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'''Charles Matthew Egerton Hazlewood''' (born 14 November 1966) is a British [[conductor (music)|conductor]]. After winning the [[European Broadcasting Union]] conducting competition in 1995 whilst still in his twenties,<ref name=artsdesk>[https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/10-questions-conductor-charles-hazlewood 10 questions for conductor Charles Hazlewood], Artsdesk website, accessed 24 May 2020</ref> Hazlewood has had a career as an international conductor, music director of film and theatre, composer and a curator of music on British radio and television, Motivational Speaker and founder of [[Paraorchestra]] – the world's first integrated ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians. He was a guest on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' in May 2019 and became [[Sky Arts]]' Ambassador for Music in January 2021. In 2023 Hazlewood was recognised for his 'outstanding contribution to the musical life of the UK'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classical-music.uk/news/article/charles-hazlewood-wins-making-music-s-sir-charles-groves-prize|title=Charles Hazlewood wins Making Music's Sir Charles Groves Prize|website=Classical-music.uk}}</ref> when awarded the Sir Charles Groves Prize by music charity [[Making Music (organisation)|Making Music]].
==Education and early career==
Hazlewood was born on 14 November 1966 to the Reverend Canon Ian Hazlewood and Helen Hazlewood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hazlewood, Charles Matthew Egerton, (born 14 Nov. 1966), conductor; Founder Artistic Director, Paraorchestra, since 2011 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U119917 |website=[[Who's Who 2022]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=19 January 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2021}}</ref> His brother is [[Will Hazlewood]], an Anglo-Catholic bishop.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewes, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. William Peter Guy Hazlewood) (born 29 June 1971) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U294636 |website=Who's Who 2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=19 January 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
Hazlewood attended [[Christ's Hospital|Christ's Hospital school]] in West Sussex where he was a chorister and organist.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeffries |first1=Stuart |title=Interview: Charles Hazlewood |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/28/classicalmusicandopera1 |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=en |date=2005-03-28}}</ref> He later gained an organ scholarship to [[Keble College, Oxford]] in 1986, graduating in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keble organ scholars |url=https://heritage.keble.ox.ac.uk/history-features/keble-organ-scholars-2/ |website=Keble College |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref> He made his London debut with his own chamber orchestra, Eos, in January 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Hazlewood & Eos|url=https://digital-archive.ycat.co.uk/artists/charles-hazlewood-and-eos-93/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=YCAT Digital Archive|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Conductor==
Hazlewood has conducted many orchestras, including the [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Copenhagen Philharmonic]], and the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], as well as the [[Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra]], [[Malmö Symphony Orchestra]], [[Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra]], [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]] and Orchestra of St Luke’s, New York.
He has conducted over 100 world premieres <ref>{{cite news|title=Charles Hazlewood|work=[[BBC Radio 3]]|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/charles_hazlewood.shtml|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528225809/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/charles_hazlewood.shtml|archive-date=28 May 2009}}</ref> and is a founder of the [[British Paraorchestra]], which performed together with the band [[Coldplay]] at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/01/orchestra-disabled-people-play-paralympics "Coldplay join the paraorchestra of disabled musicians for closing ceremony"], ''The Guardian'' 1 September 2012, accessed 24 May 2020</ref> He has also initiated several projects that explore common ground between different musical disciplines, such as "Urban Classic" (2006), which drew together five [[grime (music genre)|grime]] [[Master of ceremonies#Hip hop|emcees]] and the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news|date=November 2006|title=Mixing It|work=[[BBC Radio 3]]|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/mixingit/pip/0ajvh/|access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref>
In 2003 Hazlewood formed Army of Generals, a period instrument orchestra, to record with him all the music for his BBC films on Mozart,<ref>{{Citation|title=The Genius of Mozart (TV Mini-Series 2004– ) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401938/fullcredits|access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-03-27|title=Last night's TV: Mozart Uncovered {{!}} The Genius of Mozart|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/27/tvandradio.television|access-date=2021-05-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Beethoven<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-07|title=Charles Hazlewood: 'I've had the most tormented, feverish relationship with Beethoven'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/07/charles-hazlewood-beethoven-and-me-interview-paraorchestra|access-date=2021-05-23|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> and the Birth of British Music.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Birth of British Music (TV Series 2009) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7277966/|access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref> Army of Generals would regularly collaborate with Paraorchestra until the ensemble was fully integrated into Paraorchestra in 2019.
