William Boughton has truly established himself as one of the foremost conductors of his generation in England.  After forming the now famous English Symphony Orchestra in 1980, Mr. Boughton has conducted them in almost fifty CD recordings which have received extraordinary acclaim and of course are broadcast regularly all over the world.  A frequent guest conductor, Mr. Boughton has appeared with many of the worlds finest Orchestras from San Francisco to Helsinki.

Between 1986-93 Mr. Boughton was Artistic & Music Director of the Jyvaskyla Sinfonia in Finland. With the English Symphony Orchestra - of which he is Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor - Mr. Boughton has developed the orchestras repertoire through the Viennese classics to contemporary music. Together he and the orchestra have built a significant discography of internationally acclaimed recordings with Nimbus Records, a number of which have reached the Top Ten in the US charts. The depth of his unique partnership with the ESO was epitomised in 1985 when, as Artistic Director of the Malvern Festival, he collaborated with Sir Michael Tippett to present a musical celebration of the composer's eightieth birthday which was the subject of a BBC "Omnibus" documentary.

He has worked with many leading soloists on the international circuit, including artists such as Nigel Kennedy, Leonidas Kavakos, Emmanuel Ax, Radu Lupu and Viktoria Mullova. His list of commissioned works from contemporary composers includes Peter Sculthorpe, John Joubert, Anthony Powers, Michael Berkeley, John Metcalf, Stephen Roberts and Adrian Williams among many others.

In October 1993, William Boughton was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University. In November 1995, he and the ESO presented a weekend of music celebrating the 60th birthday of English composer Nicholas Maw, marking another milestone in Mr. Boughton's championship of contemporary English music. In 1996 William Boughton commenced a second term as Artistic Director of the Malvern Festival.

His close friendship with the late Yehudi Menuhin saw Mr. Boughton and the ESO performing at his Memorial Service in Westminster Abbey on June 3rd 1999 as well as a number of memorial concerts around the world with the Sinfonia Varsovia.

In 2000 William Boughton was invited to become the Artistic Director of The Nimbus Foundation for whom he has developed the Wyastone Summer Series based at the concert hall in the grounds of the Wyastone estate. This festival has now developed into a major attraction during the months of June and July.

The 2006/7 Season heralds a number of new developments taking up the position of Conductor Laureate for the ESO and with invitations to appear with the New Haven Symphony, Silicon Valley Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in concert and recording and with the Sudwestdeutches Chamber Orchestra. Boughton will spend a large part of the 2006/7 Season writing a book -- 'The Art of the Re-Creative Artist', with input from many world famous performing artists from all genres.