Ben is an award-winning conductor and broadcaster who works with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. Performing at iconic venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, The Proms and Glyndebourne, he was the youngest conductor to be appointed by the BBC, becoming the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Guest Conductor from 2017-2020. On television Ben recently presented and conducted the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Inside Classical, a documentary on 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...
Ben is an award-winning conductor and broadcaster who works with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras. Performing at iconic venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, The Proms and Glyndebourne, he was the youngest conductor to be appointed by the BBC, becoming the BBC Philharmonic’s Principal Guest Conductor from 2017-2020.
On television Ben recently presented and conducted the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Inside Classical, a documentary on 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.