In 2008 Hazlewood formed his All Star Collective ensemble to play ''[[Tubular Bells]]'' at the Glastonbury Festival, featuring artists from across genres including [[Adrian Utley]] of [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], [[Will Gregory]] of [[Goldfrapp]] and jazz saxophonist [[Andy Sheppard]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-05-07|title=Charles Hazlewood is plotting to take classical music where it's never gone before. Will Hodgkinson tracks down the evangelical conductor|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/08/classicalmusicandopera.willhodgkinson|access-date=2021-05-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> It went on to play the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] in London,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|title=Charles Hazlewood presents Tubular Bells at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charles-hazlewood-presents-tubular-bells-at-queen-elizabeth-hall-london-se1-ww5mkhqkff2|access-date=2021-05-11|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Sage Gateshead]] and St George’s Bristol in 2011, a re-enactment of [[Mike Oldfield]]'s own group performance 38 years previously.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-06|title=Tubular Bells, The Charles Hazlewood All Stars, St George's Bristol|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/tubular-bells-charles-hazlewood-all-stars-st-georges-bristol|access-date=2021-05-11|website=theartsdesk.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, [[Jason Yarde]] and composer [[Graham Fitkin]] joined the All-Stars in a performance of [[Terry Riley]]'s ''[[A Rainbow in Curved Air]]'' at the [[Bristol Old Vic]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-11-06|title=Terry Riley Celebration, St George's Bristol & Bristol Old Vic|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/terry-riley-celebration-st-georges-bristol-bristol-old-vic|access-date=2021-05-11|website=theartsdesk.com|language=en}}</ref>
In 2009 he staged his first festival “Play the Field” with [[Dragons' Den (British TV programme)|''Dragons' Den'']]'s [[Deborah Meaden|Deborah Meadon]] with the mutual goal of bringing music to a wider audience in the West Country. The festival included a complete performance of [[Gustav Holst|Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]'' which saw artists from his All-Star collective including [[Goldfrapp]]'s [[Will Gregory]] and [[Adrian Utley]] of [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], saxophonists [[Andy Sheppard]] and Jason Yarde, drummer Tony Orrell, keyboardist [[Graham Fitkin]] and harpist Ruth Wall improvise electronic responses to each orchestral planet from a separate stage across the site.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-08-17|title=Dragon's orchestral festival farm|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8206000/8206034.stm|publisher=BBC Local {{!}} Somerset|access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref> It was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mjkvg|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Bbc.co.uk|title=BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, Friday Night Rediscovers the Planets}}</ref>
In 2010 Hazlewood conducted a live score for the 1926 silent film ''The Passion of Joan Arc'', composed by [[Adrian Utley]] and [[Will Gregory]], commissioned by [[Bristol Beacon]] and [[Watershed, Bristol|Watershed Media]] centre. It opened at [[Bristol Beacon]] in May 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-05-11|title=The Passion of Joan of Arc/Utley/Gregory {{!}} Pop review|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/11/passion-of-joan-of-arc-utley-gregory|access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
His "Orchestra in a Field" <ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-10-20|title=Orchestra in a Field {{!}} Orchestral music visits pastures new!|url=http://www.orchestrainafield.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020094906/http://www.orchestrainafield.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-20|access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref> festival took place at [[Glastonbury Abbey]] in 2012 with performances of [[Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]’s ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'', [[Georges Bizet|Bizet]]’s ''[[Carmen]]'', [[Mike Oldfield]]’s ''[[Tubular Bells]]'' and a collaboration with [[Professor Green]] and [[Labrinth]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-22|title=Genre busting conductor Charles Hazlewood|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201775702/genre-busting-conductor-charles-hazlewood|access-date=2021-05-11|website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref>
Their “Thunderbirds are Go!” project was launched in 2014 at Glastonbury Festival,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Hazlewood to bring Thunderbirds + Stingray to Glastonbury|url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/90812/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Gigwise.com}}</ref> a celebration of work by composer [[Barry Gray]]. The show also featured at the [[6 Music Festival]] in 2016 with guest vocalist [[Jarvis Cocker]] and members of Paraorchestra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jarvis Cocker celebrates the music of Thunderbirds|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/93701/news|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Music-News.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Charles Hazlewood’s All Star Collective was integrated into Paraorchestra in 2019.
