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 and conducting a tour of Korea with the RPO in May (Rossini and Tchaikovsky). This was followed by a concert with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in September and concerts with Sarah Brightman in Moscow and Beijing in October.

2007 saw 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. 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.

2008 has seen another 'Filmharmonic' with the RPO at the Royal Albert Hall, a trip to Qatar with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orhcestra and recordings in Prague for composer Adrian Munsey, featruing the singing of actress Honor Blackman! July sees more recording with Sarah Brightman and there will be 2 RPO Christmas concerts followed by 3 film music concerts for Raymond Gubbay at the Barbican, Symphony Hall and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

2009 saw debuts with the Nörrkoping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden and the Malta Philharmonic. The concert in Malta was particularly special as the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja is on his way to being one of the world’s top tenors. He’s also a lovely guy! His guest was American pop idol Michael Bolton who was also a joy to work with. The recording in Sweden introduced me to a particularly special orchestra – beautiful playing in every section.