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Adrian Leaper

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Adrian Leaper (born 1953) is an English conductor.

Biography

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Leaper studied horn and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and for eight years 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 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

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  1. ^ Anderson, Keith. "About this Recording: Bantock: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite (Liner Notes, 1989)". Naxo. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ Biography Adrian Leaper's Profile - Hazard Chase Archived June 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Biography Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine 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". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  6. ^ Biography Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine on his agent's website, (accessed February 20, 2015).
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Cultural offices
Preceded by Directors, RTVE Symphony Orchestra
2001–
Succeeded by