Portrait of the artist: Julia Jones, conductor

'A concert master once told me: Don't think so much – just conduct. It's the best advice I've ever been given'What got you started?It was a gradual process – I studied ­piano and chamber music, did some ­conducting at university, then went to ­Germany as a repetiteur [opera rehearsal conductor] and, later, opera conductor.What was your big breakthrough?Being asked to step in at the last minute to conduct Lohengrin at the Teatro Comunale in Florence. The ­conductor Gius...

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