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Martin Loveday studied Violin and Composition at the Royal College of Music. After a brief spell free lancing in London, mostly with the London Symphony Orchestra, he went to Portugal to study with the Russian violin teacher Maxim Jacobsen  and to play in the Gulbenkian Chamber Orchestra.

On his return he renewed his association with the LSO and later joined the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and then the BBC Symphony. During this time he was most fortunate to work with some of the great conductors of the period including Kempe, Barbirolli, Stokowski and Rozhdestvensky.

Positions as Leader of the RTE (Dublin) and BBC Concert Orchestras followed and it was during the eighteen years with the BBC that his involvement in conducting began. In 1990 he became director / conductor of the Esterhazy Chamber Orchestra and gave concerts in Country Houses and Music Festivals around England. Since his early retirement as Leader of the BBC Concert Orchestra he took up a position at Junior RCM coaching the orchestras. He is also involved in conducting amateur orchestras in England and is currently principal conductor of the Barnet Symphony Orchestra.

He has been involved in adjudicating at several young musicians competitions including the Young Musician of Wales and the BBC Radio 2 competition.