Grammy and Juno award-winning conductor and composer Bramwell Tovey recently added the title of Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestre symphonique de Québec to his roles as Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra and Artistic Advisor to the Rhode Island Philharmonic.
Following an exceptional 18-year tenure as Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), which concluded in summer 2018, he returned as the orchestra’s Music Director Emeritus. Under his leadership, the VSO toured China, Korea, across Canada and the United States. His VSO innovations included the establishment of the VSO School of Music, the VSO’s annual festival of contemporary music and the VSO Orchestral Institute at Whistler, a comprehensive summer orchestral training program for young musicians held in the scenic mountain resort of Whistler in British Columbia.
Following restrictions imposed by COVID-19, the Rhode Island Philharmonic resumed concerts in September 2020 and concluded the season with a Gala in June 2021 with guest Emanuel Ax. That summer, Mr. Tovey conducted the New York Philharmonic at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival (Colorado), the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and the BBC Concert Orchestra at The Proms, in London.
Since 2006, Mr. Tovey has been Artistic Director of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. In 2013, he was appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of Canada for services to music and he was the recipient of the Oskar Morawetz 2015 Prize for Excellence in Music Performance.
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