Background
Geoffrey Simon was born on 3 July 1946 in Adelaide.
Geoffrey Simon was born on 3 July 1946 in Adelaide.
He has appeared in London with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. Internationally, he has appeared with the American, Atlanta, City of Birmingham, Bournemouth, Fort Worth, Milwaukee, Street Louis, Sapporo, Shanghai and Tokyo Metropolitan symphonies, the Israel, Moscow, Munich and New Japan Philharmonics, the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the six major Australian orchestras and Opera Australia. His music directorships have included the Albany Symphony Orchestra (New York), the Sacramento Symphony (California) and the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears "Ciutat de Palma" (Majorca).
Previously he was Professor of Music and Conductor of the University of North Texas College of Music Symphony Orchestra in Denton, Texas.
He has conducted a Mahler cycle as Music Director of the Northwest Mahler Festival in Seattle. He is Classical Special Projects Consultant of Arts Global (London, New York and Montreux) and a jury member for Young Concert Artists (Paris, Leipzig and New York) and the Australian Music Foundation (London).