Ben Gernon
The 27-year-old British conductor Ben Gernon has been announced as Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic. He will take up the position in autumn 2017 and conduct the orchestra in a number of concerts each year, at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and elsewhere. In 2013 Gernon won the Salzburg Festival Young Conductor’s Award and became a Dudamel Fellow with the LA Philharmonic the same year.
