Andrew Penny


Andrew Jonathan Penny MBE is an English conductor. He has recorded a complete cycle of Malcolm Arnold's symphonies.
Penny graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music. As a postgraduate he studied with Sir Charles Groves.
Since 1982 he has been Musical Director of the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra. In November 1999 he directed two performances of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, as part of the Millennium celebrations in Hull.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to music.