Amercian conductor John Wilton Nelson died at the age of 83.Born in Costa Rica, on Dec. 6, 1941, Nelson studied at Wheaton College and later at the Juilliard School of Music. He was Music Director of the Greenwich Philharmonia in Connecticut and the New Jersey Pro Arte Chorale. He also conducted at the Metropolitan Opera.
Nelson was the Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1987 and later joined the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Music Director from 1985 to 1988, and principal conductor from 1988 to 1991. In 1998, Nelson became music director of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (now renamed Orchestre de chambre de Paris), a position he hel
He also held positions at the Caramoor Festival and the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris.
