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 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. He has conducted at the BBC Proms. He is a regular judge...
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 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. He has conducted at the BBC Proms. He is a regular judge on BBC Young Musician of the Year and, working with CBeebies, 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. Ben also frequently appears on Morning Live (BBC 1) as a music expert.
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 on 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 2020 recording, The Immersive Experience with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Apple Music has had over 100 million streams.
Ben continues to conduct orchestras around the world.
