Background
Hickox, Richard Sidney was born on May 3, 1948 in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. Son of Sidney Edwin and Jean MacGregor Hickox.
Hickox, Richard Sidney was born on May 3, 1948 in Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. Son of Sidney Edwin and Jean MacGregor Hickox.
Student, Royal Academy Music, London Master of Arts, Queen's College, Cambridge.
Debut as professional conductor, St. John's Smith Square, 1971;
conductor, music director, City of London Sinfonia, since 1971;
conductor, music director, Richard Hickox Singers, since 1971;
organist, master of music, St. Margaret's, Westminster, 1972-1982;
prom debut, 1973;
conductor, music director, London Symphony Chorus, since 1976;
conductor, music director, Bradford Festival Choral Society, 1978-1990;
artistic director, Northern Sinfonia, 1982-1990;
associate conductor, London Symphony Orchestra, since 1985. Artistic director Wooburn Festival, 1967-1989, now resident. Artistic director St. Edellion Festival, since 1974, Christ Church Spitalfields Festival, since 1978, Truro Festival, since 1981, Chester Summer Festival, since 1989.
Principal guest conductor Dutch Radio Orchestra, 1980-1984, Brumenearth Symphony Orchestra. Assoc.condr. San Diego Symphony Orchestra, 1983-1984. Regular conductor numerous orchestras including Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonietta, British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony, Concert, Scottish and Welsh Orchs., Oslo Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Turku Philharmonia, Salzburg Mozrteum, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Suisse Romande, Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Conductor ENO, 1979, Opera North, 1982, 86, Scottish Opera, 1985, 87, Royal Opera, 1985. Co-founder Opera Stage, 1985.
Married Julie Margaret Smith. Married second Frances Ina Sheldon-Williams, 1976. 1 child, Thomas RichardCampbell.