William Cole is a conductor with a repertoire from Baroque opera to music by today’s leading composers. He works regularly with leading orchestras, ensembles and opera companies in the UK. In January 2019 he made his U.S. debut conducting Philip Venables’ 4.48 Psychosis at the Prototype Festival in New York. From 2017-2019 he was a Repetiteur Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music, and he is a current member of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group’s NEXT programme.
William’s 2021/22 season includes engagements with Opera North, Music Theatre Wales, Aldeburgh Festival, Philharmonia Orchestra, La Nuova Musica, Red Note Ensemble, musica assoluta Hannover, and Theater Aachen.
Upcoming engagements
June
19th: Grisey – Vortex Temporum
BCMG NEXT, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Julian Anderson, speaker
William Cole, conductor
July
musica assoluta Hannover
William Cole | conductor
12th-21st Tanglewood Conducting Seminar
September – November
Michael Nyman – The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
Gavin Bryars – Marylin Forever
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Opera School
Caroline Clegg – director
William Cole, conductor
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