Paul Brough became Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers in January 2011. His further conducting of leading ensembles includes the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, St James's Baroque and Ulster Orchestra.
His plans for the coming eighteen months, in addition to his schedule of broadcasts and concerts with the BBC Singers and other BBC ensembles, include returns to the Ulster Orchestra and Manchester Camerata, a CD recording of music by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, masterclasses in London and Cambridge, a residency with the Yale Schola Cantorum USA and "Dr Haydn's Inexhaustible Genius-Box" for the Royal Academy of Music. Recent months have seen him conducting for the "BBC Philharmonic presents.." opening series at MediaCityUK, St James's Baroque for Radio3's "The Genius of Mozart" celebrations, "Christmas around Europe" broadcast on 27 international networks and the Festival des Abbayes Sud-Vendeennes in Nieul-sur-l'Autise, France.
His live Radio3 60th anniversary performance of Britten's 'St Nicolas' with the BBC Concert Orchestra was televised on BBC4 and made into a BBC CD. He has premiered over 30 works - most recently Judith Bingham ("Actaeon": live Radio3 BBC commission), Sir John Tavener ("Butterfly Dreams": Brighton Festival) and Simon Whalley ("Petrus": Edington Festival) - and broadcast Gabriel Jackson, James MacMillan, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Patric Standford amongst others. His most recent CD recordings, Robert Hugill (Chameleon Arts Orchestra), Britten 'St Nicolas' (BBC Concert Orchestra) and "The English Rachmaninov" (Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street - Director of Music since 2004) have attracted first-class reviews in "International Record Review" and 'Gramophone' Magazine, and on BBCRadio3's "CD Review".
Paul Brough was born in London of English and German descent and trained at the Royal College of Music, St Michael's College, Tenbury and Magdalen College, Oxford (Mackinnon Scholar; Boult Memorial Prize), becoming Conductor of the Oxford University Chamber Orchestra. He studied with Colin Metters and George Hurst as RAM Henry Wood Scholar and post-student Fellow, in regular masterclasses with both Sir Colin Davis and Ilya Musin, and with Jeffrey Tate in preparation of the Venice 'Ring' 2007-9. He conducted period orchestra The Hanover Band for seven successful seasons, serving as Principal Conductor 2007-10. He has been a Professor in conducting and academic studies at the Royal Academy of Music since 2004 and was elected an Associate of the Academy in 2007.