English conductor
William Boughton began his career as a cellist, studying at the Guildhall School of Music in London, later with
Milos Sadlo at the Prague Academy of Music, and with
Maurice Eisenberg in the U.S. He briefly worked as a cellist in several British orchestras, including the
London Sinfonietta, the
Royal Philharmonic, and the
BBC Symphony Orchestra. He soon concentrated his energies on conducting and in 1980, he founded the
English String Orchestra in Worcester. From 1983 to 1988,
Boughton served as artistic director of
the Malvern Festival and in 1986, he was named principal conductor of the
Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra in Finland, a position he held until 1993. He is a frequent guest conductor with orchestras in England and Europe. ~ Robert Adelson, All Music Guide
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