British conductor James Judd first came to international attention as Lorin Maazel’s assistant at The Cleveland Orchestra. Four years later he returned to Europe as associate music director of Claudio Abbado’s European Community Youth Orchestra. He has since conducted numerous orchestras including the Berliner Philharmoniker and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in prestigious European halls such as the Salzburg Mozarteum and Musikverein Vienna, and appeared with prestigious ensembles such as the Orchestre National de France, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and orchestras across the US.

His directorships have included principal guest conductor of the Orchestre National de Lille and the Asian Youth Orchestra, music director of, among others, the Fl...