Paul MacAlindin has conducted orchestras and ensembles all over the world, from
the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the RSNO, the SCO, Oulu Sinfonia and
Armenian Philharmonic to the ensembles of the Düsseldorf Symphoniker, Psappha
and Cantiere Montepulciano. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3, WDR and Radio
New Zealand. His most striking role to date has been as co-founder and Music
Director of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq.
In December 2017, he received the first-ever Global Blue Ocean Shift Award for
innovative business strategy from the Prime Minister of Malaysia at the Global
Entrepreneurship Community Summit in Kuala Lumpur. He now musically directs
The Glasgow Barons, Govan's regeneration orchestra, winners of the 2019 National
Diversity Award as Community Organisation for Race, Religion & Faith, and 2020
Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum Award for Creative Regeneration.He was
shortlisted for the Conductor category of the 2021 Royal Philharmonic
Society Awards.
Paul Macalinden