Andrew Gourlay
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| Born | 1982 (age 34–35) Jamaica |
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| Occupation | Conductor of classical music |
| Website | www.andrewgourlay.com |
Andrew Gourlay (born 1982) is a British conductor. He is currently chief conductor of the Castile and León Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León).
Born in Jamaica, Gourlay is of Russian descent, as his great grandmother was the Princess Elizaveta Galitzine, and his great-great-grandfather, Alexander Dmitrievich Zinoviev, was Governor of Saint Petersburg at the time of the Revolution of 1905. He was raised in the Bahamas, the Philippines, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Gourlay began his musical training on the piano and the trombone. As a trombonist in his early twenties, he played with such orchestras as the Philhamonia, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Hallé Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta. He was also a member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, with whom he played under the baton of their founder, Claudio Abbado.
Gourlay subsequently studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and University of Manchester, before specialising in conducting at the Royal College of Music in London, where he prepared orchestras for Bernard Haitink and Sir Roger Norrington. In 2010, he won First Prize at the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition. From 2010 to 2012, he was assistant conductor to Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé.
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