7 ). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Born ▁in ▁County ▁Dur ham , ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁Const antine ▁began ▁playing ▁the ▁c ello ▁at ▁age ▁eleven . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁six teen , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁a ▁board ing ▁school ▁special ising ▁in ▁music ▁– ▁the ▁Well s ▁C athedral ▁School ▁in ▁Som erset , ▁England . ▁From ▁there , ▁he ▁studied ▁further ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁Northern ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁in ▁Manchester ▁and ▁later ▁en rolled ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Le ic ester , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁conduct ing ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁perform ▁as ▁a ▁conduct or . ▁He ▁studied ▁first ly ▁with ▁John ▁Care we ▁and ▁Norman ▁Del ▁Mar , ▁then ▁later ▁with ▁Ferdinand ▁Le it ner ▁at ▁the ▁Acc adem ia ▁Ch ig iana ▁in ▁S ien a ▁and ▁Leonard ▁Bern stein ▁at ▁the ▁Schles wig - Hol stein ▁Music ▁Festival . ▁After ▁winning ▁the ▁first ▁Don at ella ▁F lick ▁Con duct ing ▁Compet ition , ▁Const antine ▁went ▁to ▁Russia ' s ▁L ening rad ▁Conserv atory ▁for ▁a ▁year ▁of ▁study ▁with ▁the ▁then ▁ 9 0 - year - old ▁I ly a ▁Mus in . ▁A ▁conduct or , ▁teacher ▁and ▁the or ist ▁of ▁conduct ing , ▁Mus in ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁Conserv atory ▁for ▁six ▁dec ades , ▁and ▁his ▁book , ▁" The ▁Te chni ques ▁of ▁Con duct ing ," ▁has ▁been ▁followed ▁world wide ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁The ▁B ardi ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁In ▁ 1 9