Besides many concerts with the Dresden Philharmonic, Benjamin Pope has conducted orchestras and choirs worldwide including the Royal Philharmonic and Hallé Orchestras, Orchestra of Vienna Staatsoper, Dresden Staatskapelle, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle, Tokyo Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestras, London Mozart Players, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Osaka Symphony, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Lahti Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Orchestras of RTE and BBC, Britten Sinfonia, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, as well as many other orchestras and choirs in the Netherlands, in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Portugal, France, Japan, USA, Australia, Turkey, South Korea, Austria, Czech Republic and throughout Scandinavia. He has toured to Jamaica, Africa and the Gulf States with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and worldwide with The Royal Ballet.
Recent debuts include concert performances at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Thessaloniki State Symphony, Orchestra Victoria in Melbourne Australia, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the London Philharmonic Choir at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Forthcoming engagements include tours in France, Germany, Italy, and Singapore, as well as returns to the RPO, CBSO, London Mozart Players, Finnish National Opera and Ballet as well as to Dresden Philharmonic and Dresden Staatskapelle.
Acknowledged as one of the leading conductors for dance, Benjamin Pope was named Music Consultant to Hong Kong Ballet in 2016, Music Director of The Royal Ballet of Flanders in 2011, including appearances at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, at the Edinburgh International Festival, and conducting works by Britten for the centenary celebrations at the Aldeburgh Festival. He has received return invitations to work with companies throughout the world. A long-time collaborator with Matthew Bourne, Benjamin has conducted most of his productions, and was Music Director for “The Car Man”, “Edward Scissorhands”, and “Play Without Words”, for which he directed Terry Davies’ jazz score from the piano in the UK and Los Angeles.
He has conducted many of the major works for chorus and orchestra, and many highlights from the operatic repertoire. His work in live-to-projection film screenings include the “Harry Potter in Concert” Series, he is approved by John Williams and Disney to conduct the “Star Wars” movies and works on a large variety of other titles including films by and with Charlie Chaplin, “Amadeus”, “Titanic”, and “Jurassic Park” to name but a few.
Being very dedicated to music education, he is Music Director of the UK’s Classical Road Show which performs commissioned works for massed children’s choir and orchestra, and is the principal conductor for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s outreach programme “RPO Resound”.
His work as a composer, arranger and vocalist encompasses works for concert, staged works, and screen, including scores for feature film and television.