Fergus

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Fergus Macleod was born in London in 1987. He graduated with a degree in music from Cambridge University in 2009, and in the same year made his professional conducting debut with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2009 he has gone on to work with ensembles such as the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and the London Chamber Orchestra.

During the 2010/11 season Fergus has given concerts with the Kurpfläziches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Hradec Kralove Philharmonic, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta (as part of the Orkney Conductors Course). He has undertaken masterclasses with Pierre Boulez in Luzern, David Zinman in Zürich and Martyn Brabbins in Orkney, as well as participating in workshops with Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Luzern Festival Strings and Musikkollegium Winterthur. His opera engagements have included the World Premiere of “Tod und das Mädchen” in Zürich and assisting and conducting Dvorak’s Rusalka with Ústí Opera.

Fergus joined the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the age of fourteen as a violinist and it was there that he began his conducting studies with Peter Stark. While at Cambridge he founded Ensemble CB3 with whom he gave world premieres by composers such as David Horne and Thomas Hewitt Jones. He also conducted Handel’s Xerxes with the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera and acted as a conductor for the Cambridge University Music Society, as well as being both a choral and instrumental scholar.

After graduating from Cambridge, Fergus was invited to be Artistic Director of the university’s new music ensemble (taking over from Ryan Wigglesworth) for the 2009/10 season. Fergus acted as music associate for English Touring Opera’s Handelfest in autumn 2009. He has studied as a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival with David Zinman, at the International Ensemble Modern Academy with Frank Ollu and Heinz Holliger and at the Luzern Festival Academy Conducting Masterclass with Pierre Boulez (2008 and 2011).

In the 2011/12 season Fergus will give concerts with Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchesterverien Weidikon and will return to the Hradec Kralove Philharmonic. He will participate in masterclasses with Mario Venzago and Bern Symphony Orchestra and David Zinman. He is currently studying with Prof. Johannes Schlaefli at Zürich University for the Arts.