Gavin Sutherland is Principal Guest Conductor of English National Ballet, having been Music Director from 2008 to 2022. Born in Durham, UK, he graduated from the University of Huddersfield, winning the Kruczynski Prize for Piano and the Davidson Prize for Distinction Brought to the Institution. He began his career as staff conductor and pianist at Northern Ballet, and over the last 30 years he has collaborated with many nationally and internationally acclaimed dance companies and orchestras.

He has made over a hundred recordings, mainly of British music and including several world premiere performances. This strand of his career has led to a fruitful collaboration with the BBC, most notably with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Besides his prolific ballet work, Sutherland regularly arranges for leading international orchestras, often involving the reconstruction of important lost scores. He also broadcasts regularly as a performer and interviewee. In 2019 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Huddersfield, and in 2020 won the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Creative Contribution.

For more information, visit www.gavinsutherland.com.