Stephen Cleobury 斯蒂芬·克莱奥伯里

Stephen Cleobury CBE (born Bromley 31 December 1948) is an English organist and choirmaster. Cleobury was born in Bromley, Kent, the son of John F Cleobury and Brenda J Randall. He was organ scholar at St John's College, Cambridge under the musical directorship of George Guest, and sub-organist of Westminster Abbey before becoming Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral in 1979. He was head of music at St Matthews Church Northampton and head of music at Northampton grammar school during the mid 1970s. He was also the President of the Royal College of Organistsfrom 1990 to 1992. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Music, and an Honorary Doctor of Music at Anglia Ruskin University. In 1982 he took up the position of Director of Music for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where he also teaches music. He was conductor of Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) from 1983 to 2009, and made many recordings with that group, including Verdi's Quattro Pezzi Sacri and Goehr's The Death of Moses. As part of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University, he premiered Peter Maxwell Davies' The Sorcerer's Mirror. He was also Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers from 1995 to 2007, and has been Conductor Laureate since 2007. Cleobury served as Visiting Fellow at the Louisiana State University School of Music, for 2013-2014