== Paraorchestra ==
Hazlewood is Artistic Director of [[Paraorchestra]], the world's first fully integrated ensemble of professional musicians with and without disabilities, which he founded together with television director Claire Whalley in November 2011. The orchestra was the subject of a documentary by [[Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel Four]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Great British Paraorchestra {{!}} Channel 4|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/great-british-paraorchestra|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Channel4.com}}</ref> screened in the hours between the end of the final sporting event at [[2012 Summer Paralympics|London 2012 Paralympics]] and the Closing Ceremony where they made their world debut alongside [[Coldplay]].
Paraorchestra exists to recognise and showcase disabled musicians with extraordinary abilities, and to demonstrate their full integration into orchestral music. Just as the [[Paralympic Games|Paralympics]] have achieved in sport, Paraorchestra aims to shift perceptions of disability in creating a visible platform for gifted disabled musicians to perform and excel at the highest level, integrating talented players with disabilities into mainstream performances. The ensemble play an unconventional mix of acoustic, analogue, digital, and assistive technology instruments, drawing on the unique talents of their musicians and collaborating with high profile artists from across genres to create new and accessible orchestral music experiences.
In 2016, Paraorchestra performed the first orchestral headliner<ref>[https://consent.yahoo.com/collectConsent?sessionId=1_cc-session_736ad715-4d85-4ba6-bcf4-e2b547d9ab09&lang=en-gb&inline=false] {{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> at [[Glastonbury Festival]] with [[Philip Glass]]' [[Symphony No. 4 (Glass)|"Heroes" Symphony]]. They returned to the festival the following year in 2017 with Play! – a symphonic repertoire of songs from the gaming world, conducted by Hazlewood, which was performed again in 2018 at [[Barbican Centre|The Barbican]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbican announces Charles Hazlewood with Army of Generals and The British Paraorchestra, plus Ahmad Jamal {{!}} Barbican|url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/barbican-announces-charles-hazlewood-with-army-of-generals-and-the-british-paraorchestra-plus-ahmad|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Barbican.org.uk|language=en}}</ref>
In 2019 Paraorchestra took their Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra, conducted by Hazlewood, to The Park stage,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glastonbury 2019 - The Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/er3v9r/acts/a42b3d|access-date=2020-07-16|website=BBC Music Events|language=en}}</ref> celebrating the genius of [[Barry White]] alongside [[Gruff Rhys]], [[Nadine Shah]], [[Larry Heard]], Eno Williams of [[Ibibio Sound Machine]], [[YolanDa Brown]], [[Adrian Utley]], Clive Deamer and [[Lianne La Havas]].
