|  Simon
Over
Simon Over studied at the Sweelinck Conservatoire, Amsterdam, the Royal Academy of Music and he read music at Oxford University. As a pianist, he has accompanied many internationally acclaimed singers, including Sir Thomas Allen, Ian Bostridge, Sarah Fox, Simon Keenlyside, Emma Kirkby, Della Jones, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Lisa Milne and Willard White.
His performances with American violinist Miriam Kramer at the Wigmore Hall London and Lincoln Center, New York - as well as on several recordings - have received high critical acclaim.
From 1992 to 2002 Simon was a member of the music staff of Westminster Abbey, as Director of Music at St. Margaret's Church and the Chapel of St. Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. He is the Founder-Conductor of the Parliament Choir and has conducted all the choir's performances in conjunction with the City of London Sinfonia, La Serenissima, The London Festival Orchestra and Southbank Sinfonia.
Since 2002 Simon has been Director of Southbank Sinfonia with whom he has directed over sixty concerts throughout the UK and Europe in concert halls as diverse as St George's, Windsor, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Westminster Abbey, a beer tent in Bury St Edmunds and a converted cowshed in Aberdeenshire! He is the Artistic Director of the Anghiari Festival in Tuscany.
Simon has been involved with The Samling Foundation from the beginning and is a valued member of its masterclass team and leads its choral workshop programme for schools with Paul Farrington.
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