The Orchestra of Opera North (or English Northern Philharmonia as recording name) is the orchestra that plays for the Opera North .
5-800: It was founded as the English Northern Philharmonia, and changed its name during the period when Steven Sloane was Opera North's Music Director. Since the Royal Scottish National Orchestra ceased to play for Scottish Opera , the OON is the only orchestra in Britain which performs throughout the year in concert halls as well as opera houses . The orchestra made a number of recordings for Naxos Records under former Opera North Music Directors Paul Daniel and David Lloyd-Jones . This article on an English band or musical ensemble
10-584: A degree in music. Separately, he also took conducting lessons with Eugene Ormandy , Franco Ferrara and Gary Bertini . Sloane lived and worked for much of the 1980s in Israel. From 1989 to 1994, Sloane was First Kapellmeister at the Oper Frankfurt . He was music director of the Bochum Symphony Orchestra ( Bochumer Symphoniker ) from 1994 to 2021. Simultaneously with his Bochum tenure, Sloane
15-506: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article on a classical orchestra is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Steven Sloane Steven Sloane (born 1958) is an Israeli-American conductor . Born in Los Angeles , California , Sloane developed an interest in conducting at age 16. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with
20-473: The 2002–2003 season. This appointment was unusual in that Sloane had never conducted the orchestra prior to his appointment, although he did meet several of the orchestra's musicians during their music director search prior to his appointment. Sloane did not conduct the orchestra for the first time until March 2002. He formally began his tenure with the orchestra in November 2002., and concluded his tenure with
25-734: Was Music Director of Opera North from 1999 to 2002, and was principal conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2013. Sloane was music director of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra from 2019 to 2023. In the US, Sloane was music director of the Spoleto Festival USA from 1996 to 2000. In November 2000, Sloane was named music director of the American Composers Orchestra , effective with
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