​Bertie Baigent is a conductor–composer based in London.  In demand with orchestras and opera companies around the world, he draws on the twin disciplines of conducting and composing to give him a distinctive focus and individual voice. 
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News

October 2024
Bertie returns to Japan to make his debut with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, in two concerts including Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 and Lili Boulanger's D'un soir triste.

August 2024
Waterperry Opera Festival receives rave reviews, with The Spectator describing The Turn of the Screw as "exceptional" and the whole festival as "seriously impressive".  Opera Today calls the show "a triumph".

May 2024
Two years after his success at the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam, Bertie returns to the Rotterdam Philharmonic for his subscription debut, working with star soprano Chen Reiss.

May 2024 
Bertie returns to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for his subscription debut, conducting music by Gershwin, Herrmann, and Bernstein, and earning five-star reviews in The I and The Scotsman.