Noble in 2016

Guy Noble is an Australian musical composer, conductor, pianist and broadcaster.[1]

Noble studied piano in the early 1980s at the Sydney Conservatorium. On a scholarship from the Australia Council he travelled to London where he worked for four years, including a stint as presenter on BBC Radio 3.[2] In 1984, he was pianist in the Sydney Youth Orchestra and from 1984 to 1986 in the Australian Youth Orchestra.[3] Noble was the inaugural recipient of the Brian Stacey Memorial Trust Award for emerging Australian conductors in 1998; the trust, in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, financed the composition and recording of Noble's Flute Concerto,[4] written for Jane Rutter.[5]

In 2022 he was appointed as the conductor and host of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.[6]

Prior to that he conducted the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide,[7][8][9] West Australian,[10] Tasmanian, Queensland and Canberra symphony orchestras, the Auckland Philharmonia, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic[11] and Malaysian Philharmonic orchestras.[12][13]

Noble has also conducted and presented concerts with performers including The Beach Boys, Yvonne Kenny, David Hobson, Ben Folds, Dianne Reeves, Randy Newman, Teddy Tahu Rhodes[14] and Clive James.[15]

He is the former host of the ABC Classic FM radio breakfast program.[16][17][18]

He writes a regular column in Limelight magazine.[19]

References

  1. "'Love List: Great Opera Hits' by Guy Noble". Sydney Opera House. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. "Guy Noble replaces Lawrence on ABC Local Radio", radioinfo.com.au, 14 August 2002
  3. "Australian Youth Orchestra – concert programs 1980–1989"
  4. "Award Recipient 1998: Guy Noble", Brian Stacey Memorial Trust
  5. Noble's Flute Concerto, Jane Rutter (flute) on YouTube
  6. "Guy Noble". Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. Burdon, Peter (20 May 2021). "Review: Animals – Adelaide Symphony Orchestra". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia via Newsbank.
  8. "On with the show for fabulous FOFO". The Sunday Mail. 21 November 2021. p. 4 via Newsbank.
  9. Whittington, Stephen (15 May 2015). "Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with conductor Guy Noble brings classics to the masses". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia.
  10. Yeoman, William (11 November 2016). "Opera! The Opera brings together world's greatest operatic music". The West Australian. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  11. "Guy Noble | HK Phil". www.hkphil.org. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  12. "Melbourne Symphony Orchestra". Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  13. "Guy Noble". Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  14. "Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Guy Noble Enchant the Opera". Radio Adelaide. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  15. "Guy Noble". Music Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  16. "The Guy Noble Radio Show". ABC Radio Classic FM.
  17. "Classic presenter's last call". The Mercury. Hobart, Australia. 28 November 2001. p. 22 via Newsbank.
  18. Humphries, Glen (18 May 2002). "Insight – Guy Noble". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, Australia. p. 7 via Newsbank.
  19. "Guy Noble Archives". Limelight. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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