ALPESH CHAUHAN

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra today announced Alpesh Chauhan as its new Associate Conductor. Alpesh is currently in Glasgow at City Halls, the orchestra’s home, recording for BBC Radio 3. He has had a close relationship since he stepped in at the last minute for performances in May 2015. Alpesh said: “I’m so excited to be taking up this position with the BBC SSO. I’ve had a wonderful relationship with the orchestra over the last few years, right from the very beginning

Richard Bratby interviews Alpesh Chauhan for The Spectator. "Birmingham Opera Company is the first British opera company to appoint a BAME music director – but for rising star Chauhan, his heritage is a non-story." Read the full article here. “[Birmingham Opera Company’s]…whole point is to upend traditional assumptions about opera. The big difference in its production last year of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk came from the orchestra. Chauhan drove Shostakovich’s score with a brood