conductor

(Photo opposite taken February 2007 in Gothenburg with Sarah Brightman and Queen Silvia of Sweden).

Paul started his career conducting the West End shows SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, BARNUM, CHARLIE GIRL, ZIEGFELD, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and CARMEN JONES. He has since recorded and given concerts with Bryn Terfel, José Carreras, Sumi Jo, Jessye Norman, Barbara Hendricks, Lesley Garrett, Tito Beltran, Jason Howard, Sarah Brightman and Paul McCartney.

For Silva Screen Records he has conducted over 30 albums with the City of Prague Philharmonic. He has also worked regularly on radio and in concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra and in the UK has also conducted the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National and Ulster Orchestras.

Abroad, he has worked with the Malmö Symphony, Seville Symphony, Munich Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Dallas Symphony and Pacific Symphony (Los Angeles), Russian National and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras. Paul conducted Mozart's The Magic Flute for Opera Box in 1992 and The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte for Music Theatre London in 1994. He made his debut at Malmö Opera in Sweden in 2002 conducting a new production of "Nine".

For three years starting in 2000 Paul conducted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. These concerts have seen him work with Jessye Norman, Barbara Hendricks, Sir Paul McCartney, A-Ha, Willie Nelson, Santana, Moby and Bryn Terfel. He has also conducted two of Bryn Terfel’s Faenol Festival concerts in North Wales.

2005 started with the RPO's Filmharmonic album and recordings for Yahama, followed by a tour of Japan with Sarah Brightman and the Tokyo Philharmonic . 'Filmharmonic' in concert took place on June 5th at the Royal Albert Hall and another film music concert with the RPO at Fairfield Halls, Croydon on November 23rd. He conducted a Christmas concert with them at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft on December 9th.

The year ended with 2 exciting concerts - the first on December 23rd with Sarah Brightman and the Russian National Orchestra at the Rossiya Concert Hall in Moscow in front of President Putin. The second took place on the 31st with Sarah Brightman and the Beijing Symphony Orchestra in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Highlights of 2006 have included....

Conducting the Olivier Awards Ceremony in February, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in Oslo in March , conducting a tour of Korea with the RPO in May (Rossini and Tchaikovsky). Tis was followed by a concert with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in September, concerts with Sarah Brightman in Moscow and Beijing in October.

2007 has started with a return to the Orquesta Sinfonica de La Coruna in Spain, the Olivier Awards ceremony as last year, a concert with Sarah brightman and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden and a concert with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria in Las Palmas. This was in the stunning Auditorio Alfredo Kraus with its huge glass wall behind the orchestra that looks out to sea. Coming up are 2 concerts with the RPO - 1st June at the Royal Albert Hall and 7th July at Watford Colisseum featuring a world premiere of the 'Four Season of Woman' by Ronnie Smith which Paul orchestrated 3 years ago.