Julia Jones (conductor)

She grew up on the Isle of Man, and attended the Chetham's School of Music, where she studied piano, clarinet, and singing.

She later studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where her teachers included Paul Hamburger and Gordon Black, and at the National Opera Studio.

[2] Her other conducting teachers included Moshe Atzmon, Miklós Erdélyi, Ferenc Nagy, and Erwin Acel.

[6] In 2008, Jones became principal conductor of the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos,[7] and held the post until 2011.

The first female conductor ever named to the Wuppertal posts, her initial contract was for 3 years, effective with the 2016–2017 season.