Kevin Field

BIOGRAPHY

“Crafts a musical landscape with every gesture”

As conductor, Kevin has directed the BBC Symphony and Australia Chamber Orchestra together with the Malaysian Philharmonic; the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTE Concert Orchestra, Opera North (UK) the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the West Australian, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras.

PROJECTS

Portraits in Absentia – Jocelyn Pook 

A reimagining of Kevin’s commission from Jocelyn in 2002 which won an MTV Malaysia Award. This time five videographers create new images to this wonderfully evocative score. 

14 / 06

2026

The Daughters – Opera in 4 Scenes 

From the book of Paul Loosley, Kevin’s fourth stage work is a one-hour music theatre work which pronounces imagined relationships between King Lear and his three daughters. Scored for an ensemble of five singers and 13 instrumentalists. 

14 / 06

2025

West Side Story

A fourth biennial international collaboration hosted at Bentley Music Academy in a semi-staged production side-by-side with Orkestra Radio Televysen Malaysia. 

14 / 06

2024

KL City Opera 

In 2023, Kevin made his debut with KLCO in Donizetti’s, ‘L’elisir d’amore’ to critical acclaim.

14 / 06

2023

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Anne Cawrse 

“Great conductor – everyone nailed it!” A release on Spotify of the beautifully sublime, ‘MUSAIC’ by Australian composer, Anne Cawrse. 

14 / 06

2023

Tutan Festival Orchestra

A new orchestra from a new time, Kevin commissioned and premiered Tai Yun Ming’s orchestral version of ‘The Seventh Sea Princess’ as part of TFO’s debut season with Dr Poom Prommachart as piano soloist. 

14 / 06

2023

Evita

The third biennial collaboration with Central Queensland Conservatorium in Malaysia at Bentley Music Academy with Jason Langley as director. 

14 / 06

2022

2024

Tutan Festival Orchestra

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2014

Co-Founded The Culture Exchange

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2012

Principal Bentley Music Academy

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1999

Appointed Associate Conductor of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra

Kevin held this position for 15 years during which time he founded the MPO Youth Orchestra, MPO Forum for Malaysian Composers and the MPO International Composers Award, performed over 180 works by living composers and collaborated with …

1993

Founded ‘Kokoro’ – the new music ensemble of Bournemouth Orchestras

Performed at Cheltenham International Music Festival, The Stables, The Anvil, Turner Sims, Colston Hall, The Lighthouse, Dartington College of Arts in collaboration with Jonathan Carney, Peter Donohoe, and Julie Moffat with commissions from Keith Tippet and Colin Riley.

1991

Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert – Royal Academy of Music

Following on from a final year, all Shostakovich concert, in aid of Multiple Sclerosis UK, that earned him 1st class honors, Kevin received an invitation from the student cohort to present this special tribute to Bernstein.

Testimonials

EVENTS

TUTAN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

A Broadway Spectacular. 
PJ Performing Arts Centre

20 & 21 July

2024

WEST SIDE STORY – AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

The 4th in a series of biennial music theatre productions.
PJ Performing Arts Centre

25 / 11 – 15 / 12

2024

BMA ANIME CONCERT

Bentley Auditorium

30 November

2024

SYMPHONIC ROCK

Tutan Festival Orchestra.
PJ Performing Arts Centre

16 & 17 November

2024