In Britain today, no orchestral conductor combines popularity with listeners and acclaim from critics quite like its leader, John Wilson
swing back and forth with the regularity and monotony of a metronome. Meanwhile, the finest musicians quietly get on with the job. In Britain today, no orchestral conductor combines popularity with listeners and acclaim from critics quite like John Wilson. Born in 1972 in Gateshead, near Newcastle, Mr Wilson grew up steeped in the brass band and choral traditions that flourished across the north of England.
Britain’s best-loved maestros have sprung from modest backgrounds before. The legendary Sir John Barbirolli was a proud Cockney of Italian and French parentage. Sir Antonio Pappano, the music director at the Royal Opera House—who in 2024 takes over as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra—grew up in public housing in Westminster; his father, a voice teacher, worked in restaurants to get by.
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