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Australian conductorFor other people named John Hopkins, see John Hopkins (disambiguation).

John Raymond Hopkins AM OBE (19 July 1927:– 30 September 2013) was a British-born Australian conductor and administrator.

Career

John Hopkins was born in Yorkshire in 1927.

He was the *istant conductor of the BBC Scottish Orchestra from 1949 to 1952 and then conductor of the BBC Northern Orchestra until 1957. He relocated to New Zealand in 1957 to succeed James Robertson as conductor of the then National Orchestra (now the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra).

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In 1959 he founded the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra. He was present for the orchestra's 50th anniversary season in 2009. As part of his contribution to youth music he also conducted the South African National Youth Orchestra.

Hopkins moved to Australia in 1963.

As the Federal Director of Music for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), Hopkins began a number of innovations within the ABC's Concert Music Division, s