BIOGRAPHY
James Lowe is the Artistic Director of the New Bristol Sinfonia and Artistic Director of the West of Scotland Schools Orchestra. In 2007, Lowe made his North American debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Between 2004 and 2007, he was the Associate Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
After graduating from the University of Edinburgh with a first class honours degree in music, he began studying conducting in a series of master classes with Finnish pedagogue Jorma Panula. In 2001, he was invited to be the Benjamin Zander Conducting Fellow with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, acting as musical assistant and running educational outreach projects.
One of three finalists in the second BBC Conductors Competition and one of two prize-winners in the 2003 Tokyo International Competition for Conductors, he has worked with the Osaka and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as engagements with other orchestras in many European countries, South Africa and the USA.
Whilst working with the RSNO as Associate Conductor, Lowe conducted the orchestra across the entire range of their performing activities, from regional tours to the Last Night of the Scottish Power Proms and season concerts. Lowe continues his development by working closely with leading conductors in master classes, including Jorma Panula, Neeme Järvi and most recently Bernard Haitink.
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