Andrew Nethsingha

Andrew Nethsingha, FRCO, ARCM (born 16 May 1968) is an English choral conductor and organist, the son of Lucian Nethsingha also a cathedral organist. He is the Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was previously the Organ Scholar. He was also the President of the Cathedral Organists' Association. He has performed in the UK, North America, South Africa, China and many European countries.

Andrew Nethsingha
Andrew Nethsingha at St John's College, Cambridge in 2017
Born	Andrew Mark Nethsingha
Alma mater	Clifton College St John's College, Cambridge Royal College of Music
Occupation	Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	Director of Music at Choir of St John's College, Cambridge; Gloucester Cathedral; Truro Cathedral
Website	www.sjcchoir.co.uk

Career

His early musical training was at Exeter Cathedral School, as a chorister of the cathedral, where his father Lucian Nethsingha was Organist for over quarter of a century. He was a music scholar at Clifton College in Bristol where he studied with Gwilym Isaacs before gaining his organ scholarship to St John's Cambridge.[1] He later studied at the Royal College of Music, where he won seven prizes, and at St John's College, Cambridge. He has held Organ Scholarships under Dr Christopher Robinson (musician) at St George's Chapel, Windsor and Dr George Guest, both of whom were Organist and Director of Music at St John's College. Having held the post of assistant organist at Wells Cathedral, in 1994 Nethsingha had eight years as Master of the Choristers and Organist at Truro Cathedral, becoming the youngest cathedral organist in the country. During this period the reputation of the choir increased considerably.[2] He succeeded David Briggs at Gloucester Cathedral in 2002 (whom he had also followed at Truro), and also held the artistic directorship of the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival and the conductorship of Gloucester Choral Society.

He has worked regularly with some of the UK's leading orchestras. Performances with the Philharmonia have included Britten War Requiem, Mahler Symphony No. 8 and Elgar The Kingdom as well as a programme of Vaughan Williams and Finzi broadcast on BBC Radio 3. His most recent performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have included Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Gershwin An American in Paris and Elgar Sea Pictures. He has also worked with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra and conducted a performance of Handel's Messiah in Beijing.

Personal life

His wife, Lucy Nethsingha, was a Liberal Democrat politician, who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 2019 to 2020.[3] They married in 1996.[4]

Recordings

• Mass in G minor: the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Joseph Wicks (organ), David Blackadder (trumpet). St John's Cambridge label with Signum Records, 2018
• Kyrie: works by Francis Poulenc, Zoltán Kodály and Leoš Janáček. Joseph Wicks and Glen Dempsey (organ), Anne Denholm (harp). St John's Cambridge label with Signum Records, 2017
• Christmas with St John's. Joseph Wicks (organ). St John's Cambridge label with Signum Records, 2016
• Deo: music by Jonathan Harvey. Edward Picton-Turbervill (organ). St John's Cambridge label with Signum Records, 2016. BBC Music Magazine Award Winner (Choral category) 2017

References

2. "Andrew Nethsingha MA FRCO". Iao.org.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "The UK's European elections 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
4. "Nethsingha, Andrew Mark", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 27 May 2019.

External links

• Director of Music
• Director of Music | StJohns