Roland Peelman

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Roland Sylvester Peelman, AM is a Belgian conductor and musical director.

Peelman was born in a small village near Ghent, Belgium. He studied in Ghent at the conservatorium and Ghent University, and then in Cologne, Germany. [1]

Peelman first visited Australia with his wife in 1982. They returned not long after with their two children, officially emigrating in 1984. [1] When he first moved he lived in the South Australia City of Mount Gambier where he was appointed as musical director of the Mount Gambier City Band. Since this time, Peelman has worked with Australian organisations including Opera Australia, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Opera Queensland, and vocal a cappella group The Song Company, [2] of which he was artistic director between 1990 and 2015. [3]

Peelman is known to be a strong advocate for new Australian music, [4] and in 2015 was appointed artistic director of the Canberra International Music Festival. [5]

Peelman was appointed an honorary Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to music." [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pryor, Sally (23 January 2015). "Canberra International Music Festival presents Roland Peelman with creative challenge". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Jeffrey, Antony (2011). Many Faces of Inspiration – Conversations on Australian Creativity. South Australia: Wakefield Press. p. 98. ISBN   9781862549548.
  3. ↑ Austin, Calum Wilson (4 December 2014). "Roland Peelman to step down from Sydney's Song Company". The Australian . Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Kerry, Gordon (2009). New Classical Music: Composing Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. p. 130. ISBN   9780868409832.
  5. ↑ Kane, Tristan (17 April 2015). "Canberra International Music Festival 2015: Einstein, Beethoven star in cosmic score". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Stehle, Mark (25 January 2020). "Australia Day Honours 2020: Full list of recipients". Sydney Morning Herald . Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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