Ian Page (born 10 December 1963) is a British conductor who is the founder and artistic director of Classical Opera and The Mozartists. Page studied English literature at the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

. He then studied piano and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and has worked for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Scottish Opera and

English National Opera English National Opera (ENO) is a British opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St Martin's Lane. It is one of the two principal opera companies in London, along with The Royal Opera. ENO's productions are sung in E ...

. With Classical Opera he has conducted many Mozart operas – including the world premières of the ‘original’ version of '' Mitridate, re di Ponto'' and a new completion of '' Zaide'' – the UK premières of Gluck’s '' La clemenza di Tito'' and Telemann’s '' Orpheus'', and the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s ''Adriano in Siria''. In 2012, he embarked on a new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings. Page also devised MOZART 250, Classical Opera’s twenty-seven year project in which a substantial part of the company's programme each season will explore the music that was being written by Mozart and his contemporaries exactly 250 years previously. The project will run from 2015 to 2041.Robert Thicknesse, 'Small Wonders', Opera Now, June 2011, p40-41

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Ian Page official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Ian 1963 births Living people 21st-century British conductors (music) 21st-century British male musicians Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Alumni of the University of York British male conductors (music)