John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds (born 20 October 1963) is a Finnish conductor and violinist.
[1] He subsequently returned to the Sibelius Academy from 1993 to 1997 to study conducting with Jorma Panula and Eri Klas.
[8] In 2017, the BBC Philharmonic changed Storgårds' title with the orchestra to chief guest conductor.
In November 2022, the BBC Philharmonic named Storgårds its chief conductor, with immediate effect.
His recording of Pēteris Vasks' Violin Concerto Distant Light and Second Symphony won the Cannes Classical Disc of the Year Award in 2004.