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Carl Davis
Born: New York
Companies/Organisations:
For 8 years, Carl held the position of Artistic Director
and Conductor for the RLPO’s Summer Pops Season. He
also works with The London Philharmonic, The Royal Philharmonic,
The Philharmonia, RSNO, The Halle and The City of Birmingham,
to name but a few. In 2004 Carl was appointed as Principal
Guest Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Navarra in Pamplona,
Spain.
Compositions:
Extensive work for film, radio and television includes: The
World At War which has been re-released on DVD and CD; Last
Night of the Poms with Barry Humphries; the BBC’s Pride
and Prejudice and Goodnight Mr Tom. Numerous feature films
include The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Scandal and Topsy
Turvy. The Hollywood TV Series introduced Carl to composing
full length scores for archive films starting with the incredible
(now 5 ½ hour score) for Abel Gance’s Napoleon,
leading to a further 50 full length restorations including
Ben Hur, The Thief of Bagdad, The Wind and Phantom of the
Opera (to be shown at the Royal Opera House in October 2006).
Carl recently recorded the music for all 12 of Chaplin’s
‘Mutuals’ which are now available on DVD.
For Theatre:
His real love is to compose music for dance and Carl has written
13 ballets including: A Simple Man (the life of Lowry); A
Christmas Carol (for NBT); Dances of Love and Death (for London
Contemporary Ballet); The Picture of Dorian Gray (for Birmingham
Royal Ballet); Alice In Wonderland (for the English National
Ballet) which is to be revived this year. His most recent
commission is composing the new score for Cyrano de Bergerac
for the Birmingham Royal Ballet. His musical of Wind in the
Willows has had two successful seasons in Regents Park. His
Alice In Wonderland musical was revived by the West Yorkshire
Playhouse for its 2005/06 Christmas season and is to be staged
at the Birmingham Rep in November 2006.
Career Highlights: His
score for Napoleon resulted in the French Minister of Culture
awarding Carl The Order of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Other honours and awards include: Honorary Doctor of Arts
by Bard College; The Honorary Doctor of Music from Liverpool
University and John Moore’s University in Liverpool;
a BAFTA Special Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003; in 2005
Carl was awarded the CBE (Hon.) for his contribution to the
world of music. He is also an alumnus of New England Conservatory
and Bard College.
Personal: Carl
lives in London. He is married to actress Jean Boht and they
have two daughters Hannah and Jessie.
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