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 Charles Hazlewood Following his studies at Christ's Hospital and Oxford University, Charles Hazlewood was nominated by the BBC as the UK's sole representative in the European Broadcasting Union conducting competition in Lisbon. He won first prize and following this success he has established himself as one of Britain's most exciting young conductors. Until 2009 he was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, with whom he made his debut at the BBC Proms in 2006. He is also Music Director of the contemporary ensemble Excellent Device! and its sister orchestra, the period ensemble Harmonieband. He guest conducts many leading orchestras in this country and throughout the world; he made his debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2003 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's. He brought the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain to the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, making history in performing the first ever symphony concert on the world-famous Pyramid Stage. Known to millions as "the face of classical music for the BBC" (Daily Telegraph), Hazlewood has authored and conducted the music in several landmark TV series, including Vivaldi Unmasked (BBC1), Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky (BBC2/4). He is currently developing a major series on the history of British music. As Music Director of Dimpho di Kopane, the award-winning South African opera company, Hazlewood has devised the music for many shows, including The Mysteries (which had a highly successful West-end run); he was also music director/conductor of U-Carmen e Khayelitsha, the South African movie which won the Golden Bear at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival. Since September 2003, Hazlewood has conducted and presented Discovering Music for BBC Radio 3 with the BBC Orchestras and his own bands, exploring and deconstructing great orchestral music of the last 300 years, and winning him two Sony Award nominations. Charles Hazlewood is passionate about new work; in the past six years he has conducted over fifty world premieres. |
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