About

Hailed a ‘Rising Star’ by BBC Radio 3, Jack Gonzalez-Harding is one of Britain’s most exciting young conductors, having been praised by The Spectator for his ‘brilliant infectious enthusiasm’ and noted for his ‘astonishing, mature musical conviction and quiet authority’. He is mentored by John Carewe and Sir Simon Rattle.

Already a regular guest conductor with the London Mozart Players, Jack has assisted Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder, working with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra di Haydn a Trento e Bolzano.

Highlights of the 2024/25 season include returns to Sinfonia Smith Square Hall, where Jack previously conducted Bach’s B Minor Mass, for a 20th century English programme with the Barbican Sinfonia, to the London Mozart Players, Ryedale Festival, Barbican Centre, Academy of Ancient Music and live broadcast performances on BBC Radio 3. Highlights of the 2025/26 season include concert performances of Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Stravinsky’s The Rakes Progress with Barbican Sinfonia.

Born in 2003, Jack trained as an organist and repétitéur and is a member of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2024/25 Opera Studio. As a keyboardist Jack has performed at the Wigmore Hall and has coached as a guest for the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior Department. His opera mentors include Susanna Stranders and Richard Hetherington at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

April 2025. Please do not use this biography if it is more than three months old.