John Georgiadis

English conductor and violinist. Born 17 July 1939 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK - Died 5 January 2021 in Walmer, Kent, England, UK. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music. In the late 1950s, he had been the Concert Leader for Leslie Head and the Kensington Symphony Orchestra. In 1963, he joined the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as Concert Leader. In 1965, he joined the London Symphony Orchestra as Concert Leader until his first departure in 1973. In 1972, he formed The London Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble, of which he was the musical director. In 1977, he returned to the London Symphony Orchestra as Concert Leader. In 1987, he joined The Gabrieli String Quartet, where he was the first violinist, until he left in 1990. In 1992 he was approached by the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, of which in 1994 he became its music director and conductor. He married the violist and pianist Susan Salter in 1961; divorced.