Christopher Gayford (born 1963) is an English conductor.
[1] Born in Wilmslow, Gayford studied at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.
[3] These competitions led to conducting engagements in Spain, Austria, Germany, Poland, Italy Australia and France.
He currently conducts the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra.
[1][3] He has been a research fellow at the Trinity College of Music, collaborating with psychologists in the research of “expressivity in performance and the processes through which music triggers emotion”.