCO tenure ends on a generous note". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/61452682.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
  9. ^ Marc Shulgold (2009-01-28). "New guest conductor focuses on current job as CSO opening looms". Rocky Mountain News. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/28/new-guest-conductor-focuses-on-current-job-as/. Retrieved 2009-09-07. 
  10. ^ Andrew Clark (2006-05-08). "The other side of the baton". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20070820191717/http://www.franksalomon.com/PDF/DB_FinancialTimes8may06.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 

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Preceded by
Sachio Fujioka
Music Director, Manchester Camerata
2001–2011
Succeeded by
Gábor Takács-Nagy
Preceded by
Jac van Steen
Principal Conductor, Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur
2009–present
Succeeded by
incumbent

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