Hamish McKeich

Conductor from New Zealand
1967, May 13th in Christchurch, New Zealand -

Hamish John McKeich is a New Zealand conductor and former bassoonist, born on 13 May 1967 in Christchurch. Coming from a musical family, he first learned the oboe and then the bassoon, taught initially by his father Ross McKeich, before studying with Colin Hemmingsen at Wellington Polytechnic and with Gordon Skinner in Sydney. At 19 he became Associate Principal Bassoon of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and he later played with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic during a decade spent in Europe, where he also studied conducting with Ilya Musin, Valery Gergiev, Sian Edwards and Peter Eötvös; he was a finalist of the Gergiev Festival conductors' masterclass. Back in New Zealand, he rejoined the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as a bassoonist in 1999, was appointed its associate conductor in 2002 and became Principal Conductor in Residence in 2020. He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2019 and has been chief conductor of the Wellington contemporary music ensemble Stroma since 2000, as well as of 175 East. A tireless champion of new music, he has given more than 100 world premieres and has also collaborated with artists such as Nathan Haines and The Phoenix Foundation. He received a Douglas Lilburn Trust citation in 2012 for outstanding services to music in New Zealand. After suffering a stroke in 2021, he returned to the podium conducting with one hand. Source: Rondo DB

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