Göteborgs Konserthus The Fall Break Choir: Requiem of Fauré

Kim Phipps has been conductor and artistic director of Västra Götaland's Youth Orchestra since the start in 2000. He has also been artistic director of Läcköoperan since 2003 and is conductor of the award-winning Swedish Chamber Orchestra, which he also founded. Kim Phipps was born in London and received his early musical training as a chorister at New College, Oxford. He took his B.A. as a Choral Scholar at King's College, Cambridge and went on to study singing at the Guildhall School in London. Conducting studies in Munich and Manchester followed and he made his professional debut at the Gothenburg Opera in 1985. The next ten years were largely devoted to opera with engagements at Sadlers Wells and English National Opera in London, Krefeld in Germany, and Malmö in Sweden. In 1994 Phipps moved to Sweden and has since then lived in Gothenburg. Although opera is still an important feature of his career, orchestral and choral work is now equally important. Kim Phipps has conducted most of the professional orchestras in Sweden including the Gothenburg Symphony.