Robin McEwan

Robin McEwan has had a varied conducting career. As Principal Conductor of the Jersey Symphony Orchestra he conducted concertos with Nigel Kennedy, Julian Lloyd Webber, Igor Oistrakh, Alexander Markov and John Wallace. He has conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, RPO Concert Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, City of Glasgow Philharmonic, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Heart of England Philharmonic and the North West Pops Orchestra. In the theatre he has conducted with Birmingham Royal Ballet and been Assistant Musical Director of The Phantom of the Opera.

His arrangements and compositions are played by the BBC Concert Orchestra, London Mozart Players, London Philharmonic, Hallé, Ulster, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, The Royal Scottish National, BBC Scottish SO, The Scottish Chamber, RTE Concert, The Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestras, and The Orchestra of Aquitaine, BBC Philharmonic, including the 2006 “Blue Peter Prom” at the Albert Hall. He has conducted Sheffield Chamber Orchestra several times previously and has been guest conductor of the Hallam Sinfonia and the Sheffield Philharmonic (including a summer tour in Sardinia).