In 2017 Hazlewood created kraftwerk re:werk, a re-imagining of [[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans-Europe Express]] by German electronic music pioneers [[Kraftwerk]], which was first performed at Bristol’s Simple Things Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-23|title=Simple Things festival review – neo-glam, power punk and the giddy glow of trance|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/23/simple-things-festival-bristol-review-hmltd-nadine-shah-leftfield-idles-british-paraorchestra|access-date=2021-04-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The ensemble consisted of symphonic and electronic instruments performing an arrangement of fragments of melodies, rhythms, and sounds from the original album, composed by Charlotte Harding and Lloyd Coleman.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-01|title=Kraftwerk Re:werk reimagines electronic band's landmark album|url=https://www.bn1magazine.co.uk/kraftwerk-rewerk/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=BN1 Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2018 kraftwerk re:werk played The Marble Factory, Bristol,<ref>{{Cite web|last=office: 0117 203 4040hellobristolbeacon.org|first=Box|title=kraftwerk re:werk + Max Cooper Live AV Set / Shows / Bristol Beacon|url=https://bristolbeacon.org/shows/kraftwerk-rewerk-max-cooper-live-av-set/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Bristol Beacon}}</ref> [[Brighton Dome]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-28|title=Kraftwerk: Rewerk|url=https://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/2018/11/28/kraftwerk-rewerk/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Latest Bars Ltd|language=en-GB}}</ref> Basingstoke Anvil,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Observer|first=Basingstoke|title=kraftwerk re:werk|url=https://www.basingstokeobserver.co.uk/kraftwerk-rewerk|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Basingstoke Observer|language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD festival]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Womad festival, UK — rebel music, Salif Keita's farewell and Cornish cheese|url=https://www.ft.com/content/03525f0a-b1ef-11e9-b2c2-1e116952691a|first=David|last=Honigmann|date=20 July 2019|newspaper=Financial Times}}</ref>
The Anatomy of the Orchestra, created and conducted by Hazlewood in 2018, saw a 50-strong ensemble of Paraorchestra musicians spread across the Atrium of [[Bristol Beacon]], performing [[Steve Reich]]’s [[The Four Sections]]. The performance invited audiences to move about the space and explore the orchestra, creating their own sonic experience of the piece . It played the Arnhem Foyer, Fairfield Halls, Croydon in November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Truelove|first=Sam|date=2019-08-28|title=How to see behind the scenes of some of Croydon's most iconic buildings for free|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/open-house-london-how-see-16827330|access-date=2021-04-15|website=MyLondon|language=en}}</ref> In 2020, Hazlewood and Paraorchestra were commissioned by the [[British Council]] to perform a version of Anatomy of the Orchestra at [[Garage Museum of Contemporary Art]]s in Moscow as part of the UK-Russia Year of Music.<ref>{{Cite web|title=February: The Anatomy of the Orchestra: Refractions and Abstractions. A concert by Paraorchestra with Charles Hazlewood {{!}} Year of Music 2019|url=https://www.year-of-music.org/en/whats-on/paraorchestra|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Year-of-music.org|language=en}}</ref> An ensemble of Paraorchestra musicians performed work by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|JS Bach]], [[Louis Andriessen]], [[Nico Muhly]] and [[Peter Maxwell Davies]].
In 2018 Hazlewood and Paraorchestra commissioned [[Goldfrapp]]’s [[Will Gregory]] to write a score for The Nature of Why, an immersive music experience which fused live music by an ensemble of Paraorchestra musicians with contemporary dance. The Nature of Why was inspired by a spontaneous lecture from the Nobel-prize winning theoretical physicist [[Richard Feynman]] on why magnets repel each other <ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-23|title=Review: Bristol New Music Festival, Various Venues|url=https://www.bristol247.com/culture/music/review-bristol-new-music-festival-various-venues/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Bristol 24/7|language=en}}</ref> and was directed by Hazlewood and Caroline Bowditch, choreographed by Bowditch, and conducted by Hazlewood, and opened Bristol’s [[Mayfest (Bristol)|Mayfest]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-05-11|title=Review: Mayfest: The Nature of Why|url=https://www.bristol247.com/culture/theatre/review-mayfest-bristol-the-nature-of-why/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Bristol 24/7|language=en}}</ref> The Nature of Why opened [[Southbank Centre]]’s Unlimited Festival in 2018 <ref>{{Cite web|title=The British Paraorchestra : The Nature of Why|url=https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/the-british-paraorchestra-the-nature-of-why/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Disability Arts Online|language=en}}</ref> then toured to the Heath Ledger Theatre, WA as part of Perth Festival 2019 where The Western Australian dubbed it ‘A modern ode to joy’.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-25|title=Interaction a modern ode to joy|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/piaf/theatre-review-the-nature-of-why-ng-b881113225z|access-date=2021-04-15|website=The West Australian|language=en}}</ref> The Nature of Why toured the UK in 2019 playing [[Brighton Festival]], [[Wales Millennium Centre]] in Cardiff, [[Empress Ballroom|The Empress Ballroom]] at Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Kneehigh’s Asylum in St Austell, and [[The Lowry]] in Salford.
