Paul Francis Kildea is an Australianconductor and author, considered an expert onBenjamin Britten.[1][2][3]
Paul Francis Kildea was born and raised inNarrabundah,Canberra,[4][5] and attendedSt Edmund's College, Narrabundah, where his piano teacher was Keith Radford. He studied piano and musicology at theUniversity of Melbourne where he met the musicologistMalcolm Gillies. Kildea's 2013 book,Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century, is dedicated "For two teachers, Malcolm and Keith", a nod to Gillies and Radford.[6] He also gained a doctorate from theUniversity of Oxford. His doctoralthesis was published asSelling Britten (2002).[7] The filming rights to Kildea's 2018 book,Chopin's Piano, have been acquired byDonald Rosenfeld of Sovereign Films;Daniil Trifonov is slated to perform Chopin's music.[8]
He was associated withOpera Australia, becoming assistant conductor toSimone Young after his 1997 conducting debut withLeoš Janáček'sThe Cunning Little Vixen.
Kildea was head of music for theAldeburgh Festival 1999–2002, and artistic director ofWigmore Hall 2003–05.[2]
From 2014 until 2016 he served as artistic director of the biennial Four Winds Festival inBermagui on theNew South Wales South Coast.[5][9] In 2019 he was appointed artistic director ofMusica Viva Australia.[10]
Kildea resides in Melbourne, Australia.[10]
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