The young conductor Orlando Jopling has recently made his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players and Sinfonia Viva. His recent concert performances have included Elgar symphonies, lesser-known Johann Strauss, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Walton, and a wide range of the classical repertoire, as well as several first performances of works by leading living composers. He has developed a reputation for his Rossini and bel canto interpretation, and has also unearthed a little-known Vivaldi opera of which he gave the modern world premiere.

He has built up Stanley Hall Opera into an established annual festival with an enviable reputation, and has also conducted operas for Savoy Opera, Carl Rosa, Independent Opera in London and the summer festival in Vienna. Orlando studied with Sir Colin Davis, George Hurst and Colin Metters at the Royal Academy in London. He has since assisted Sir Colin Davis with his chamber orchestral versions of all the late Beethoven Quartets, and André Previn on A Streetcar Named Desire.