Nigel Goldberg

Over the last 25 years Nigel Goldberg has enjoyed a rich playing career working with such orchestras as the National Philharmonic, The Philharmonia, the London Mozart Players and the London Bach Orchestra. He has been the leader of the London Gala Orchestra and the Johann Strauss Orchestra and in the West End he has led the orchestras for the musicals, Miss Saigon and the Witches of Eastwick. He has directed the London Gala Soloists and in Spain the Versus Ensemble. Earlier this year he was invited to Malaysia to guest lead the Kuala Lumpur Philharmonic. As a recitalist he has played all over the United Kingdom, Europe and America with the pianists Benjamin Frith and Caroline Palmer and in the Goldberg Piano Trio. During all that time however, his constant and abiding passion has been working with young children. From being assistant to his first teacher, Eta Cohen in Leeds to his present position as Artistic Director of Youth Music Centre he has always held teaching posts at institutions such as Watford School of Music, Highgate Public School, the Latymer School, Edmonton and Head of Strings at Young Music Makers. Although it is always enjoyable working with advanced students in the last two years he has increasingly worked with younger children and in many ways he has found this work the most rewarding. It has inspired him to write his first book for children called Hidden Harmony which will be published later this year.