Alpesh Chauhan
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Alpesh Chauhan is Assistant Conductor at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a role to which he was appointed in 2014 having previously been the orchestra’s first Conducting Fellow. Alpesh’s career to date includes engagements with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Kymi Sinfonietta, Ulster Orchestra, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. He gave his debut with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra in a Radio 3 live broadcast and was invited back to conduct the orchestra for the recent Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Ten Pieces film.
The 2015/16 season sees Alpesh return to Kymi Sinfonietta, Manchester Camerata, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra, CBSO and Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini Parma as well as conduct the orchestras of Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the orchestra of Opéra National Lorraine in Nancy.
Alpesh studied cello at the RNCM with Eduardo Vassallo before pursuing the prestigious Master’s Conducting Course. He has participated in masterclasses with Juanjo Mena, and Vasily Petrenko and has been mentored by Andris Nelsons and Edward Gardner.
