Toby Purser

[2][3] In 2018, Purser conducted the premiere of a commission by competition winner David Roche alongside engineers from Dyson, playing musical instruments they designed and made from vacuum cleaner parts.

[5] Purser serves as artistic director of the Peace and Prosperity Trust, a charity supporting music education in the Middle East.

[6] In December 2017, Purser conducted the premiere of Paul Fincham's Christmas carol "Ring the Bells" at the Royal Albert Hall performed by the London Philharmonic Choir and presented by Alan Titchmarsh.

[7] As ENO Mackerras Conducting Fellow,[1] in 2018, Purser led the English National Opera in performances of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre to rave reviews.

[8][9] Following his appointment as music director of New Sussex Opera, Purser conducted Stanford's The Travelling Companion.