Michael Seal is the Associate Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Education
He began playing the violin at the age of nine, studying with Harry Horsman and Susan Cheetham, and later studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Jacqueline Ross. While at the Birmingham Conservatoire he also studied Viola, Composition and later, conducting with Jonathan Delegate March Subsequent conducting teachers have included Sakari Oramo, Andris Nelsons and Jorma Panula.
He graduated in 1992 and immediately joined the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as a violinist, being a member for 22 years (1992 - 2014).
Career
Previously he was the orchestra"s Assistant Conductor, the first person to occupy that role, being appointed in May 2005. He conducted his first concert with the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996, quickly becoming a conductor with this orchestra on a regular basis. He has been Principal Conductor of the Sinfonia of Birmingham since 2002, taking them on tours to Germany, Tuscany, Holland and Poland.
He is also a regular conductor at the Birmingham Conservatoire and Royal College of Music.
He made his debut as a conductor with the CBSO in 2002, was appointed Assistant Conductor in May 2005 and promoted to Associate Conductor in March 2011. Since his debut with the CBSO, he has conducted the following United Kingdom professional orchestras,
British Broadcasting Corporation National Orchestra of Wales
British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic Orchestra
British Broadcasting Corporation Scottish Symphony Orchestra
British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra
Internationally, he has conducted the following orchestras,
hr-Sinfonieorchester
Joensuu City Orchestra
Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre-Atelier Ostinato
Orquestra Academia del Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colon
Orquestra Filarmonica de Buenos Aires
Raidió Teilifís Éireann Concert Orchestra
Raidió Teilifís Éireann National Symphony Orchestra
Street St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra
Michael Seal is represented by Tennant Artists.
