The Youth Band summer residential course and concert will be directed by Guest Conductor Martyn Brabbins.
Martyn Brabbins was recently appointed Chief Conductor of the Malmö Symphony and of the Symphony Orchestra of India, both starting in the 2025/26 season. He was Music Director of the English National Opera 2016-2023. He guests with top international orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw, San Francisco Symphony, DSO Berlin and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, as well as the Philharmonia, BBC Symphony and most other leading UK orchestras. He is a popular figure at the BBC Proms, who in 2019 commissioned 14 living composers to write a birthday tribute to him, released in 2024 on the BIS label. Known for his advocacy of British composers, he has conducted hundreds of world premieres across the globe. He has recorded nearly 150 CDs to date, including prize-winning discs of operas by Korngold, Birtwistle and Harvey. In 2023 he received the RPS Conductor Award for his “colossal” contribution to UK musical life. Martyn is also Artistic Advisor, Huddersfield Choral Society, Prince Consort Professor of Conducting, Royal College of Music and visiting Professor of Conducting, Royal Scottish Conservatoire.
