Jack Sheen
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‘subtle sounds and meditative magic’
Conductor, Composer
Co-Director of London Contemporary Music Festival
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‘It’s to the conductor and composer Jack Sheen’s credit that this was an hour of subtle sounds and meditative magic’
The Times
Jack Sheen is a conductor and composer from Manchester, England. His own music spans orchestral works, performance art and sound installations, and he collaborates with leading orchestras, ensembles, galleries and artists. He brings a unique compositional insight to his interpretations of core repertoire, especially in late-romantic, modern and contemporary music.
Sheen has conducted some of the world's most prestigious orchestras and ensembles and last season made his debuts with BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Equally at home in the opera house, he conducted a new production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress with English Touring Opera in 2024 and made his Royal Opera House debut in the previous season, conducting the world premiere of Oliver Leith’s Last Days to great acclaim, and returned to Tanglewood Music Centre as a Guest Artist conducting Sir George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence.
As a composer, Sheen has had many concert works commissioned by orchestras, ensembles and organisations. Recent examples include Lag, commissioned by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov for Tectonics Festival 2024; Press, commissioned by Wigmore Hall and Apartment House; and Croon Harvest. The 2024–25 season includes concerts with London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Ceremony Container, a new 50’ performance-installation commissioned by Ensemble Mosaik for Silent Green (Berlin).
‘I believe that the next important step for classical music is to bring it into dialogue with wider cultural conversation, rather than changing the art itself or the rituals that surround it. This is a responsibility for artists and curators’
