Andrew Penny

Conductor

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Who is Andrew Penny?

Andrew Jonathan Penny MBE is a conductor born in Hull, England. He has recorded a complete cycle of Malcolm Arnold's symphonies.

He graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music. As a postgraduate he studied with Sir Charles Groves.

Since 1982 he has been Musical Director of the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra. In November 1999 he directed two performances of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, as part of the Millennium Celebrations in Hull.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to music.

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Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Royal Northern College of Music
Lived in
  • HM Prison Hull

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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