Based on his 2018 BBC Programme, Tones, Drones, and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism, Hazlewood created a stage version of Minimalism Changed My Life in 2019. A personal journey through ‘the last big idea in classical music’ was conducted and presented by Hazlewood, written by Jason Hazeley and performed by Paraorchestra at [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]], Southbank Centre (September 2019) and [[Bridgewater Hall]], (October 2019). The piece included performances of work by [[Terry Riley]], [[Mike Oldfield]], [[Philip Glass]], [[Pauline Oliveros]] and [[Steve Reich]] and featured a visual narrative by video artist John Minton.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-30|title=Minimalism Changed My Life: Tones, Drones and Arpeggios, QEH review - from Cage and Reich to 'Tubular Bells'|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/minimalism-changed-my-life-tones-drones-and-arpeggios-qeh-review-cage-and-reich-tubular|access-date=2021-04-15|website=theartsdesk.com|language=en}}</ref>
In 2021 Hazlewood and Paraorchestra created Death Songbook with [[Suede (band)|Suede]]’s [[Brett Anderson]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gŵyl 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/emb5q9/play/popular/p097ytb3|access-date=2021-03-29|website=BBC Music Events|language=en}}</ref> The concert included an ensemble of musicians from Paraorchestra along with guest artists [[Nadine Shah]], [[Adrian Utley]] and [[Seb Rochford]] and featured a collection of songs about loss and transcendence by artists such as [[Echo & the Bunnymen|Echo and the Bunnymen]], [[Skeeter Davis]], [[Japan (band)|Japan]], [[David Bowie]]/[[Jacques Brel]], and [[Suede (band)|Suede]]. It was pre-recorded on [[Wales Millennium Centre]]’s Donald Gordon stage in January 2021 and streamed by [[BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House|BBC Cymru Wales]] as part of Gŵyl 2021 on 6 & 7 March.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Shutler|first1=Ali|last2=Solomon|first2=Kate|date=2021-03-08|title=Haim and Brittany Howard bring fire to the Grammys, plus the best of March's live music|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/concerts/review-top-best-pop-rock-music-gig-concerts-march-2021/|access-date=2021-03-29|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
The orchestra has toured to Russia, the Middle East, Greece and Australia, as well as playing throughout the UK.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
==Music director for film and theatre==
In 1995 Hazlewood and British theatre director [[Mark Dornford-May]] began working on a venture called Broomhill Opera in Kent, England. In 1999 they moved their operation to the largely derelict [[Wilton's Music Hall]] in East London, restoring it back into a living performance venue.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=2005-03-28|title=Interview: Charles Hazlewood|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/28/classicalmusicandopera1|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-02-25|title=Carmen the mysteries, Wilton's Music Hall, London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/carmen-mysteries-wilton-s-music-hall-london-9150652.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> As Music Director for Wilton’s Music Hall Hazlewood conducted ''[[The Beggar's Opera|The Beggars Opera]]'' <ref name="auto"/> (director [[Jonathan Miller]]) Britten's ''[[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-10-13|title=Spooky ghouls in a haunting venue|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/spooky-ghouls-in-a-haunting-venue-626119.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> (director [[Elijah Moshinsky]]), Puccini's ''[[Il trittico|Il Trittico]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|date=1995-08-26|title=opera : Il trittico, Broomhill|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/opera-il-trittico-broomhill-1597921.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (director [[Simon Callow]]) and Kurt Weill's ''[[The Silverlake]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-04-03|title=Arts: Opera: Still waters|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-opera-still-waters-1084791.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> with translation by [[Rory Bremner]].
