Mark Wigglesworth
Mark Wigglesworth (born 19 July 1964) is a British conductor. Wigglesworth is music director of English National Opera since 2015, having served as associate conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, as musical director of the Opera Factory of London, and music director of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Early life
Wigglesworth was born on 19 July 1964,[1] in Sussex, and attended Bryanston School,[2] Manchester University, and the Royal Academy of Music in London.[3] He won the Kondrashin Conducting Competition in Amsterdam in 1989.
Career
John Drummond appointed him associate conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1991, a post he held until 1993.[4] Wigglesworth was principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 1996 until 2000. He was principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1998 to 2001.
Wigglesworth led his first opera production in 1991, conducting Cosi fan Tutte for Opera Factory in London. He made his first conducting appearance with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in November 2002.[5] He has also conducted at the Welsh National Opera,[6][7] the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera,[8][9] and Glyndebourne.[10] In 2005, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Le Nozze di Figaro. In April 2006, Wigglesworth had been named the next Music Director of the La Monnaie opera, Brussels, succeeding Kazushi Ono. After a season of working together with the company's then-music director, Kazushi Ono (2007-2008), Wigglesworth had originally been scheduled to assume sole control as Music Director with the 2008-2009 season.[11] In April 2008, La Monnaie announced that Wigglesworth would not take up the post of music director at La Monnaie.[12] In January 2014, English National Opera named Wigglesworth its next music director, succeeding Edward Gardner, effective with the 2015-2016 season.[13]
Wigglesworth has recorded commercially for such labels as BIS.[14][15]
Personal life
Wigglesworth is married to the University College, London archaeologist Annemieke Milks. The couple have a daughter and reside in Sussex.[16]
References
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| Preceded by | Music Director, BBC National Orchestra of Wales 1996–2000 |
Succeeded by Richard Hickox |
| Preceded by | Music Director, English National Opera 2015–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
