“Webster was no less brilliant in the Brahms where it was obvious that he simply adored the music, and it was a joy to see a conductor with a genuine sense of wonder.” — The Edinburgh Reporter
Praised for his inspiring musicianship, British conductor Angus Webster opened the 2023/24 season by returning to conduct the Ulster Orchestra for two BBC Radio 3 concerts. The programmes featured the U.K. premiere of ‘Dawning’ by Huw Watkins and ‘New Every Morning’ by Judith Weir, alongside Ravel’s ‘Le tombeau de Couperin’, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8. He will also make his subscription debut with the orchestra later in the season, conducting Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with Alena Baeva and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’.
Following debuts in Nagoya and Osaka, Webster returns to Japan to debut with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, featuring the Japan premiere of ‘Within Her Arms’ by Anna Clyne, Elgar’s ‘Sea Pictures’ with Jess Dandy, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 at Opera City Hall. He also returns to the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct subscription concerts, including the Japan premiere of ‘New Every Morning’ by Judith Weir, Walton’s Viola Concerto with Hayang Park, and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7.
In recent seasons, Webster has conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Bruckner Orchestra Linz. Webster also works as an assistant conductor and repetiteur at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, including recent productions of Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’ with Riccardo Minasi and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in 2021 and Britten’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with Dalia Stasevska and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023.
Born in 1999, Webster won top prizes at the Jorma Panula International Conducting Competition in 2018. He then continued his studies with Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. Webster studied piano with Alasdair Beatson and has also played in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados, Rita Wagner, Claudio Martínez Mehner, and Dénes Várjon at IMS Prussia Cove. His debut album featuring sonatas by Fauré and Enescu with violinist Irène Duval is due to be released in 2024.