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- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 20
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- "Animal Farm" Activity Book
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Davis studied the clarinet at the Royal College of Music in London, where he was barred from taking conducting lessons owing to his lack of ability at the piano. Nonetheless, he formed and often served as conductor of the Kalmar Orchestra with fellow students. In 1952, Davis worked at the Royal Festival Hall, and in the late 1950s conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He first found wide acclaim when he stood in for an ill Otto Klemperer in a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's op
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Place of death
- Cape Town
- Father
- S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis
- Occupation
- engineer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
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- date of birth
- 1933-07-29
- date of death
- 2012-12-19
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- Colin Davis
- points for
- 0
- Commons category
- Colin Davis (racing driver)
- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 0
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 4
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