In the media:

Television: David recently appeared on BBC London News discussing new directions for orchestral music in London. Click here to view

Radio: Coming soon: an extended interview on BBC Radio 2 "Good Morning Sunday"

Internet: A profile on the website yogaabode.com looks at the influence of yoga on David's conducting. Click here to view

In the press:

Click here for a recent profile in the Royal Society of Arts Journal

Reviews:

"The (Janáček Sinfonietta) spoke of the influence of Charles Mackerras, with whom he has worked, in an account full of vivid colour and capped by a splendiferous brass-filled finale. The Sibelius, (Second Symphony) according to a note in the programme, was following a new authoritative edition and an attempt to recreate the composer's own reputedly faster tempi, but it never sounded rushed, and the work as a whole was superbly handled by both conductor and orchestra." Matthew Rye, Daily Telegraph (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Royal Festival Hall Janáček Sinfonietta, Sibelius 2nd Symphony)

The concert began with the marvellous open-air fanfares of Janáček’s Sinfonietta played on auxiliary brass positioned behind the orchestra. David Murphy, conducting without the score, guided the players with considerable skill through the ever-changing evocation of joyous celebration of a life-time’s experience of writing idiosyncratic music that is both profound and playful.

The concert ended with Sibelius’s most popular symphony. The conductor’s recent research into the composer’s intentions regarding tempo relationships produced a swift pulse in the first movement....(at this time of his life) Sibelius evidently suffered something of a nervous breakdown. His anxiety can be heard in the symphony and a fast initial tempo in the first movement produces a sensation of fluctuating emotions grounded in a querulous state of mind....The closing peroration displays Sibelius’s ability to convert an instinctive fear of an uncertain fate to a sense of triumph over adversity. Long thought of as paean to nationalist pride, the Second Symphony now appears to be a testament of the composer’s belief in the human spirit...Murphy captured the composer’s humanity superbly well and the final moments produced a surge of optimism.....It was a considerable achievement. We should hear more from this gifted conductor. Edward Clarke classicalsource.com (RPO/RFH Janáček, Sibelius)

David Murphy (conductor) brings out the best of the company in what is the highlight of a very successful Longborough Festival Opera. Gordon Parsons- Morning Star (Mozart Cosi fan tutte: Longborough Festival Opera)

Young conductor David Murphy does not press on the musicians, yet he most surely leads them. His technique is extremely expressive and plastique, and he has a wonderful ability to let the sound take off Culture Magazine, Moscow (London Chamber Players, Haydn, Mozart & Schoenberg: Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow)

The young Welsh conductor David Murphy showed excellent control and insight in these masterworks, and he played a truly sympathetic part in the sarod concerto Artsmart, Durban (Mozart 25, Khan Sarod Concerto, Beethoven 5: KZNPO)

David Murphy is, in my opinion, an outstanding musician who is admired not only by other conductors but by most of the musicians who play under him. For a conductor to receive such wide approval from so many orchestral musicians as David has is rare indeed and shows the high quality and integrity of this young artist.

David certainly has one of the most interesting musical minds of any of the younger generation of conductors and I would heartily recommend him to anyone interested in a musician with an original and fresh approach to the music he conducts, plus a flawless baton technique Sir Charles Mackerras

As a member of the former Amadeus Quartet, I am very happy to recommend David Murphy as an outstanding musician and conductor. In my opinion he is one of the most promising and original artists of his generation. Dr Martin Lovett OBE