Robin Page is based in London where he is Principal Conductor and Musical Director of Thames Sinfonia, the Purcell Orchestra, Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra and Kingston Choral Society. In recent seasons Robin also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked with the London Symphony Chorus and has made many appearances at the Royal Academy of Music and the London College of Music and Media.
Robin has close links with the Baltic States: as guest conductor to the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Robin gave the first Estonian performance and broadcast of Elgar’s Enigma Variations, and in 2007 returns to conduct the Estonian premiere of Elgar’s First Symphony. Elsewhere in Europe he has given concert performances and broadcasts with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and the Silesian State Philharmonic Orchestra, and recorded film scores with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.
Nordic repertoire has a special place in his heart, and he has given many acclaimed performances of Sibelius and Nielsen Symphonies, notably giving the inaugural concert of the UK Sibelius Society in London. He has also given the first UK performances of many Swedish works by composers such as Stenhammar, Börtz, Lidholm and Rosenberg. Robin has conducted the Nordic Chamber Orchestra (Sundsvall) and Sundsvalls Kammarkör, including broadcasts on Swedish National Radio.
In the U.K. Robin travels widely. For many years he was the principal conductor of the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra and the West Sussex Philharmonic Choir. Other engagements have included concerts with the Hallé Choir, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Worthing Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. He has given broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 with the Ulster Orchestra and has appeared on BBC television.
Working with young people is an important part of his musical life and his conducting students have won awards at conservatoires in the UK and Europe. Robin held a Choral Scholarship at Magdalen College School, Oxford and was a Choral Exhibitioner at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, followed by post-graduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
