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Simon Halsey was born on 8 March, 1958 in London, United Kingdom, is an English choral conductor. Discover Simon Halsey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Born 8 March 1958
Birthday 8 March
Birthplace London, United Kingdom
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1958

Simon Halsey, CBE (born 8 March 1958) is an English choral conductor.

1983

He is the chorus director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (CBSO Chorus), a position he has held since 1983, and has been chorus director of the London Symphony Chorus since 2012.

He is also artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic Youth Choral Programme and the director of the BBC Proms Youth Choir, and conductor laureate of the Berlin Radio Choir.

He is professor and director of choral activities at the University of Birmingham.

Born in London, Halsey sang in the choirs of both New College, Oxford and King's College, Cambridge.

He studied conducting at the Royal College of Music in London.

Since 1983, Halsey has been the chorus director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus.

1987

In 1987, he founded the City of Birmingham Touring Opera (since 2001 the Birmingham Opera Company) with leading international opera director Graham Vick.

1995

He founded the City of Birmingham Youth Chorus in 1995.

His position with the CBSO Chorus brings him into regular contact with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, including as conductor of the annual Christmas concerts.

1997

Halsey served as chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor) from 1997 to 2008.

2001

From 2001 to 2015, he also served as chief conductor and artistic director of the Berlin Radio Choir (Rundfunkchor Berlin).

2004

In addition, he was artistic director and founder of the professional choir European Voices, and principal conductor, choral programme, for the Northern Sinfonia from 2004 until 2012.

2006

In 2006 he conducted the CBSO Chorus in their first completely choral recording, an album of English Choral Favourites.

In addition, Halsey is consultant editor on Faber Music's Choral Programme Series of sheet music.

Halsey has won numerous awards, including three Grammys for Best Choral Performance.

2008

He was international chair of choral conducting of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama from 2008 until 2014.

One in 2008 for a recording of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, by the Berlin Radio Choir and the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle.

2009

Another in 2009 for Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, Symphony in C and Symphony in Three Movements, by the Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

2010

Halsey was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) in 2010, and has three honorary doctorates, from Warwick University, the University of Central England and Birmingham University.

2011

His third Grammy was in 2011 for Saariaho's L'Amour de loin, by the Berlin Radio Choir and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, conducted by Kent Nagano.

He has also obtained a number of other awards for his work, including a Diapason d'Or from Diapason magazine in France; a BBC Music Magazine award, and has won several German Echo Klassik awards.

2012

Halsey is currently artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic Youth Choral Programme and the director of the BBC Proms Youth Choir; he has held both these positions since 2012.

Since August 2012 he has been chorus director of the London Symphony Chorus.

He was involved in the BBC Proms in 2012–2015, preparing choirs for performances of Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time (2012), Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, Britten's War Requiem and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.

2014

Other positions include artistic advisor of Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Choir Academy (since 2014), professor and director of Choral Activities, University of Birmingham (since 2012), and international chair of choral conducting for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Halsey has worked with orchestras and choirs all over the world.

He has also conducted projects as diverse as Handel's Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra and Fauré's Requiem with the CBSO Chorus and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

With the Berlin Philharmonic, he worked on a performance of Britten's Noye's Fludde, for the tenth anniversary of Berlin Phil Education.

He is also currently the artistic director for Crowd Out, a massive work for chorus composed by David Lang.

He has collaborated with director Peter Sellars for several oratorios.

Halsey has also been involved with numerous recordings, including a live recording of Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the CBSO Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic, under Simon Rattle.

2015

He gave his last concert in this role on 31 May 2015, his replacement being Dutch conductor Gijs Leenaars.

Halsey continues his association with the choir under the title of Conductor Laureate.

In March 2015 he was awarded the 2014 Queen's Medal for Music.

Halsey was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours.

2016

Since season 2016–2017 he is the artistic director of the chorusses of Palau de la Música Catalana, in Barcelona, and the Chorus Master of Orfeó Català.