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Alpesh Chauhan is new CBSO Assistant Conductor

Role builds on year-long period as the orchestra’s first Conducting Fellow.

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) continues to build its reputation for discovering and developing young conductors as it today announces that its first Conducting Fellow, Alpesh Chauhan, has taken up the role of Assistant Conductor with the orchestra.

Alpesh, 24, was announced as the CBSO’s first Conducting Fellow in December 2013. The Fellowship was designed to enable aspiring young conductors to bridge the gap between full-time study and the classical music profession as well as offering unprecedented access to some of the best conductors, artists and musicians in the world. During the fellowship, Alpesh has accompanied the CBSO on two tours and taken rehearsals with the CBSO and CBSO Youth Orchestra. He has also conducted elsewhere, including at Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and Manchester Camerata.

In the role of Assistant Conductor, Alpesh will attend CBSO rehearsals and assist conductors, including Music Director Andris Nelsons. He will also take rehearsals with the CBSO Youth Orchestra this autumn and conduct a concert in his own right, the Summer Showcase, next June 25, 2015. The role will finish with the current concert season in July 2015.

Speaking about the role, Birmingham- born Alpesh said: “This means a huge deal to me. I have had a great year as Conducting Fellow and learned so much; I am sure that will continue in this ‘graduated’ role.