In 1999, Hazlewood and theatre director [[Mark Dornford-May]] created a new opera company in [[Cape Town]] from the townships and villages of South Africa; the mostly black lyric-theatre company [[Dimpho di Kopane|DDK]] (''Dimpho di Kopane'', Sotho for "combined talents") was formed. Of the 40 members, only three had professional training. In January 2001, the company's debut of Bizet's ''[[Carmen]]'' opened to damning South African reviews, with one newspaper saying it was preposterous for black South Africans to perform Western opera.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Their South African Carmen went on to tour internationally. [[Fiona Maddocks]] wrote in The Observer ‘this is the Carmen by which all others should be measured’.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Maddocks|first=Fiona|date=2001-06-10|title=Carmen chameleon|url=http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/jun/10/featuresreview.review3|access-date=2021-03-29|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Hazlewood was music director and conductor for the company's film version of [[U-Carmen eKhayelitsha|''Carmen'']], set in a township in South Africa, which won the Golden Bear award for Best Film at the 2005 [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Staff|last2=agencies|date=2005-02-21|title=Carmen gets date with Golden Bear|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/feb/21/news|access-date=2021-03-29|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Their subsequent film, [[Son of Man (2006 film)|''Son of Man'']], featured a score created by Hazlewood in collaboration with the company.
''The Mysteries'', for which Hazlewood devised the score, sold out in London's West End in 2003, inciting the first editorial on music in ''The Times'' newspaper in 40 years.<ref>{{cite news
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Hazlewood was music director of DDK from 2000 to 2007. With the company he also conceived the music for the shows ''Ibali Loo Tsotsi'' (''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'');<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-beggars-opera-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-125652.html |title=The Beggar's Opera, Wilton's Music Hall, London |last=Koenig |first=Rhoda |date=22 October 2002 |work=[[The Independent]] |location=London |access-date=13 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914091141/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-beggars-opera-orange-tree-theatre-richmond-125652.html |archive-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> and ''The Snow Queen'', which premiered in New York in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |first=Margo |last=Jefferson |title=African and Western Worlds Collude Happily |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/10/arts/music/10jeff.html?pagewanted=all&position |work=[[The New York Times]] | date=10 November 2004 |access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>
In 2009, Hazlewood conducted [[Kurt Weill]]'s musical drama ''[[Lost in the Stars]]'', reset in [[apartheid]] South Africa, at the [[South Bank Centre]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Edward |last=Seckerson |title=Lost in the stars |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/lost-in-the-stars-queen-elizabeth-hall-london-1724417.html |work=[[The Independent]] | location=London |date=30 June 2009 |access-date=18 November 2009}}</ref>
In 2014, Hazlewood scored a reworking of John Gay's ''The Beggars Opera, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs)'' written by Carl Grose and directed by Mike Shepherd for [[Kneehigh Theatre]]. The show toured the UK and internationally in 2015/16 and was listed in the top ten shows of 2014 by the ''Guardian'' newspaper.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hickling|first=Alfred|date=2014-12-18|title=Alfred Hickling's top 10 theatre of 2014|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/dec/18/alfred-hickling-top-10-theatre-shows-2014|access-date=2020-11-30|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
In 2016 Hazlewood wrote the score for an operatic version of ''[[The Tin Drum]]'' by [[Günter Grass]]. The show featured a libretto by Carl Grose and was performed and produced by Kneehigh Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-15|first=Susannah |last=Clapp| title=The Tin Drum review – a banging hit|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/15/the-tin-drum-everyman-liverpool-banging-hit|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> It was highlighted as one of [[Susannah Clapp]]’s top ten shows of 2017 in The Observer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-10|title=Susannah Clapp's best theatre of 2017|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/dec/10/best-theatre-2017-susannah-clapp-review|access-date=2021-04-15|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
Hazlewood integrated mass karaoke into a show with Kneehigh’s ''Ubu!'' in 2018 which had its debut to critical acclaim ‘Singing truth to power: How Kneehigh's new show uses mass karaoke to topple a dictator’ Independent <ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-09|title=Singing truth to power: How Kneehigh's new show uses mass karaoke to topple a dictator|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/kneehigh-ubu-karaoke-alfred-jarry-asylum-cornwall-barns-mike-shepherd-a8479201.html|access-date=2021-03-29|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> in August 2018, and toured nationally in 2019.
