- British conductor for classic music concerts.
- He studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Leningrad Conservatory.
- He was appointed music director of the English National Opera in October 2016.
- He has conducted opera at the Kirov, La Scala, and the Bayerische Staatsoper. He is a popular figure at the BBC Proms and most of the leading British orchestras. He regularly conducts top international orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw, Tokyo Metropolitan, and Deutsche Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
- During his Cheltenham tenure, he established a new ensemble, the Festival Players.
- On 17 July 2011, Brabbins conducted the 6th live performance of Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 1 "The Gothic", at The Proms, which was later released on a Hyperion commercial recording. Brabbins was subsequently named president of the Havergal Brian Society.
- In January 2013, the University of Bristol awarded Brabbins an honorary degree, of Doctor of Music honoris causa.
- Brabbins first guest-conducted at English National Opera (ENO) in 2012, in a production of Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress.
- In Leeds, he created a new chamber music series called "Music in Transition".
- He was artistic director of the Cheltenham Music Festival from 2005 to 2007.
- Brabbins first came to international attention when he was awarded first prize at the Leeds Conductors Competition in 1988.
- The fourth of five children in his family, he learned to play the euphonium, and then the trombone during his youth at Towcester Studio Brass Band.
- In 2002, Brabbins founded a training course for aspiring conductors at the St Magnus International Festival in Orkney, which he continues to co-direct.
- He held the position of chief conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra from 2012 to 2016.
- Between 1994 and 2005, Brabbins was Associate Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
- Outside of the UK, Brabbins became principal guest conductor of 'de Filharmonie' (Royal Flemish Philharmonic) in 2009.
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