Colin Currie

Colin’s first forays on to the conducting podium began with conducting his own ensemble the Colin Currie Group in larger-scale chamber repertoire. Since then, he has gone on to conduct ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Asko/Schönberg, and Britten Sinfonia, and between 2020-2023 he was co-Artistic Curator and conductor of the Grafenegg Academy (with trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger). Colin’s strength as a conductor comes from his charisma as a soloist, and the perfect sense of rhythm developed over his career as a percussionist at the highest level. Focusing on music by composers such as John Adams, Louis Andriessen, Bryce Dessner, Helen Grime, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Julia Wolfe, alongside the Steve Reich repertoire for which he is known, he has a keen instinct for making music at its most vibrant and exciting.