Nicholas Milton Conductor

Nicholas Milton has earned a reputation as one of the leading Australian conductors of his generation. He has recently been appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, as well as Associate Conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Milton is Artistic Director of the ASO's East End Chamber series and Violinist with the Sydney-based Macquarie Trio. Nicholas Milton also commences an appointment in Sydney, as Chief Conductor of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra from the 2002 season.

Milton has lectured at the Juilliard School and at Boston University, and has held the post of Artist-in-Residence at the City University of New York for several years. He holds Master's degrees in Orchestral Conducting, Violin, Music Theory, and Eastern Philosophy.

In 1999, Milton won the Symphony Australia Conducting Competition and was named Westfield Young Conductor of the Year. He has conducted concerts with the West Australian, Tasmanian, Queensland, and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras.

Milton also currently holds the post of Permanent Guest Conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. During the last season, he made his conducting debut at the Dubrovnik International Music Festival and was awarded the Charles Mackerras Conducting Prize in London.

Milton's conducting engagements for 2002 include appearances with the Queensland Orchestra, the Orchestra of Victoria, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic orchestras of Nice and Zagreb, and the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra.

Milton's recording of Mendelssohn's complete works for violin and piano was recently released on the Naxos label and his recording with the Macquarie Trio of Schubert's complete piano trios was nominated for the 2001 ARIA award. With the Macquarie Trio, Milton has recently recorded the complete piano trios of Brahms; he has also conducted a CD recording of Australian compositions with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, both of these discs soon to be released on the ABC Classics label.