Finan Jones is an orchestral conductor praised for his “instinctive musicality and his passion for music of different genres” (Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 2024).
Since the start of the 2024 season, he has been the Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, working closely with Nathalie Stutzmann. In recent years, he has conducted orchestras including the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Constellation Choir and Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble.
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Finan Jones conducting in Piedmont Park, Atlanta. Credit: Adam Hagy
Alongside his work in Atlanta, Finan also regularly travels back to Europe to continue working with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, a mentorship that has grown over the last four years, spanning work with John Eliot’s own period instrument ensembles, and his guest conducting work.
In the opera pit, Finan conducted the closing performance of British Youth Opera’s new production of Rossini’s L’Occasione fa il Ladro (Opera Holland Park 2021). He was part of the original creative team which developed a new opera with support from the Barbican Centre, Sane and Sound (Milton Court Theatre 2019), for which he conducted the premiere, and was assistant conductor to Dominic Wheeler and chorus master for the premiere of Lliam Paterson’s opera The Angel Esmeralda (GSMD 2020).
Finan Jones and the cast of British Youth Opera’s production of Rossini’s L’Occasione fa il Ladro at Opera Holland Park
Finan is a strong advocate for learning and participation projects, with a keen interest in music education. This has included education work with the Royal Albert Hall, LSO Discovery and the Atlanta Symphony, as well as developing his own projects taking chamber orchestras into schools in London.
Finan Jones introducing the concert programme of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Credit: Adam Hagy
In the recording studio, Finan assisted on an album of orchestral works by Jonathan Dove performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchid Classics, 2019) and conducted the West European Symphony Orchestra in two recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios. He was the assistant conductor for Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Brahms Symphony Cycle with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon, 2025).
In the upcoming season, Finan continues as assistant conductor with the Atlanta Symphony, conducting their September performance in Piedmont Park celebrating Atlanta as ‘The City in a Forest’ and the Sounds of the Season holiday concert on 23rd December. Week to week he continues to act as the assistant and cover conductor for their classical season, including on Nathalie Stutzmann’s exploration of the major orchestral works of Brahms.