If you google Paul Leddington Wright, your search will invariably return a series of recordings and sheet music that bear his name. This conductor, composer, arranger and organist is internationally known for leading choral workshops and writing commissions. Since 1986, he has worked for BBC Radio and Television as a conductor and arranger. Some of his best known performances have been the Songs of Praise series with the BBC.
At the age of 15 he was the youngest person ever to have played the organ at London’s Royal Albert Hall in public, and two years later made his first organ recital tour to the USA, Canada, and Jamaica. At 17, Paul won an organ scholarship to St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, where his tutors included Peter Hurford, Peter Le Huray, and David Willcocks. After leaving university, he spent three years working in the professional theatre in London’s West End and continued to make annual organ recital tours abroad.
In 1984, Paul was appointed Organist and Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral, a post he held for eleven years. In this capacity, he hosted the ICMF for the first time at Coventry in 1985, and six years later became Artistic Director for the ICMF.
A full biography and links are available here.
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