Jack Sheen
© Hugo Glendinning
fierceness and precision
Conductor, Composer
Co-Director of London Contemporary Music Festival
Wigmore Hall Associate Artist (from September 2026)
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‘A welcome blaze of fierceness, imagined with perfect precision’
The Daily Telegraph
Jack Sheen is a Manchester‑born conductor and composer whose work is shaped by curiosity, collaboration, and a deep engagement with sound. His music‑making brings a composer’s sensitivity to performance, while his own work spans orchestral and chamber music, installations, and site‑specific projects that explore space, listening, and context. As a composer, he was selected for the London Symphony Orchestra’s Panufnik Scheme—an ongoing relationship through which he now also conducts workshops and leads sessions with emerging composers—followed by major commissions from organisations including the BBC and Wien Modern.
As a conductor, Sheen is known for thoughtful, finely detailed interpretations and a collaborative approach to rehearsal and performance. He works closely with ensembles such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, and Klangforum Wien, and has conducted major orchestras across the UK and Europe. Equally at home in opera, his recent productions have been praised for their clarity, care, and musical insight.
‘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’
