Biography | Alexander Shelley (born October 8, 1979, London, England) is an English conductor. It was announced on October 30, 2013 that Shelley would succeed Pinchas Zukerman as Music Director of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa effective from September 1, 2015. Shelley has been Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra since 2009 and in 2012 extended his contract until 2017. On January 20, 2015 Shelley was named Principal Associate Conductor of London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. |