==Television==
Charles Hazlewood's first TV appearance was as music director on [[Jonathan Miller]]'s Opera Works in 1996.{{fact|date=October 2024}}
Hazlewood created the 2009 [[BBC Two]] documentary series ''The Birth of British Music''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Warman |title=Interview: Charles Hazlewood |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5291551/Interview-Charles-Hazlewood.html |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | location=London |date=7 May 2009 |access-date=16 November 2009}}</ref> He has authored and conducted the music in BBC films on [[Mozart]], [[Beethoven]] and [[Tchaikovsky]] as well as a series exploring the birth of British music. He also appeared on the judging panel for the reality show ''Classical Star'' (BBC2 2007)<ref>{{cite press release
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}}</ref> and anchored the [[BBC Proms]] TV coverage in 2008.<ref>{{cite press release
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In 2011, Hazlewood commissioned leading instrument makers to create an orchestra of 44 instruments entirely from scrap. Documented by BBC Four, the film culminated in a performance of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky's]] ''[[1812 Overture]]'' on the scrap instruments with [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] at the 2011 [[The Proms|BBC Proms]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-12-08|title=Scrapheap Orchestra: the wheelie-bin overture|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/08/scrapheap-orchestra|access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
He authored and presented ''How Pop Songs Work'' ([[BBC Four]], 2008); a film with Damon Gough (aka [[Badly Drawn Boy]]) entitled ''Stripping Pop'' ([[BBC Three]], 2003);<ref>{{cite news |first=Jonny |last=Dee |title=Top of the Boffs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jan/05/popandrock1 |work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London |date=5 January 2008 |access-date=13 November 2009}}</ref> and a two part documentary ''Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism'' (BBC Four, 2018), on the history of [[minimalist music]], in which he interviews the 'greats' of the genre: [[Terry Riley]], [[La Monte Young|Le Monte Young]], [[Philip Glass]] and [[Steve Reich]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tbfp6|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Bbc.co.uk|title=BBC Four - Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism}}</ref>
Hazlewood’s documentary for [[Sky Arts]], ''Beethoven and Me'' aired in January 2021. It featured members of [[Paraorchestra]] and was highlighted by New Statesman as ‘Serious, high-minded and brilliant ... a stunning lesson in not patronising audiences.’ <ref>{{Cite web|title=Charles Hazlewood's Beethoven & Me cleverly deconstructs the composer's music|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/Beethoven-me-charles-hazelwood-sky-arts-review|access-date=2021-06-11|website=Newstatesman.com|date=17 February 2021|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-16|title=Charles Hazlewood: Beethoven and Me was a deeply original and thought-provoking film|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/charles-hazlewood-beethoven-and-me-sky-arts-review-paraorchestra-874684|access-date=2021-03-29|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}</ref> The film centres on Beethoven’s famous 5th Symphony for a detailed look at the life, genius, and mental health struggles of the great composer in the context of, and drawing parallels with, Hazlewood’s own childhood trauma.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hazlewood|first=Charles|title=Charles Hazlewood: Like me, Beethoven was abused as a child|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charles-hazlewood-like-me-beethoven-was-abused-as-a-child-8btr27std|access-date=2021-03-29|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''Charles Hazlewood: Beethoven and Me'' was awarded Best Music Programme at the 2022 Broadcast Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 February 2022|title=Best music programme: Charles Hazlewood: Beethoven & Me|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/winners/best-music-programme-charles-hazlewood-beethoven-and-me/5167460.article|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Broadcast|language=en}}</ref>
Hazlewood became [[Sky Arts]]’ Ambassador for Music in 2021 in a move from the channel to invest further in UK arts mentoring diverse and emerging talent across literature, music, dance, theatre and visual arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sky Arts|url=https://www.skygroup.sky/skyarts|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Skygroup.sky|language=en-gb}}</ref>
