32-year-old conductor Andrew Gourlay has been named as Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (OSCyL) in Valladolid. The will take up the appointment in January 2016, filling a position formerly held by Lionel Bringuier. His appointment flows naturally from the success of his work over the past two seasons as the Spanish orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor. Born in Jamaica, with Russian ancestry, Andrew Gourlay grew up in the Bahamas, Philippines, Japan and England. A trombonist and pianist by training, he studied conducting at the Royal College of Music