Praised for having the “ability to pick up a familiar piece by the scruff of its neck and
shake invigorating new life into it" (Bachtrack), Jamie Phillips demonstrates a natural authority on the rostrum, which he combines with a clear, assured and expressive technique and an innate musicality.
Jamie Phillips has developed a strong guest conducting profile across Europe, and in the 2019/20 season returned to orchestras including the Hallé, the Orchestra of the Opéra de Rouen, and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. He made debuts with the Het Gelders Orkest, orchestra of the Opera de Lyon, Odense Symfoniorkester, Württembergische Philharmonie and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In recent seasons he has conducted orchestras including the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche
Radio Philharmonie, Munich Chamber Orchestra, and the Philharmonie
Zuidnederland, Oslo Philhamonic, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and
Orchestre National d’Ile de France.
Phillips has previously held the title of Assistant Conductor and the specially created title of Associate Conductor with the Hallé Orchestra.
Jamie Phillips is committed to new and 20th century music and has recorded two CDs featuring the music of Tarik O’Regan and Helen Grime, both with the Hallé for the NMC label: “Performances are spot-on, not least from the orchestra’s assistant conductor, Jamie Phillips, making an auspicious debut on disc.” Classical Music Magazine
