Brian Choi is a conductor from Hong Kong, now based in London. He studied at Diocesan Boys’ School, and later at Guildhall School of Music with Prof Tim Redmond and Dominic Wheeler. Brian now holds the Junior Fellowship in Conducting at the Guildhall School of Music, assisting guest conductors such as Lionel Bringuier, Roberto Gonzalez Monjas with symphonic projects at the Barbican Centre. Apart from the Fellowship, he was also on the Royal Opera House Jette Parker Artist Conductor observership scheme, and attended the Saluzzo Italian Opera Academy as a Conductor funded by Lily Niblock Memorial Scholarship. Most recently, Brian has been selected by Maestro Daniel Harding to take part in the YMCG Festival in China as conducting fellow and public masterclass student, in which he conducted Mahler’s First Symphony.

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In the operatic field, Brian has conducted arias from Mozart, Handel, and Puccini at the 58th International Vocal Competition in Netherlands for Masterclasses, and is assistant conductor for London Opera Company’s production of Wagner’s Siegfried in St John Smith Square, returning for Götterdammerung in 2025. Brian’s passion for the Wagnerian repertoire has led him to be selected by the Wagner Society UK and Richard Wagner Stipendienstiftung, as a Bayreuth Stipendiat 2025.

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In 2022, Brian founded the Sutton Philharmonic Orchestra, based in Great Sutton Street, where he is also Music Director. Together, they have performed works by Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, and Wagner. Particular highlights include a semi-staged performance of Bach’s St John Passion on Palm Sunday 2024, and well-received performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Liebestod.