Brian Wright - Conductor

the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Singapore Symphony Orchestras. In the UK, Brian is currently Music Director of Maidstone Symphony Orchestra and Goldsmiths Choral Union, London.


Brian enjoys a close association with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, regularly conducting in their London International Series. In 2005/6 he conducted the opening concert of BBC Radio 3’s Beethoven Experience and the RPO in London’s Royal Albert Hall and also at Cadogan Hall. A highlight of 2006/7 was an acclaimed broadcast performance of Berlioz’s Grande Messe des Morts with the RPO at the RAH. He was also a guest conductor in Norway, Slovenia, and Romania. Brian’s 2008/9 season included Fauré’s Requiem & Berlioz’s Te Deum with the RPO at the RAH. In 2009/10 his London concerts have included Verdi’s Requiem for the RPO, two sold-out performances in December of Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St. John Passion. His MSO concerts in 2010 have featured Brahms & Dvorak, Elgar & Tchaikovsky and Strauss & Berlioz. In June Brian conducted Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony with the RPO and a programme of  Haydn & Mozart  at London’s Cadogan Hall. in 2010/11 he conducts Strauss & Brahms at London’s Royal Festival Hall and returns to Bucharest to conduct the George Enescu Philharmonic.

Welcome to the web-site of the internationally renowned British conductor, Brian Wright.


Brian was second prize-winner in conducting competitions with the London Symphony Orchestra and at La Scala, Milan. He was Assistant Conductor to André Previn and the LSO and Associate Conductor to the BBC in London. He has conducted all the major British orchestras, winning particular praise for performances at the BBC Proms.


Brian is a regular guest conductor in Britain and Europe, and in Asia he has toured in China with

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One of the most talented and musically imaginative of our conductors - Daily Telegraph

Using clear and simple gestures with what might be called classical restraint, Wright conducted with wonderful skill - The Scotsman

Warner/NVC Arts DVD release of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with Brian conducting the BBCSO

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