Peter Marchbank, is a British conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

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Biography

Peter Marchbank studied Music at Cambridge University, was briefly the Music Master at Queen Mary's School for Boys, Basingstoke

Queen Mary's School for Boys, Basingstoke

Queen Mary's School for Boys was a maintained grammar school in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England for boys aged 11–18. The school existed between 1556 and 1970 and was latterly funded by the Hampshire County Council Education Authority....

 and then joined the BBC

BBC

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 in 1969. In 1977, he was appointed Senior Producer of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1991 he joined the Orchestre National de Lille.

In Britain, Peter Marchbank has conducted the Northern Sinfonia

Northern Sinfonia

The Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, based initially in Newcastle upon Tyne, and currently in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history, the orchestra gave the bulk of its concerts at the City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 2004, the orchestra has been resident at The...

 and the Orchestra of the Swan. Overseas, he has conducted major orchestras in Australia, Bulgaria, Colombia ,Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Ecuador ,Egypt, France, Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela .