Ryan
Bancroft

Ryan Bancroft has been Chief Conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra since September 2023. He is also Artist in Association with the Tapiola Sinfonietta and previously led the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. His guest engagements have taken him to the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra. Alongside the symphonic repertoire, he works with contemporary ensembles and improvising musicians.

In Stockholm, his first concerts as Chief Conductor in September 2023 were devoted to Sven-David Sandström’s The High Mass. Scored for choir, orchestra and five vocal soloists, the work was heard at Konserthuset for the first time. The performances followed guest appearances with the orchestra after his appointment was announced in 2021.