Ivor Bolton

Ivor Bolton (born 17 May 1958) is an English conductor and harpsichordist.

Early life and education

Bolton was born in Blackrod, England. He studied at Clare College, Cambridge (1976–80) and was conducting scholar at the Royal College of Music (1980–81).[1] He later trained as a répétiteur at the National Opera Studio and was appointed conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford.

Career

Bolton was Assistant Chorus Master and staff conductor from 1982–84 for Glyndebourne Festival Opera. He made his operatic conducting debut in 1986 with Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress for Opera 80.[1] He later became music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera (now Glyndebourne on Tour) from 1992–97. He was principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from 1994–96. He has also held leadership positions with the St James's Baroque Players in London (with whom he recorded the Bach harpsichord concertos BWV 1052–1058 in 1987) and the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music. Other work with period ensembles has included collaboration with the Dresdner Festspielorchester (Dresden Festival Orchestra), which began in 2012.[2]

From 2004–16,[3] Bolton was Chief Conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, with which he appeared at The Proms in 2006.[4] He now has the title of Ehrendirigent (Honorary Conductor) with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, as of the 2016–17 season. In February 2014, the Teatro Real named Bolton its next music director, effective with the 2015–16 season, with an initial contract of five years.[5] In June 2015, the Sinfonieorchester Basel announced the appointment of Bolton as its next chief conductor, as of the 2016–17 season, with an initial contract of 4 years.[3] In March 2018, the orchestra announced the extension of Bolton's contract through the 2024–25 season.[6]

With the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Bolton has made commercial recordings of music by W. A. Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Hector Berlioz, and Anton Bruckner. In addition, he has conducted commercial recordings of Handel's Theodora from the Salzburg Festival, Mayr's Medea in Corinto from Munich, Janáček's Jenůfa from the Teatro Real Madrid, Cavalli's Ercole amante from the Netherlands Opera, and Mozart's Zaide and La finta giardiniera from Salzburg.

Personal life

Bolton is married to the musicologist, critic, and broadcaster Tess Knighton. The couple have a son, and reside in Barcelona.[5]

References
  1. Adam, Nicky (ed). Ivor Bolton. In: Who's Who in British Opera. Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1993.
  2. "Premiere für internationales Festspielorchester in Dresden". Sächsische Zeitung. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. "Ivor Bolton wird Chefdirigent des Basler Sinfonieorchesters". Der Standard. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. Tim Ashley (30 August 2006). "Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Bolton (Royal Albert Hall, London; Prom 59)". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  5. "The Board of Directors of the Teatro Real Appoints Ivor Bolton as Music Director" (Press release). Teatro Real. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. Marc Krebs (12 March 2018). "Sinfonieorchester Basel verlängert mit Chefdirigent Ivor Bolton bis 2025". Basellandschaftliche Zeitung. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Graeme Jenkins		 Music Director, Glyndebourne on Tour
1992-1997		 Succeeded by
Louis Langrée
Preceded by
Jukka-Pekka Saraste		 Principal Conductor, Scottish Chamber Orchestra
1994-1996		 Succeeded by
Joseph Swensen
Preceded by
Hubert Soudant		 Chief Conductor, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
2004-2016		 Succeeded by
Riccardo Minasi
Preceded by
Jesús López Cobos		 Music Director, Teatro Real, Madrid
2015-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Dennis Russell Davies		 Chief Conductor, Sinfonieorchester Basel
2016-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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