< PreviousMusic Staff For full biographies please visit northernballet.com/our-people Jonathan Lo MUSIC DIRECTOR Hong Kong-born Briton Jonathan Lo is Music Director of Northern Ballet, Staff Conductor of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, and Principal Conductor of the New Bristol Sinfonia and the Haffner Orchestra. Jonathan was a BBC Performing Arts Conducting Fellow with Birmingham Royal Ballet and has returned every season since as a guest conductor. Other highlights include: Dutch National Ballet; Scottish Ballet; Rambert; BBC Philharmonic; and the London Sinfonietta. He was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House and was Principal Guest Conductor with the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra in China. Jonathan read Music at Oxford University before studying conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. Daniel Parkinson ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Daniel was appointed Associate Conductor of Northern Ballet in 2019 following several years as the Company’s Assistant Music Director. He combines this role with a busy freelance career, most notably as a regular guest conductor for Scottish Ballet. In 2020, Daniel brought together a group of friends to record Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite in aid of Help Musicians, whose support for musicians through the coronavirus crisis has been vital. Daniel studied Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music with Clark Rundell and Mark Heron. Ellie Slorach GUEST CONDUCTOR Based in Manchester, in 2021-22 Ellie will be the Assistant Conductor for the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. She will also make her debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir for a world première performance and with Northern Opera Group as part of the Leeds Opera Festival. In 2020-21 Ellie conducted the BBC Singers in recording, London Sinfonietta in workshop and participated in conducting sessions with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. In 2019-20 Ellie was the Musical Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra and made several appearances with the Hallé Orchestra. In 2015, Ellie founded Kantos Chamber Choir, putting on innovative concerts and rising to the fore of the choral scene in the North of the UK. Andrew Dunlop COMPANY PIANIST Andrew received his doctorate as a Fulbright School from the Eastman School of Music (New York) after gaining his MMus and BMus at the RNCM on full scholarship. He has performed across Europe and USA, teaches piano for Leeds Conservatoire and Yorkshire Young Musicians and is an examiner for ABRSM. Andrew recently released his first album, Dithis, with his sister Gaelic Singer Joy Dunlop. Geoffrey Allan ORCHESTRA LEADER Born in Scotland, Geoffrey studied with the great violinist Nathan Milstein. Leader for the orchestras of Scottish Ballet and the new D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, he has guest- led for: Welsh National Opera; English National Ballet; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with whom he has broadcast concertos by Tchaikovsky and Lalo for the BBC. Ewan Gilford COMPANY PIANIST Ewan received his Music Masters from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and was invited to be Répétiteur Junior Fellow. Collaborating with many distinguished artsong and operatic soloists, Ewan has also worked as an accompanist for: Opera North; RNCM; Leeds College of Music; Liverpool Philharmonic; The Hallé; Leeds Lieder Festival; and Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now. Ewan acts as Music Director for Northern Ballet’s children’s ballets. 20Filippo Di Vilio and Abigail Prudames in Dangerous Liaisons. Photo Photo Emma Kauldhar. Northern Ballet believes that live music enhances performance and is committed to music being played live for almost all of its productions. Northern Ballet Sinfonia travel the length and breadth of the UK with the Company playing for over 100 performances every year. The full Sinfonia is made up of 27 players and is available to play concerts and performances outside the main tour. If you would like to book the Sinfonia for a concert or to find out more about workshops or recordings, please contact: info@northernballet.com 0113 220 8000 Sinfonia Supporters Nick Lyle & Sheila Nelson Northern Ballet Sinfonia *Guest/Extra 1st Violin Geoffrey Allan Helen Boardman William Chadwick* Rebecca Smith* Raimonda Koço Katy Barnes* 2nd Violin Winona Fifield Ian Flower Laura Concar Kay Stephen* Gavin Davies* Viola Rosalyn Cabot Hannah Horton Lynne Baker* Cello Sasha Volpov Toby Turton Julia Morneweg* Double Bass Hannah Turnbull* Katy Furmanski* Flute Tom Hancox Helena Gourd* Bassoon Paul Boyes Harpsichord Andrew Dunlop 21Daniel de Andrade ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE Daniel is from Brazil and danced with National Ballet of Portugal, London City Ballet, Zurich Ballet and Scottish Ballet before joining Northern Ballet as Principal Artist in 1995 where he performed and created roles until joining the artistic team in 2003. He has also worked as a guest with companies across the world. As a choreographer he has created many short works and children’s ballets for Northern Ballet, as well as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. He created two full-length ballets for Slovak National Ballet, most recently Chaplin, The Tramp in 2019. He was awarded the 2011/12 Dance Fellowship on the Clore Leadership Programme where he was mentored by Wayne McGregor and seconded to Sadler’s Wells. Yoko Ichino REHEARSAL DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY Yoko was born in Los Angeles where she trained with Mia Slavenska. Her previous companies include American Ballet Theatre, The National Ballet of Canada, Stuttgart Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. She also performed for numerous companies as a guest across the globe and danced opposite such artists as Rudolf Nureyev, Helgi Tómasson, Anthony Dowell and Fernando Bujones. Yoko was the Director of the Professional Training Programme at BalletMet (1996 – 2001) and has been invited to be a guest teacher with schools and companies around the world. Christelle Horna REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Born in France, Christelle trained at the Paris Opera School and with Marika Besobrasova in Monaco. She was a Principal Dancer at the Ballet de l’Opera de Nice, France until joining the Compañía Nacional de Danza, Spain as a Principal Dancer under the direction of Nacho Duato. She has worked with numerous world-renowned choreographers and is a graduate of the State Teaching Diploma of Dance in France. She has worked widely as an Associate Director, Teacher and Rehearsal Director and is regularly invited to teach masterclasses and give repertory workshops. 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