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Principal Conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir since 2024, Layton is also Founder and Director of Polyphony, and Director of Holst Singers. Layton recently stepped down as Fellow and Director of Music at Trinity College Cambridge—a post he held for seventeen years, transforming a ‘college choir’ into an internationally leading artistic professional beacon. His other former posts include Chief Conductor of Netherlands Chamber Choir, Chief Guest Conductor of Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of City of London Sinfonia, and Director of Music at the Temple Church, London.
Layton is constantly in demand to premiere new works by the greatest established and emerging composers of our age. Passionate in his exploration of new music, Layton has introduced a vast range of new choral works to the UK and the rest of the world, transforming the music into some of the most widely performed today. Long-standing composer partnerships include Arvo Pärt, Sir John Tavener and Sir Karl Jenkins; in the Baltics, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Uģis Prauliņš and Veljo Tormis; and in America, Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre, of whose music Layton made two Grammy-nominated recordings.
Other award-winning albums include recordings of Britten, Sir James MacMillan, Bruckner, Handel (including BBC Music Magazine’s ‘Best Messiah recording’ with Britten Sinfonia), and Bach’s St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B minor with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Layton’s recordings have consistently broken new ground, creating a new soundworld in British choral music.