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Geoff Westley (London 24th May 1949) is a pianist, composer,  arranger and conductor.

Life and Career
Geoff Westley won a Scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied Flute,  Piano and Composition. From the age of 23 he was conducting Jesus Christ Superstar and other musicals in the West End of London.

In the same period he was invited to join the Bee Gees as their Musical Director and toured the world with them for 7 years. As keyboard player and arranger he has worked with many International Artists including: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Leo Sayer, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Everley Bros, Vangelis, Gerry Goldsmith, Hans Zimmer,  Marvin Hamlisch,  Henry Mancini

At the age of 30 he began a long and successful collaboration with Italian artists.

He was producer/arranger of:

..as well as projects with: Laura Pausini, Renato Zero, Riccardo Cocciante, Lucio Dalla, Fabrizio de André, Fiorella Mannoia,  Anna Ora,  Fabio Concato. He arranged and conducted for Eros Ramazzotti at the Sanremo Festival 2016.

He was Musical Director of the Sanremo Festival for 2018 and 2019 presented by Claudio Baglioni.

For the Latin market, he has produced and arranged albums for Victor Manuel, Ana Belen, Pablo Milanes, Fito Paez, Chico Buarque, Chavela Vargas, Antonio Banderas.

As arranger and conductor he has worked with: London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Pro Arte, London Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma, Orchestra del Teatro Bellini di Catania, Roma Sinfonietta, Brno Philharmonic, Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

He also writes contemporary classical music, including Travels in the Arctic Circle,  a Chamber Opera commissioned by The Royal Opera House,  as well as song cycles and works for solo piano.

Since 2009 he has concentrated on orchestral projects, including:

Sogno Nº1 - new orchestral versions of the music of Fabrizio de André,  recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road in London.

For an American Ballet company, a full-length 2-act adaptation as a ballet of Humperdinck’s Opera “Hansel & Gretel”.

Storia di una Capinera - an opera in 2 acts for 8 soloists, choir and orchestra, recorded with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in Czechoslovakia,  Parma and Rome.

“Un Piccolo Natale in Più” - an album of Christmas music with Claudio Baglioni and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

A project of Beatles songs reworked for simple rhythm section and String Orchestra, recorded with the London Chamber Orchestra led by Vasko Vassilev

Created new orchestral versions of songs for voice & piano by Grieg, Sibelius and Nielsen,  recorded with Soprano Janice Watson and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

He has written a new orchestral version of the opera MARIA DI Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer.

In 2019 a new project of original compositions for Solo Piano.

Prizes and awards
In 2008 he won the Critics prize for his group FRANK HEAD and the song ParaPara’Parara

In September 2010 he was invited by the director of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome to establish, organise and teach a course in Arranging, Orchestration and Studio Recording.