Adrian Frederick Partington FRCO (born 1 October 1958[1]) is an English conductor, chorus master, organist and pianist.
He is director of music at Gloucester Cathedral,[2] joint conductor of the Three Choirs Festival and artistic director for the Gloucester festival years, director of the BBC National Chorus of Wales,[3] conductor of Gloucester Choral Society, and former conductor of Bristol Choral Society and leader of the postgraduate choral conducting course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
[4] The son of professional musicians,[5] he was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral under Christopher Robinson and a pupil at The King's School, Worcester,[6] studied at the Royal College of Music under Herbert Howells,[7] and was organ scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and King's College, Cambridge.
[19] He also remains an active organist and pianist, appearing as organ soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, CBSO and BBC Philharmonic[7] amongst others and recording several solo organ CDs.
He also frequently performs with leading instrumentalists as a pianist, such as Baroque violinist and co-leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Margaret Faultless with whom he gives recitals in the UK and Germany.