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MikeSeal-AssistantCBSOConductor

InMay2005,theCityofBirminghamSymphonyOrchestra

announceditwastoappointMichaelSealasitsAssistantConductor,thefirstinits

history..MichaelhadconductedtheCBSOinanumberofperformancespreviously,and

impressedaudiences,criticsandtheOrchestraalikewhenhestoodinfortheCBSO’s

MusicDirector,SakariOramo,atextremelyshortnoticeinDecember2004,producinga

dramaticinterpretationoftheworldeofRichardCauston’sweenTwoWaves

oftheSeaandconductingtheCBSO’sBenevolentFundconcert.

MichaelSealwasborninLondonin1970.Hestartedlearningtheviolinattheageof9,

goingontostudyattheBirminghamConservatoireandjoiningtheCBSOinSeptember

1992.ItwaswhilststudyingattheBirminghamConservatoirethatMichaelfirststarted

conducting,learningwithJonathanDelMar.

In1996,heconductedhisfirstconcertwiththeBirminghamPhilharmonicinWalsall.

SincethenMichaelhasconductedthemyearlyinperformancesincludingShostakovich

Symphonies7and10.BerliozSymphonieFantastiqueandWaltonSymphonyNo.1,in

venuessuchasLichfield,Shrewsbury,LeominsterandBirmingham.

MichaelhasbeenPrincipalconductoroftheSinfoniaofBirminghamsince2002,

frequentlyperformingconcertiwithCBSOmembersandleadingthemonhighly

successfultoursoftheRhineandMoselvalleysinApril2002,TuscanyinApril2004and

Hollandin2006.MichaelhasalsoconductedtheMidlandConcertOrchestrainhighly

acclaimedperformancesatDudleyTownHallaswellasBirminghamSchoolsSymphony

OrchestraandBirminghamUniversitySymphonyOrchestra.

HislinkswiththeCBSO,apartfromhavingcoachingfromtheirMusicDirector,Sakari

Oramo,haveincludedSchoolsandFamilyconcerts,givingaperf