John Wilson

Wilson has a large and varied discography and the most recent recordings with the Sinfonia of London have received exceptional acclaim. The Respighi Roman Trilogy recording won the Orchestral category in the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2021 and was described by The Observer as “Massive, audacious and vividly played”. Of the Dutilleux disc, the Financial Times said the recording is “bewitchingly played and imaginatively directed by Wilson…. This disc of early works by the fastidious French composer Henri Dutilleux succeeds beyond expectation”. 

Born in Gateshead, Wilson studied composition and conducting at the Royal College of Music, where in 2011 he was made a Fellow. In March 2019, John Wilson was awarded the prestigious ISM Distinguished Musician Award for his services to music and in 2021 was appointed Henry Wood Chair of Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music.

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