Our Musical Director

Daniel Hogan is a 29-year-old British conductor described as a ‘musician of sincerity, integrity and a maturity well beyond his years’.

The 2025/26 season sees Daniel conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, having been selected to be one of the 20 finalists for the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition. Daniel will also return to the St Endellion Easter Festival Orchestra and the University of London Symphony Orchestra.

Past highlights have included conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in an Emerging Conductors Showcase in June 2023, the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a side-by-side project with the Royal Academy of Music and working as Assistant Conductor for Opera North’s production of My Fair Lady in Summer 2024. Daniel has also conducted the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in Olomouc, Czechia and Baltic Sea Philharmonic in Tallinn, Estonia.

He is popular with non professional orchestras, and is Music Director of the Bath Symphony Orchestra, Winchester Symphony Orchestra, Wessex Sinfonietta, Kings College London Symphony Orchestra, Kew Sinfonia and Chorleywood Orchestra.

Daniel recently received a Distinction for his Professional Diploma in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Sian Edwards. He previously received a First Class Honours for his Masters in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal College of Music. He has studied at the Järvi Conducting Academy, and benefitted from masterclasses with Sakari Oramo, Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder, Martyn Brabbins and Sir Antonio Pappano.

For further information, please visit www.danielhoganconductor.com