John Alexander Georgiadis was a British violinist and conductor.
20 Facts About John Georgiadis
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John Georgiadis was twice Concert Leader with the London Symphony Orchestra during the 1960s and 70s, a member of both the ensembles London Virtuosi and the Gabrieli String Quartet as well as conductor for both the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and as Director of Orchestral Studies at the Royal Academy of Music.
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John Georgiadis's father Alec was an amateur violinist and encouraged his son to master the instrument from the age of 6.
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John Georgiadis attended the Royal Academy of Music studying with Frederick Grinke and spent a year with Rene Benedetti.
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In 1963 John Georgiadis joined the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as Concert Leader.
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In 1974, John Georgiadis left the London Symphony Orchestra and started to teach with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, where he started his conducting career.
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John Georgiadis played solo violinist with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra in a memorial concert to John Howard Davies live on BBC Radio London on the 25 July 1974.
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On New Year's Day 1977, John Georgiadis conducted the orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, and continued the conductor role until 2015, in the Viennese style of his former mentor Willi Boskovsky.
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In 1979 John Georgiadis left the LSO for a second time, but continued to guest as a soloist and a conductor.
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John Georgiadis continued to guest conduct with orchestras around the world.
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John Georgiadis toured as a recital duet with Andy Peebles from 1988 to 1999.
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John Georgiadis quit playing music professionally in the early 2000s.
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In 1999 he was asked by Kulthorn Silapabanleng, son of Thai composer Prasidh Silapabanleng to complete his composition The Prelude Of Siam, which John Georgiadis did on the 4 September 1999.
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John Georgiadis was an honorary member of the Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain for whom he was archives guardian and librarian.
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In 1979 John Georgiadis appeared as a judge on the Thames Television programme, Fanfare for Young Musicians.
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In 2013 John Georgiadis played the part of Bill, a member of the string section, in the British film Quartet.
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John Georgiadis launched his autobiography Bow to Baton: A Leader's Life in 2019.
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John Georgiadis was born to parents Alec and Pat in 1939.
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John Georgiadis had an interest in website building, redesigning the Deal Festival site as well as designing Viennese Music Library and Musicians Gallery.
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In 1961 John Georgiadis married Susan Salter, a viola player and pianist.