William Vann

Conductor | Pianist

Welcome

Welcome to the website of British conductor and pianist William Vann. A multiple prize-winning accompanist and accomplished choral, orchestral and operatic conductor, William is also the Artistic Director of the London English Song Festival, the Director of Music at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chorus Master of The Grange Festival, the Musical Director of Dulwich Choral Society and the Musical Director of The London Chorus. On this site you can find out his latest news and where he is performing next, watch videos and get in touch. Concert promoters can download biographical information and photos from the Press Centre.

“William Vann avoids any suggestion of bombast or sentimentality, and builds Parry’s great paragraphs so eloquently and with such assurance that you’d think he’d been conducting this music all his life.”
Gramophone

Latest News

Songs of the Somme

Booking is now open for the Songs of the Somme, the London English Song Festival's 2016 project. William is Artistic Director of the LESF and will be playing for all the performances.

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Recording for Albion Records

William has just completed recording his first disc for Albion Records, a disc that will be released in Autumn 2016 and that includes six previously unrecorded songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams, two wonderful rare duets for soprano, baritone, violin and piano and eight...

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