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Douglas Boyd is currently Music Director of Manchester Camerata, Artistic Partner of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota, and Principal Guest Conductor of City of London Sinfonia. He begins a three year tenure as Principal Guest Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in the 2008-09 season.
He was born in Glasgow and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
In the UK he has appeared with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He has conducted the Manchester Camerata and Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Barbican. As well as his regular appearances with the Manchester Camerata and City of London Sinfonia in the 2007-08 season he will conduct concerts with the Bournemouth Symphony and Ulster Orchestra.
In 2000 Douglas Boyd made his US conducting debut with the Gardner Chamber Orchestra. In 2001 he conducted at the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego and at the end of 2002 made his début with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra. His relationship with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra continues to develop and in May 2008 he takes them to New York for concerts at Carnegie Hall. Other US appearances in the 2007-08 season include appearances with the Colorado, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, San Antonio, Seattle and Utah Symphony Orchestras.
A founding member and Principal Oboist of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe until 2002, he now conducts them on a regular basis. Other engagements in Europe this season include concerts with Göteborgs Symphony Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Irish Chamber Orchestra and his debut with the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne.
In the 2008-09 season he will make his debut with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
Douglas Boyd is developing an interest in opera and in 2008 will conduct Die Zauberflöte with Glyndebourne Opera on Tour and in 2009 Fidelio at Garsington Opera.
He is also committed to working with students and has conducted the orchestras of the Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Oxford and Cambridge Universities on many occasions.
Formerly a great oboist, Douglas Boyd has many recordings to his credit including a recital disc with pianist Maria Joao Pires, and concertos with Claudio Abbado and Paavo Berglund.
Boyd's recording of the Bach Concerti for DG marked his recording debut as director/soloist and his recordings as a conductor with Manchester Camerata of Beethoven Symphonies No 2 and No 5 and Mahler Symphony No 4 for Avie received universal critical acclaim. He has recently recorded Schubert Symphonies with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra for their own label.
March 2008
