Adrian is a conductor, based in Brisbane, Australia.
Over the last three decades Adrian has conducted numerous orchestras & ensembles, nationally & overseas, including the Janacek Philharmonic, the Dohnanyi Symphony, the Sinfonia of St Andrews, the Ipswich City Symphony, & the Ady Ensemble – which he founded in 2011, & which performs standard orchestral repertoire, along with newly written commissions & arrangements for the ensemble.
In 2016 he studied conducting with Gabor Hollerung in Budapest, Hungary, & in 2017 he travelled to the Czech Republic to study with renowned Finnish conducting pedagogue, Jorma Panula. 2017 also saw Adrian voted a 4MBS Treasured Queensland Classical Musician.
Some career highlights include: conducting the Australian premiere of Philip Glass’ 3rd Symphony in 2011, Sculthorpe’s 3rd String Sonata in 2014, two symphonies by CPE Bach as part of the composer’s 300th anniversary festival, Haydn’s Harmonie Mass & Cherubini’s C minor Requiem with the Queensland University Music Society in 2016 & 2017 respectively, Mahler’s 1st Symphony in 2017 in the Czech Republic, & Beethoven’s 5th & Schubert’s Unfinished Symphonies in 2018.
In early 2020, Adrian planned & conducted two concerts with the Ipswich City Symphony Orchestra, to raise funds for those affected by the bushfires, along with the Rural Fire Service. 2020/21 also saw Adrian involved with “Spirit Orphan”: a new opera in development, based upon the 2019/20 bushfires, for which he conducted both the performances & recording sessions of the opera.
In 2021 Adrian lead the Ady Ensemble’s recording of Corrina Bonshek’s, “Dreams of the Earth”, released on the U.S. based Navona Records label. The work would go on to be awarded the Best Contemporary Classical work at the 2022 Queensland Music Awards. 2022 would also see Adrian & the Ady launch their recording of Brahms’ 2nd Symphony.
In 2023 he conducted the Ady Ensemble for their performance of Bruckner’s 4th Symphony, conducted a season of “Charlie & the chocolate factory” at the Ipswich Civic Centre in 2024, and travelled to Sydney in 2025, as a Co-Producer for the recording of Corrina Bonshek’s orchestral work, “The Space between us”.
Adrian is currently Music Director of the Brisbane Citizens’ Concert Band. He is at home working with both professional & community musicians, & he has enjoyed seeing the band grow in confidence & numbers since beginning with the band as their guest conductor in 2023, & subsequently becoming their full time MD in 2025.
Adrian enjoys working within a wide variety of ensembles, musical styles, & projects. If you have a project that you would like to use Adrian & his services, either as conductor, producer or consultant, then please reach out to him via our Contact Us page
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