Musical Director and founder of the world-renowned ensembles New London Consort and Musicians of the Globe, Philip Pickett is considered one of today's most eminent advocates of period performance. He has recently embarked on a flourishing new career as guest conductor, leading symphony orchestras and opera companies in Classical, Romantic and Baroque repertoires. Mr. Pickett is regularly invited to appear with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and the Aarhus and Aalborg Symphony Orchestras. In recent seasons he has also conducted the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National d'Ile-de-France, Chicago's Music of the Baroque, Halle Opera Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic, Macau Orchestra and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. In April 2004 he conducted a new production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at Lyon National Opera. Philip Pickett and the New London Consort recorded exclusively for Decca for 15 years, making more than 40 CDs including Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, Blow's Venus & Adonis, Telemann's Water Music and Vivaldi's Gloria. From 1996-2003, Mr. Pickett was artistic director of the South Bank Centre's annual Early Music Festival. In 1995, he was appointed Director of Early Music at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.

Philip Pickett conducts “Baroque Jewels for the English Theatre” on January 11 and 13, 2008.