Rupert D'Cruze is a British
conductor who resides in New Zealand.
His earliest musical training was as a chorister in the Temple Church Choir, London.
He later performed in the
London Schools Symphony Orchestra and the
European Union Youth Orchestra.
He played and taught the
trombone
The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...
prior to becoming a conductor.
In 1987, at the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...
, D'Cruze was awarded the Philharmonia Conducting Prize.
He also has received prizes at the Tokyo International Conducting Competition in 1991 and at the Hungarian International Conducting Competition in 1992.
In 2006, D'Cruze moved to New Zealand, and was appointed Musical Director of the Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra in 2009, and in March 2010 became the Music Director for the
Dalewool Auckland Brass.
He is also a founder member of the Waikato Brass Quintet.
References
External links
Rupert D'Cruze official siteTrust Waikato Symphony Orchestra official siteDalewool Auckland Brass official site
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British male conductors (music)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
British emigrants to New Zealand
21st-century British conductors (music)
21st-century British male musicians