3 May 2026

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.)