Anthony Halstead

Anthony Halstead made his conducting début with the world premiere of Elisabeth Lutyens’ music-theatre work ‘One And The Same’ with the Vesuvius Ensemble at the 1976 York Festival. He subsequently studied with Sir Charles Mackerras, Michael Rose and George Malcolm. His conducting career has taken him to Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland and the Netherlands, as well as the UK.

As a conductor or keyboard director he has made over 50 CDs, with orchestras that include the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and The Hanover Band. With the latter, he most notably recorded the entire orchestral music of Johann Christian Bach, on 24 CDs, for the German company cpo.

[photo by Susi Kennedy (Cala Records)]