Music Director’s Profile Huw Gareth Williams

Described on BBC Television as “Wales’ top young conducting talent”, Huw Gareth Williams has quickly established himself as an exciting, dynamic and versatile conductor. Holding a number of permanent conducting positions with various orchestras and ensembles, he is also much in demand as a guest conductor in this country and abroad.

Huw studied conducting under Martyn Brabbins, as well as in master classes under Sian Edwards, Alexander Polischuk, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Osmo Vanska. While still a student he reached the final of the BBC Young Musicians ’98 Young Conductors’ Workshops and soon afterwards made his Radio 3 debut. 

He has worked successfully with many orchestras, including the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia 21 and the BT Scottish Ensemble. In 2003 he was awarded a full scholarship to study at the Orkney Conducting Course where he worked with conductors Martyn Brabbins, Rumon Gamba and Charles Peebles, composer Peter Maxwell Davies and cellist Paul Watkins.