== Radio ==
Hazlewood's radio show, ''The Charles Hazlewood Show'' on [[BBC Radio 2]], won three [[Sony Radio Academy Awards]] in 2006. The musical selections are "linked together in surprising and productive new ways, with [[Mozart]], for example, followed by [[Ivor Cutler]], then [[The Streets]], then [[Handel]]".<ref>{{cite news |first=Elisabeth |last=Mahoney |title=Radio Review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/may/04/radio.tvandradio |work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London |date=4 May 2006 |access-date=18 November 2009}}</ref>
On 24 May 2020 Hazlewood was the guest in the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[Desert Island Discs]].'' During the programme he revealed that he had been a victim of sexual abuse throughout his childhood.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/conductor-charles-hazlewood-reveals-childhood-sex-abuse-l3wf03mr7 "Conductor Charles Hazlewood reveals childhood sex abuse"], ''[[The Times]]'', 24 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.</ref>
== Motivational speaking ==
As a speaker, Hazlewood draws from his professional and personal life to speak on themes of vulnerability, leadership, trust, disruption, and creativity. He has presented two TED talks; [https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_hazlewood_trusting_the_ensemble/up-next?language=en Trusting the Ensemble] (2011), [https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_hazlewood_british_paraorchestra_the_debut_of_the_british_paraorchestra/up-next The Debut of the British Paraorchestra] (2012), and a TEDx; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9N2XgP5EmM Why Authenticity Matters] TEDx (2017)
==Other activities==
Charles Hazlewood was a judge of the popular music industry’s creativity awards the [[Mercury Prize|Mercury Music prize]], in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-09-06|title=Panellist Jude Rogers on judging for the Mercury prize|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/06/popandrock.mercuryprize2007|access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-02|title=Spotlight: 2008 Mercury Music Prize Nominations {{!}} Spotlights|url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/spotlights/spotlight-mercury-prize-nominations|first=Ben|last=Hogwood|access-date=2021-06-11|website=musicOMH|language=en-GB}}</ref> and 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-09-08|title=Speech Debelle wins Mercury music prize|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/09/speech-debelle-wins-mercury-prize|first=Rosie|last=Swash|access-date=2021-06-11|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Hazlewood and his wife, Henrietta, have four children.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-i-moved-maestro-changes-his-tune-bl5rmlkjl07|title = Why I Moved: Maestro changes his tune|website=Thetimes.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jun/27/charles-hazlewood-british-paraorchestra|title = One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 27 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/one-man-s-musical-mission-7786714|title=One Man's Musical Mission|website=Greatbritishlife.co.uk|date=14 February 2008}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website |http://www.charleshazlewood.com/ |name=Charles Hazlewood official website}}
* {{official website |http://www.paraorchestra.com |The British Paraorchestra official website}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/09/charles-hazlewood-british-classical-music |title=Charles Hazlewood on the flourishing of British classical music |first=Charles |last=Hazlewood |work=[[The Guardian]] | date=8 April 2009}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/01/orchestra-disabled-people-play-paralympics |title=Coldplay join the paraorchestra of disabled musicians for closing ceremony |first=Maggie |last=Brown |work=[[The Guardian]] | date=1 September 2012}}
* {{cite news |url=http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jun/27/charles-hazlewood-british-paraorchestra?cat=music&type=article |title=One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra |first=Charles |last=Hazlewood |work=[[The Guardian]] | date=27 June 2012}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/03/classical-concerts-fresh-air |title=Why classical concerts need a breath of fresh air |first=Charles |last=Hazlewood |work=[[The Guardian]] | date=3 August 2009}}
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