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