Praised for his inspiring musicianship, British conductor Angus Webster opened the 2023/24 season by returning to Ulster Orchestra for two concerts within BBC Radio 3’s Invitation Series. His programmes included works by Huw Watkins and Judith Weir alongside Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Beethoven 2 and Dvorák 8. A popular guest with Ulster Orchestra, Webster returns for subscription concerts this season (Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique symphony) and the next.

Following recent debuts with Nagoya Philharmonic and Osaka Philharmonic orchestras, this season Webster also returns to Japan for subscription concerts with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Brahms 4) and Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra (Dvorák 7). Plans further ahead include a return to Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra NOSPR, following a successful debut in 2021/22.

Recent highlights elsewhere include Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bruckner Orchestra Linz.

In opera, Webster has worked on several productions Glyndebourne Festival, including assisting Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ with Riccardo Minasi and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in 2021, and as part of the music team for Britten’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with Dalia Stasevska and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023.

Born in 1999, Webster won the Top Prize and Orchestra Prize at the 2018 Jorma Panula International Conducting Competition in Finland, after which he continued his conducting studies at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles with Esa-Pekka Salonen. Equally accomplished on the piano, Webster’s debut recording of French sonatas with violinist Irène Duval will be released in 2024. Together, they have performed at Brighton Festivals, upcoming recitals including Wigmore Hall.