Andrew Davis – born February 2, 1944, in Ashridge, Hertfordshire, England - was
an English conductor best known as the long-time chief conductor of several
orchestras including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He was a Watford Grammar School
boy who studied classics and played the organ at a local theatre before going on
to study music at the Royal Academy. He later studied conducting under the
mentorship of the renowned Italian conductor Franco Ferrara and was one of many
famous conductors who learned their craft u...