Darius Battiwalla has given organ recitals at cathedrals and concert halls including Leeds Town Hall, Westminster Abbey, York Minster and Bath Abbey. He is a regular organist for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and has played on many of their recordings for Chandos Records. He was the organist for Simon Rattle’s recent recording of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony. Darius has been music director of the Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus for six years, preparing them for visiting orchestras and conductors, and conducting the occasional concert himself. He is also a visiting chorus master for Huddersfield Choral Society, CBSO chorus and the Netherlands Radio Choir, and an occasional conductor of the BBC Daily Service singers.

Darius teaches organ improvisation and continuo at the Royal Northern College of Music, enjoys arranging for both choir and instruments and has had arrangements broadcast on radio and television; he also improvises accompaniments for silent films.