BACKGROUND
Julian Dawson received Degrees from Trinity College, University of Dublin, The Royal Academy of Music and The Royal College of Music in London. He was staff accompanist for the British Broadcasting Corporation in Scotland. During this time he perfomed under such conductors as Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult and Sir Michael Tippett. He later became associate conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Opera and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in England, where he also acted as coach and chorus-master. He has performed and broadcast the complete Piano Sonatas of Beethoven three times since 1970 and has appeared frequently as recital and concerto soloist both in Europe and the USA. He is also well known as a chamber music specialist.
He moved to the United States in 1975, joining the faculty of Illinois State University as director of orchestras and opera and professor of piano. In 1988 he was appointed opera conductor at the Brevard Music Center summer festival in North Carolina, conducting some 25 operas in the nine summers he spent there. He spent four summers as conductor of the Oberlin in Italy Opera program in Urbania, Italy.
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