Royston Nash, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Royston Nash

British music conductor

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1933

Date of Death: 04-Apr-2016

Profession: conductor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Royston Nash

  • Royston Hulbert Nash (23 July 1933 – 4 April 2016) was an English-born conductor, best known as a music director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and, later, as the conductor of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra. His career as a conductor began with the Royal Marines from 1957 to 1970.
  • He then joined D'Oyly Carte, becoming Music Director from 1971 to 1979.
  • There, he led the company during its centenary year in 1975 and issued a number of recordings, including the company's only recordings of Utopia, Limited, The Grand Duke, and The Zoo, as well as recordings of some rarely heard Sullivan music.
  • He then moved to the United States, where he became musical director of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, the Nashua Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles, until his retirement in 2007.
  • He also founded and conducted Symphony by the Sea.

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