Brian Wright - Conductor

In the UK, Brian is currently Music Director of Maidstone Symphony Orchestra and of Goldsmiths Choral Union, London. He enjoys a close association with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, touring China in 2000/1 and 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 performance of Berlioz’s monumental Grande Messe des Morts with the RPO at the RAH. In 2006/7 he was a guest conductor in Norway, Slovenia, and Romania. His 2007 MSO concerts included programmes of Mahler 6, Elgar 2 and Bruckner 6 . In November he conducted Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius in the RPO’s Royal Albert Hall series and Handel’s Messiah in their Wimbledon series, and December brought Handel’s Messiah with the RPO at a sold-out RAH. In February 2008 he conducted MSO in Rachmaninov 2 and Debussy’s La Mer & Ravel’s La Valse in March. In April he conducted a Bach Triple Bill at London’s Barbican Hall and May brought Shostakovich 10  with MSO. June brought a popular RPO concert and Bruckner’s E minor Mass in London, and in July Brian conducts Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius at Worth Abbey. 2008-9 includes a programme of Fauré and Berlioz with the RPO at the RAH, and he again conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest.

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 of Berlioz and Liszt at the BBC Proms. He is a regular guest conductor in Britain and Europe, and in Asia he has conducted the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Singapore Symphony Orchestras.

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

Brian Wright drove the orchestra like a charioteer and made the improbable dream (Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius) vivid - Evening Standard

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

Brian Wright led his players in a crisp and energised performance (Mahler 6), from the assertive opening of the first movement - taken at a “real” Allegro - to the final shattering chord that ended the colossal last movement over an hour later - The Courier

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

Recent DVD release of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with Brian conducting the BBCSO

Site updated July 2008

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

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