Nicholas Cleobury is artistic director of Mid Wales Opera, principal donductor of the John Armitage Memorial (JAM), principal conductor and founder-director of Sounds New, principal conductor of the Oxford Bach Choir, and founder-laureate of the Britten Sinfonia. Cleobury has a wealth of operatic experience, having worked with companies including English National Opera, Glyndebourne and Opera North, Canadian Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, the Royal Opera Stockholm, and extensively with Zurich Opera. Noted in particular as an orchestral and choral conductor, Nicholas Cleobury has conducted all the major orchestras in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Singapore, South Africa and beyond, and choirs including the Swedish and Danish Radio Choirs, the Berkshire Choral Festival (UK and USA) and numerous major choirs in the UK, including the Royal and Huddersfield Choral Societies and the BBC Singers. He is a regular broadcaster with the BBC, Classic FM and on European radio, and his discography includes highly regarded recordings of Mozart Concertos with the Britten Sinfonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, an award-winning CD of the music of Richard Strauss for EMI, Bridge, Headington, Maw and English Music with the Britten Sinfonia, and many others including the Chopin Piano Concertos.