Howard Arman

Versatility is a musical characteristic which defines the work of the London-born conductor and composer Howard Arman. He has distinguished himself in all aspects of classical music, from historically-informed performances of baroque music, to opera, symphony and jazz as well as large-scale orchestral “singalong” concerts, and his work as a writer and narrator of broadcasts about music. Choral music is of particular importance. From 1998 to 2013 he was Artistic Director of the MDR (Central German Radio) Choir, which appointed him Honorary Conductor in 2019. From 2016 to 2022 he was Artistic Director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, with whom he similarly produced a large number of CD, video and television productions. Howard Arman has appeared as a guest conductor throughout Europa as well as in Asia and America.

His own compositions include choral, orchestral and stage works, beside numerous arrangements for choir and orchestra, and a series of editions of music from the 17th to the 19th century. He has held professorships both at the Mozarteum, and at the Hochschule Lucerne in Switzerland.

At Carus Howard Arman has presented us with a completed version of Mozart’s Requiem.