Douglas Boyd has conducted the North Carolina Symphony in several concerts. His most recent appearance was in 2017, when he led the Mozart Requiem for performances at Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, as well as at Meymandi Concert Hall and the Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh.
Douglas Boyd is currently Artistic Director of Garsington Opera. In recent years he has held the positions of Music Director of L’Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Chief Conductor of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, Music Director of Manchester Camerata, Principal Guest Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, Artistic Partner of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of City of London Sinfonia. Under his artistic leadership, Garsington Opera has been nominated by the International Opera Awards as Outstanding Festival four times.
Boyd’s recording of the Bach oboe concertos marked his recording debut as director/soloist, and he has since gone on to build an extensive discography. His most recently released recording, from 2020, features the “Paris” symphonies of Haydn with L’Orchestre de chambre de Paris. His recordings as a conductor with Manchester Camerata include the complete Beethoven symphonies and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. He has also recorded Schubert symphonies with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as well as several recordings with Musikkollegium Winterthur.
Recent and upcoming North American performances include debuts with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, as well as a return to the Colorado Symphony. Boyd was engaged to conduct Mozart’s Requiem at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris—a performance that will be rescheduled.
Born in Glasgow, Boyd studied oboe with Janet Craxton at the Royal Academy of Music in London and with Maurice Bourgue in Paris. A founding member—and principal oboist—of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe until 2002, he enjoyed a stellar career as a noted oboist until he stopped playing to concentrate completely on conducting.
