Paul McCreesh is renowned for the energy and passion of his music-making and interpretative insight combining “musicological inquisitiveness and artistic creativity”(Gramophone). He gives performances “benefitting from years of living with and thinking about a work, constantly evolving his approach to it” (Opera). First established as the founder and Artistic Director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, he now guest conducts some of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Bergen Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic and Verbier Festival Orchestra. He is a former Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, and served for six seasons as Artistic Director of the International Festival Wratislava Cantans in Wrocław, Poland. McCreesh is passionate in his determination to broaden and democratize access to the arts, especially amongst young people, and is actively involved in developing new educational initiatives wherever he works.