William Boughton
(c) Harold Shapiro
After a five-year term, British conductor William Boughton, 75, conductor of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, or YSO, will bid farewell to the symphony at the end of the 2024-25 academic year.
Boughton has guest conducted with many of the world’s leading orchestras from San Francisco to Helsinki. As founder, artistic and music director with the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), Boughton developed the orchestra’s repertoire through the Viennese classics to contemporary music.
Boughton previously served as the music director for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Since 2019, he has been music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra.
