Adrian Leaper

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Adrian Leaper (born 1953) is an English conductor.

Biography

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]

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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]

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References

  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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Preceded by Directors, RTVE Symphony Orchestra
2001
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