24/25 Season Announced Soon

3nd Prize Winner - Competition “Guido Cantelli” 2022

2nd Prize Winner - Princess Astrid International Competition 2022

2nd Prize Winner - International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić 2019

3rd Prize Winner - Georg Solti International Conducting Competition 2015

Winner - Neeme Järvi Prize, Menuhin Festival 2015

Toby Thatcher is an Australian/British conductor. He is Artistic Director of Zeitgeist, & founder & Artistic Director of the Nineteenth Circle. He is also the Assistant Conductor to the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France.

During 2023/24 Toby will debut with Ensemble Intercontemporain, Musikfabrik, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, the Kraków Philharmonic, Ensemble Synaesthesis & the London Symphony Orchestra/Guildhall School of Music (a side-by-side project), and return to the Slovenian Philharmonic, Ensemble Modern, the Australian Youth Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Royal Academy of Music & the Sydney Youth Orchestra. He will also work with the Philharmonia Orchestra as a Guest Assistant Conductor.

Toby has worked with ensembles internationally including Orchestre National de France, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Ensemble Modern, Slovenian Philharmonic, Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Panon Philharmonic, Riot Ensemble, Auckland Philharmonia & Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

In 2022 Toby was guest Assistant Conductor to the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Between 2020-2021, he was Assistant Conductor to the Orchestre National de France. Between 2018-19, he was mentored by Peter Eötvös. In 2019 he was Conducting Fellow at the Cabrillo Festival, under Cristian Măcelaru. Between 2015-17 Toby was Assistant Conductor to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (under David Robertson) as well as being invited by the London Philharmonic Orchestra as guest assistant to Vladimir Jurowski.

Toby has been invited as guest speaker by the Royal Academy of Music, University of the Arts London & the British Association of Romantic Studies. He has appeared on BBC Radio 3 & the ABC.

Toby graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with an MA in Music Performance. As an orchestral musician he performed regularly with the London Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, & London Sinfonietta.

PRESS

“…rich in inventiveness and energy…a pandemonium of groundbreaking musicality”
- Klassiek Centraal, on Riot Ensemble @ TRANSIT

“Thatcher led…with panache, a spring in his movements.”
- Limelight Magazine

"...a deep understanding of the repertoire.”
- CutCommon

“...excellent conducting technique, authority and musicality...highly impressive.”
- David Robertson, conductor

“...a curious and passionate exponent of new music…”
- Peter Eötvös, composer/conductor

“Thatcher used an entire repertoire of body language to coax clarity and dynamics. Very impressive.”
- Robert Small, Fine Music 102.5