Ben is an award-winning conductor and broadcaster. He has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Czech Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Chicago symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra. Ben has performed at iconic venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, The Proms and Glyndebourne, and was the youngest conductor to be appointed by the BBC, becoming the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Guest Conductor from 2017-2020. On television Ben presents films for Morning Live on BBC One, covering the connection between music and health and beyond. Films have explored the impact of certain music on a variety of topics, including running speed, heart health and immunity. Ben recently conducted the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a...
Ben is an award-winning conductor and broadcaster. He has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Czech Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Chicago symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra. Ben has performed at iconic venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, The Proms and Glyndebourne, and was the youngest conductor to be appointed by the BBC, becoming the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Guest Conductor from 2017-2020.
On television Ben presents films for Morning Live on BBC One, covering the connection between music and health and beyond. Films have explored the impact of certain music on a variety of topics, including running speed, heart health and immunity. Ben recently conducted the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a special Eurovision concert for BBC Four. He also conducted the Orchestra for Inside Classical, a documentary for BBC Four. He co-presented and conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra for BBC Two’s Holst: The Planets with Professor Brian Cox. Ben has conducted at the BBC Proms, is a regular judge on BBC Young Musician of the Year, and for CBeebies he conducted the BBC Philharmonic and taught a youngster how to conduct on YolanDa’s Band Jam. On Channel 4 he conducted the LSO on Addicts’ Symphony.
He is co-presenter of the BBC Sounds podcast Monsters of Music with Tom Allen, and has written and presented a wide range of documentaries and features for BBC Radio 3. These include The Silent Musician, a three-part series revealing the secrets of conducting and a docudrama starring Alex Jennings, What Walls Hold, which eavesdropped into Tavistock House, the home of Victorian celebrities .
For Radio 4 Ben wrote and presented The Ministry of Fun – an Archive on Four about the cringeworthy relationships between artists and politicians. He’s also a regular guest on Add to Playlist, Front Row and Record Review, and the music expert for the Barbican’s Nothing Concrete: Sound Unbound podcast. He has also contributed to Radio 4’s How to Play, discussing Holst’s interest in astrology.
Ben’s most recent recording, The Immersive Experience with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Apple Music has had over 100 million streams.
