James Judd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British conductor
Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1949
Place of Birth: Hertford, England, United Kingdom
Profession: conductor
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About James Judd
- James Judd (born 30 October 1949, Hertford) is a British conductor. In the USA, Judd was an assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, and served as associate music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra.
- Judd made his U.S.
- opera debut in 1988 conducting Don Giovanni for the Florida Grand Opera.
- Judd was the last full-time Music Director of the Florida Philharmonic, from 1987 to 2001.
- In 2013, Judd was appointed Music Director of The Little Orchestra Society.
- Judd is the founder of Miami Music Project, a non profit organization, which provides music education to children inspirated on an El Sistema-style model. Judd served as music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), the first NZSO conductor with that title, from 1999 to 2007.
- He conducted several recordings with the NZSO for the Naxos label, and led the NZSO in its first-ever appearance at The Proms in August 2005.
- Judd now holds the title of Music Director Emeritus of the NZSO. In 2014, Judd became Music Director of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion.
- He offered to waive his salary in 2015, in the wake of financial difficulties at the orchestra.
- In September 2016, Judd was appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea.
- He became chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra as of the 2017-2018 season.
- He is scheduled to conclude his chief conductorship of the orchestra as of the close of the 2020-2021 season.Judd and his wife Valerie, a former member of the New World Symphony Orchestra, have a daughter.
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