Awards & Winners

Vernon Handley

Date of Birth 11-November-1930
Place of Birth London Borough of Enfield
(Greater London, London, United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Vemon Handley, Handley, Vernon
Profession Conductor
Vernon George "Tod" Handley CBE was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. He was born of a Welsh father and an Irish mother into a musical family in Enfield, London. He acquired the nickname "Tod" because his feet were turned in at his birth, which his father simply summarised: "They toddle". Handley preferred the use of the name "Tod" throughout his life over his given names.

Awards by Vernon Handley

Check all the awards nominated and won by Vernon Handley.

1988


Brit Award for Best Classical Recording
Honored for : Symphony No. 5 in D / Flos Campi (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Vernon Handley)

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Brit Award for Best Classical Recording Symphony No. 5 in D / Flos Campi (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Vernon Handley)

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Brit Award for Best Classical Recording Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1-5