Brian Wright - Conductor

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 Britten’s War Requiem in London’s Royal Albert Hall and also at London’s 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. His 2007/8 MSO concerts included programmes of Mahler 6, Bruckner 6, Rachmaninov 2, Debussy’s La Mer & Ravel’s La Valse and Shostakovich 10.  He also conducted a Bach Triple Bill at London’s Barbican Hall. Brian’s 2008/9 season has included Fauré’s Requiem & Berlioz’s Te Deum with the RPO at London’s Royal Albert Hall and two sold-out performances of Handel’s Messiah, also at the RAH. In 2009 he has conducted MSO in Bartok & Hindemith and Brahms 2, and an anniversary programme of Handel & Haydn  at Cadogan Hall with GCU. In May he conducted MSO in Ravel & Bernstein and this month he conducts GCU at Cadogan Hall. In 2009/10 his London concerts include Verdi’s Requiem for the RPO at the RAH, and he returns to Bucharest to conduct the George Enescu Philharmonic.

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

Brian was a major prize-winner in conducting competitions in London and Milan. He was Assistant Conductor to André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra 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. He is a regular guest conductor in Britain and Europe, and in Asia he has toured in China with 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.

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

What a native Hungarian would have said of MSO’s performance (Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra) I cannot say, but for this particular Anglo-Saxon it shimmered intensely from beginning to end. The spirit was compelling - Crescendo, Maidstone / February 2009

Wright and the Royal Phil were wonderfully exact about capturing precise colours and tones; section by section, we seemed to be hearing  just the sounds that Berlioz (Grande Messe des Morts) intended ... in short, Wright got the effects, the tempi and the tone illuminatingly right for every movement - Financial Times

From the assertive opening of the first movement, taken at a ‘real’ allegro, to the shattering minor chord that ends the colossal last movement over an hour later, conductor Brian Wright lead his players in a superbly crisp and energised performance (Mahler’s 6th Symphony) - Kent & Sussex Courier

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

Site updated July 2009

Site wallpaper, by permission, from a painting by Emma Abnett

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