John Landor is conductor and music director of the London Musical Arts Orchestra. He studied at Oxford University, the Royal Academy of Music in London and the St Petersburg Conservatory under conducting teacher Ilya Musin. A semi-finalist in the Besançon International Conductors' Competition in 1991, he has conducted orchestras, choirs and opera companies in Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, Germany, France, Romania and South Africa. His recordings include releases for Pickwick Records. He is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London and has presented a series at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London since 1992. John is also a composer, arranger and an experienced and popular presenter of educational concerts for both children and adults, including the Mini Maestro Family Concert and Meet-the-Music series at St Martin-in-the-Fields.