Education
He then studied music at the University of Edinburgh gaining a First Class Honours degree in music
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James Lowe
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He will assume his role of Chief Conductor of the Prussian Chamber Orchestra from the 2015/16 season. His work as Artistic Director of the Hallé Harmony Youth Orchestra was featured in a four-part documentary shown in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in 2010. James is also Artistic Advisor of the Nottingham Youth Orchestra, with whom he began his orchestral career.
Lowe was born in Nottingham.
His first venture into the world of music was the study of the viola. He began viola lessons aged 13 and later went on to study the instrument privately with John White.
Lowe"s first conducting experience was with the Nottingham Youth Orchestra, with whom he conducted Shostakovich"s Symphony Number. 5 in Doctorate minor.
Achievements
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Educated at the University of Edinburgh, Lowe continued his development as Benjamin Zander Conducting Fellow with the Boston Philharmonic, and has studied with leading conductors in master classes, including Jorma Panula, Neeme Järvi, Bernard Haitink and with Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has worked as Assistant Conductor to Haitink in performances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. One of two prizewinners in the Tokyo International Competition for Conductors and special prize winner in the Jorma Panula International Competition, he has appeared in performance with the Osaka and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras, the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Saint St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, the British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic, Scottish Ballet, the orchestra of Welsh National Opera, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Edinburgh Contemporary Music Ensemble as well as working with numerous other ensembles in many European countries, South Africa and the United States of America. In addition to his conducting work James is active as an educator, teacher of conducting and is undertaking research exploring ways in which orchestras can meaningfully engage with a greater public.
