birth_place article_title name birth_date
taplow , buckinghamshire toby cruse
 toby cruse 16 october 1980
toby cruse

toby john cruse -lrb- born 16 october 1980 -rrb- is a british live agent , concert promoter , talent manager and former professional musician .
he is founder and ceo of worldwide entertainment , incorporating worldwide talent and worldwide live .
he also works as a celebrity booking agent .
born in taplow , buckinghamshire , cruse lived in cookham , berkshire until august 2007 when he moved to maidenhead , berkshire , the town in which he now resides .
artists cruse has worked with include kylie minogue , james morrison , lily allen , will young , katherine jenkins , michael ball , dina carroll , leo sayer , josh groban , hayley westenra , faryl smith , jonathan ansell , sir james galway , the x factor finalists , michael feinstein , the real thing , issy van randwyck and rose-marie .
cruse has worked on over 200 theatrical productions , many in london 's west end and on national/international tours , both as musical director/supervisor , orchestral musician and/or vocal coach , and for the bbc , channel 4 and sky .
as a classical pianist , he has performed extensively , winning competitions for his interpretation of chopin and rachmaninov , and has performed the famous `` rach 2 '' .
he has performed for royalty at windsor castle on several occasions and , in 1999 , formed the thames valley sinfonia and thames valley sinfonia chorus .
cruse studied at trinity college of music , london , and with tutors from other music colleges across the uk .
in 2002 , for the golden jubilee of queen elizabeth ii , a portrait of cruse was painted by timmy mallett as part of a series of 50 portraits of people from around cookham , berkshire .
other figures to be painted included lorraine kelly , sir clive woodward , ulrika jonsson , jim rosenthal , wendy craig and stanley spencer 's grandson , john .
in 2012 , for the diamond jubilee of queen elizabeth ii , cruse reformed and conducted the british sinfonia for a concert in his hometown of maidenhead , berkshire .
on 2 april 2012 , cruse produced and promoted a 25th anniversary memorial concert to legendary drummer buddy rich featuring drummers ian paice , ginger baker , clem cattini , dave weckl , john blackwell and gavin harrison .
the concert was held at the london palladium and hosted by buddy 's daughter , cathy rich , and actor/comedian john thomson .
iron maiden frontman bruce dickinson and tony christie also made appearances .
