Owain Park

Owain Park is Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers and maintains a busy schedule of conducting projects with ensembles including the Southbank Sinfonia, Ensemble la Sportelle, and Capella Cracoviensis. His own vocal consort, The Gesualdo Six, tours extensively around the world and has been praised for its interpretations of Renaissance and contemporary music.

Last year at the BBC Proms he conducted the BBC Singers in a selection of motets by Bruckner as a prelude to the Berlin Philharmonic’s performance of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5 under Kiril Petrenko. He also conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra in works by Anne Dudley and Iain Farrington as part of the ‘BBC Singers at 100’ celebrations at the Barbican.

Owain’s compositions are published by Novello and have been performed internationally by ensembles including the Tallis Scholars and Aurora Orchestra. While at Cambridge University he studied orchestration with John Rutter, before undertaking a Masters degree in composition. He is Composer-in-Residence with the London Choral Sinfonia, and was one of BBC Radio 3’s 31 under 31 Young Stars.

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge recorded an album of his compositions, which was nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Awards. In 2023 Battle Cry, a collaborative album from mezzo Helen Charlston and theorbist Toby Carr, featuring his composition as the title track, won the Gramophone Award for Best Concept Album.

Owain is President of Cathedral Commissions, run by Wells Cathedral to support the creation of new works from some of today’s most exciting composers. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and was awarded the Dixon Prize for improvisation, having been Senior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and Trinity College, Cambridge. Owain is also a keen gardener, and when he’s not on stage he can be found raking, pruning, or picking cherry tomatoes.

“Exciting, inventive, vibrant” – MusicWeb International

“Park paced things faultlessly through conducting that was as undemonstrative as the music.” – The Arts Desk

“Park shaped an exquisite account” – BachTrack

Owain Park will conduct Chamber Choir Ireland in Sing Before Night in March 2025.

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