Nicholas Cleobury
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Nicholas Cleobury is a British conductor known particularly for his work in choral and contemporary music, including founding the Britten Sinfonia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nicholas Cleobury canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5151007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Cleobury Context triple: [Stephen Cleobury, sibling, Nicholas Cleobury]
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Stephen Cleobury
Stephen Cleobury was a renowned English organist and choral conductor, best known for his long tenure directing the music at King's College, Cambridge and shaping its internationally acclaimed choral tradition.
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B.
Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob was a 20th-century English composer and orchestrator known for his wind band works, film scores, and ceremonial music for major state occasions.
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C.
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Boult was a renowned English conductor celebrated for his interpretations of British orchestral music and his long association with the BBC and major recording labels.
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Sir Henry Wood
Sir Henry Wood was a pioneering English conductor best known for founding and shaping the Promenade Concerts, which evolved into today’s BBC Proms.
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E.
John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner is a renowned British conductor and early music specialist, particularly celebrated for his interpretations of Baroque repertoire and historically informed performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicholas Cleobury Target entity description: Nicholas Cleobury is a British conductor known particularly for his work in choral and contemporary music, including founding the Britten Sinfonia.
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A.
Stephen Cleobury
Stephen Cleobury was a renowned English organist and choral conductor, best known for his long tenure directing the music at King's College, Cambridge and shaping its internationally acclaimed choral tradition.
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B.
Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob was a 20th-century English composer and orchestrator known for his wind band works, film scores, and ceremonial music for major state occasions.
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C.
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Boult was a renowned English conductor celebrated for his interpretations of British orchestral music and his long association with the BBC and major recording labels.
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D.
Sir Henry Wood
Sir Henry Wood was a pioneering English conductor best known for founding and shaping the Promenade Concerts, which evolved into today’s BBC Proms.
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E.
John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner is a renowned British conductor and early music specialist, particularly celebrated for his interpretations of Baroque repertoire and historically informed performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British conductor
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conductor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
King's College, Cambridge
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linked to:
King’s College, Cambridge
St John's School, Leatherhead ⓘ |
| employer |
BBC Singers
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Britten Sinfonia ⓘ Covent Garden ⓘ
linked to:
Covent Garden district
Oxford Bach Choir ⓘ Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University ⓘ
linked to:
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Royal Academy of Music ⓘ |
| founded | Britten Sinfonia ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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classical music ⓘ contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Britten Sinfonia
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work in choral music ⓘ work in contemporary music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
performances of contemporary British composers
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recordings of choral music ⓘ |
| occupation |
choral conductor
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conductor ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
assistant chorus master of the BBC Singers
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conductor of the Oxford Bach Choir ⓘ director of music at Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University ⓘ founder of Britten Sinfonia ⓘ head of opera at the Royal Academy of Music ⓘ principal conductor of Britten Sinfonia ⓘ staff conductor at Covent Garden ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Stephen Cleobury ⓘ |
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Instruction
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