He studied at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, the Royal Academy of Music, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Yale University in the United States.
His piano repertoire includes: He has appeared in duo recital with his then wife Claude Edrei Hobson.
[2] His opera conducting activities include works from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to Richard Strauss.
For his own Zephyr label, he conducted the world premiere of a new concert edition of John Philip Sousa's operetta El Capitan, with the Sinfonia da Camera, and also recorded the work.
His other recordings include Stravinsky's Histoire du soldat and Walton's Façade, with the baritone William Warfield.