Tom seligman conductor biography of michael jackson

Tom Seligman is one of the UK’s most exciting young conducting talents, with an increasingly impressive portfolio of projects and collaborations behind him.

After studies in Cambridge, Glasgow, London and Amsterdam, he was appointed Musical Co-ordinator and Conductor of the inaugural Cheltenham Festival Academy in 2005, working with some of the most brilliant young musical talents from across the UK, and was invited back to conduct the Brno Philharmonic at the Festival in 2007.

He made his BBC Radio 3 debut conducting the Hebrides Ensemble at the 2005 St Magnus Festival in Orkney and took the helm at the Festival 'Musique-Cordiale' in the south of France between 2008 and 2012. He is Principal Conductor of Kensington Chamber Orchestra, and was Director of Hampshire County Youth Orchestra for six years, finishing his tenure with an acclaimed performance of Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony at the opening of the 2011 Winchester Festival.

He is also originator and conductor of ‘Rite Up