John LUBBOCK
General Management
John Lubbock is the Founder and Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St John’s, which boasts some of the most exceptional musicians in the UK and Europe. From day one, Lubbock’s ambition was to create an orchestra that would serve the wider community, taking high quality music to those who might otherwise have little or no experience of it.
Lubbock and the OSJ have performed all over the world at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie and London’s Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall. They have undertaken major tours together to Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, the UK and USA, collaborating with such eminent soloists as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yo-Yo Ma, Shlomo Mintz, Yefim Bronfman and Dame Evelyn Glennie, and have appeared at the Bulgarian, Bratislava and Turku festivals.
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"One of our most musical assets – a thoughtful perfectionist and a musician of total integrity”
Sir Simon Rattle
John Lubbock has had a long association with the BBC Proms, including conducting acclaimed World and Proms premiere performances of works by Stephen Montague, John Harle, Lou Silver Harrison, Colin McPhee, Jerónimo Giménez and Mozart (Thamos, King of Egypt).
Lubbock’s discography includes recordings - for ASV and ACM - of Mendelssohn's “Italian” and “Scottish” Symphonies No. 3, Stravinsky's Apollon Musagète and Orpheus, string serenades by Dvorak and Tchaikovsky, and Mozart overtures.
Recent and upcoming concert highlights include a programme of Haydn, Debussy and Ravel (with soloist Sergei Nakariakov) with the Oxford Philharmonic at the Sheldonian Theatre, The Lost Music of Auschwitz at Dorchester Abbey on Good Friday 2026, and performances with OSJ of repertoire including Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5, Stravinsky The Firebird Suite and The Messiah.
In 1999, John Lubbock received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music, and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to the Orchestra of St John’s and to people with autism and learning difficulties in the UK.
