David Lumsden

Sir David James Lumsden (19 March 1928 – 25 February 2023) was a British musical educator, conservatoire-chief, conductor, choirmaster, organist and harpsichordist. After studying music at Cambridge he was a church organist, and later an academic. He was principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow from 1976 to 1982 and of the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1982 to… More