Nigel Gaynor
Assistant Music Director

Nigel joined Northern Ballet Theatre in 1998.

Born

Sydney, Australia.

Education/Trained

Conservatorium of Music in Sydney
Aspen Music Festival School

Company/Organisations

The Australian Ballet
English National Ballet
Ballet Philippines
Canterbury International Ballet
New Zealand
…and numerous leading international orchestras.

Guest Performances

Conducting Christchurch Symphony Orchestra New Zealand for a ballet Gala with Principal dancers from American Ballet Theatre
Conducting Philippines Philharmonic in Manila for a ballet Gala with dancers worldwide
Conducting the Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Pacific Orchestra USA
Shanghai Philharmonic
Moscow Symphony
State Orchestra of Victoria
The Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra
…and most of Australia’s symphony orchestras.

A regular guest conductor with English National Ballet, Nigel conducted Agnes Oaks’s final career performance of The Sleeping Beauty in 2008.

Career Highlights

Working with Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Robert Helpmann and Jiri Kylian
Conducting The Australian Ballet’s Red Earth on live television
Music Directing Northern Ballet Theatre’s China tours
Music Directing English National Ballet’s tour to Taiwan 2006 and conducting their Royal Albert Hall seasons of Swan Lake 2004, 2007
Performing in the Sydney Opera House, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Coliseum London, Marinsky Theatre St Petersburg, Metropolitan Opera House New York, Lincoln Centre Washington NHK Tokyo, Poly Theatre Beijing, and the Spoleto Festival in Italy.

Personal

Nigel is also a composer, and takes a great personal interest in music education in dance. He has produced seven volumes of Beautiful Music for Ballet Class which are sold around the world.

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