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Andrew Jonathan Penny MBE (born 4 December 1952, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) [1] is an English conductor. He has recorded a complete cycle of Malcolm Arnold's symphonies. [2]

From 1982 to 2022, he was Musical Director of the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra. [3] In November 1999 he directed two performances of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (The Symphony of a Thousand), as part of the Millennium celebrations in Hull.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to music. [4]

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References

  1. "Andrew Penny". radioswissclassic.ch. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. "Sir Malcolm Arnold and his Nine Symphonies", Classical CD Review, July 2005, "Sir Malcolm Arnold". Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. "Penny, Andrew". Naxos Digital Services Ltd. November 2001. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b23.