British conductor, organist and pianist, Wayne Marshall, is world-renowned for his musicianship and versatility on the podium and at the keyboard. He has served as Chief Conductor of WDR Funkhausorchester, Cologne (2014-20) and Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (2007-13.)
He is a celebrated interpreter of the music of George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein as well as other 20th-Century American Composers. He has conducted Bernstein’s Candide (Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin and Lyon Opera), Mass (Orchestre de Paris) and White House Cantata (Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra), Harbison’s The Great Gatsby (Semperoper, Dresden), Heggie’s Dead Man Walking (Montreal Opera) and numerous productions of Porgy and Bess (including Opera Comique, Paris, Washington National Opera and Dallas Opera, Vienna Staatsoper.)
Recent conducting highlights include his critically-acclaimed debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2021, and debuts with the Munich Philharmonic, Tonhalle Zurich, Munich Rundfunk Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and Chicago Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
He has worked regularly with the Tonkünstler Orchestra in Vienna, the Czech, Rotterdam, Oslo and Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestras, RSO Vienna, Orchestre de Paris and the NDR BigBand. He has worked with the BBC Singers on several occasions and appeared as soloist, conductor and TV commentator at the BBC Proms.
In 2021, he made his debut at the Edinburgh International Festival with the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein featuring concerts with Danielle de Niese. In 2022, he returned to perform with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Plans for 2025/2026 Season include an extensive tour in Germany and the United Kingdom with the German National Youth Orchestra. He will be conducting in Japan with the Hiroshima Symphony and the Nagoya Philharmonic in March 2025.
In April 2025 Wayne will be conducting the full production of Peter Grimes at the Opera de Lyon and in June 2025 he will be conducting at the Spring Festival with the Czech Radio Orchestra. The Summer of 2025 will see Wayne conducting the MDR Orchestra in Leipzig followed by the Flanders Youth Orchestra and the Brussels Philharmonic.
In October 2025, he will be at the Musikverein in Vienna with the Tonkunstler Orchestra. Wayne is also delighted to be making his debut at the Grand Théâtre de Genève conducting the full production of Gershwin’s American in Paris.
