Biography
Alex Robinson is a multi-award winning conductor and harpsichordist with a first-class Music degree (MusB) from the University of Manchester and a distinction level MMus in Performance (Conducting) from the Royal Northern College of Music. He studied under Mark Heron, Justin Doyle, and Clark Rundell.
He is the Music Director of Haffner Orchestra, Furness Bach Choir, Amaretti Chamber Orchestra and Nottingham Youth Orchestra. Alex has worked with a number of orchestras and opera companies in the UK and internationally, including the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé, Northern Chamber Orchestra, English Touring Opera, Heritage Opera, Radius Opera, Spokane Symphony, Prague Philharmomia, Hradec Kravlove Philharmonic, Moravian Symphony Orchestra, Eboracum Baroque, Shrewsbury Baroque, Psappha, House of Bedlam and Ensemble Laus Deo. Alex also recently worked with the Manchester Oratory Choir, Piccadilly Sinfonietta and Helix Ensemble. He has worked as an Assistant Conductor to Sir Mark Elder, Juanjo Mena, James Lowe, Clark Rundell, Gerry Cornelius, Nicolas Collon, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Vassily Petrenko and Sir Andrew Davies.
Alex has worked with many international soloists including Martin Roscoe, Milan Al-Ashab, Inon Barnatan, Sophie Rosa, Savva Zverev, April Koyejo-Audiger, Simon Walfisch, and many more. Recently he won the 'pris du public' and the 'pris d'orchestre' at the 8th annual Opera de Baugé conducting competition in 2026. He returns to ETO in Autumn 2026 to conduct a brand new production of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas.
