Background
His early musical training was as a chorister in Exeter Cathedral, where his father Lucian Nethsingha was Organist for over quarter of a century.
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Andrew Nethsingha
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He was a music scholar at Clifton College in Bristol where he studied with Gwilym Isaacs before gaining his organ scholarship to Street John"s Cambridge.
Career
He is Director of Music at Street John"s College, Cambridge, where he was previously Organ Scholar. He was also President of the Cathedral Organists" Association. He has performed in the United Kingdom, North America, South Africa, China and many European countries.
He has held Organ Scholarships under Doctor Christopher Robinson (musician) at Street George"s Chapel, Windsor and Doctor George Guest, both of whom were Organist and Director of Music at Street John"s College, Cambridge.
Having held the post of assistant organist at Wells Cathedral, in 1994 Nethsingha had eight years as Master of the Choristers and Organist at Truro Cathedral, becoming the youngest cathedral organist in the country. During this period the reputation of the choir increased considerably.
He succeeded David Briggs at Gloucester Cathedral in 2002 (whom he had also followed at Truro), and also held the artistic directorship of the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival and the conductorship of Gloucester Choral Society. He has worked regularly with some of the United Kingdom"s leading orchestras.
Performances with the Philharmonia have included Britten War Requiem, Mahler Symphony northern
8 and Elgar The Kingdom as well as a programme of Vaughan Williams and Finzi broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3. His most recent performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have included George Gershwin"s An American in Paris and Elgar Sea Pictures. He has also worked with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra and conducted a performance of Handel"s Messiah in Beijing.
