13 Facts About Alexander Shelley

Alexander Gordon Shelley was born on 8 October 1979 and is an Echo Music Prize-winning English conductor.

Alexander Shelley studied cello with Timothy Hugh, Steven Doane and Johannes Goritzki at the Royal College of Music and at the Robert Schumann Hochschule, Dusseldorf respectively.

Alexander Shelley was a member of the World Orchestra for Peace during the 2003 tour with Valery Gergiev.

Alexander Shelley studied conducting with Professor Thomas Gabrisch in Dusseldorf and worked closely with Yan Pascal Tortelier as his assistant conductor, among others with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

Alexander Shelley's conducting technique is immaculate, everything crystal clear and a tool to his inborn musicality.

In 2009, Alexander Shelley became Artistic Director of the Zukunftslabor project of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with whom he went on to win the 2012 Echo Klassik award in the category of Youth Engagement.

In September 2009, Alexander Shelley was named the youngest ever Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, with an initial contract of four years.

For nine consecutive years Alexander Shelley conducted and presented Nuremberg's 'Klassik Open Air' concerts - Europe's largest annual classical concerts - performing to a combined audience of over 500,000.

Alexander Shelley has focused on a variety of themes in his Cadogan Hall programming, including:.

In 2018 it was announced that Alexander Shelley had renewed his contract as Music Director of the NAC Orchestra through to 2023 and in 2022 a further extension through 2026 was announced.

Alexander Shelley has led two major tours with the NAC Orchestra.

Alexander Shelley has a close relationship with Germany's National Youth Orchestra, having led them on three separate tours of Germany and several international tours to France, Canada and Africa.

Alexander Shelley has since led productions of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, two separate productions of Marriage of Figaro, La Boheme, Louis Riel Don Giovanni and Tosca.