Alexander Shelley | |
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 Alexander Shelley | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alexander Gordon Shelley |
| Born | 8 October 1979 London, England |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Conductor |
| Instrument(s) | Cello, piano |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | alexandershelley |
Alexander Gordon Shelley (born 8 October 1979) is an Echo Music Prize-winning English conductor and the next music director of the Pacific Symphony https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/alexander-shelley-to-become-pacific-symphony-orchestra-music-director-for-2026-27-season/ . He is music director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, as well as principal associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic and Music Director Designate of Artis—Naples and the Naples Philharmonic. Shelley was the unanimous winner of the 2005 Leeds Conductors Competition. From 2009 to 2017 he was chief conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra. He was also artistic director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen's Echo and Deutscher Gründerpreis winning "Zukunftslabor". He is recipient of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.