James Ross (conductor)

Ross studied at Harrow School, and later at Christ Church, Oxford from where he received an MA in Modern History (1993), an MSt in Music (1994), and a DPhil in French opera (1998) awarded the Donald Tovey Prize.

He studied with conductors including Sir Charles Mackerras, Ernst Schelle, Victor Feldbrill and Alan Hazeldine, and was a finalist in the 1998 BBC Philharmonic Conducting Competition.

[2][3][4][5] In 2013 he gave the first orchestral concert at Sri Lanka's new national performing arts venue, the Nelum Pokuna Theatre, Colombo, with the Commonwealth Festival Orchestra.

[13] His album 'Royal Throne of Kings', of previously unrecorded works by Vaughan Williams for Shakespeare plays with Kent Sinfonia, released with Albion Records on 1 November 2024.

[14] Ross has conducted numerous first performances of new works, including by composers such as Tunde Jegede, Philip Sheppard and Geoffrey Álvarez, at London's Saatchi Gallery,[15] and for Queen Elizabeth II on Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey.