Martin MacDonald should not be confused with Martin McDonald.
| Birth Date: | ca 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Education: | |
| Occupation: | conductor |
Martin MacDonald (born ca 1977) is a Canadian conductor.
He was born on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, MacDonald is the youngest of 12 children, and started to play cello when he was six years old.[1] He participated in the family's Celtic music band. He studied cello at Memorial University of Newfoundland and earned a master's degree in conducting at McGill University.
When he graduated he was hired at National Academy Orchestra of Canada and in 2008 he took a job as Associate Conductor for Symphony Nova Scotia.[2]
He has guest conducted for Hamilton Philharmonic, Thunder Bay Symphony, Orchestra London and the Windsor Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
In 2010, MacDonald was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestral Conducting awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts[3] and in 2013 he won the Heinz Unger Award awarded by the Ontario Arts Council.[4]