Brian Gordon studied singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music where he specialised in the performance of baroque music, winning critical acclaim in the title role of Handel's Solomon. He made his operatic debut in Handel's Tamerlano (Batignano), subsequently singing the same role for the Welsh National Opera and the BBC. His London debut was with the ENO in Monteverdi's Orfeo. He went on to sing with Opera Factory in Cavalli's La Calisto and with Opera Restor'd (the South Bank, Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festivals).

International engagements have included the Vienna Festival with Harnoncourt, Purcell's The Fairy Queen with Berio and Arrigo's Addio Garibaldi for La Scala, Milan. Recordings include Handel's Israel in Egypt and Purcell's Ode for St Cecilia's Day, both with John Eliot Gardiner.

Having enjoyed a successful career as a singer, Brian Gordon now divides his time between conducting, choral training and teaching and has an established reputation as a singing teacher and coach. He conducted Orlando Chamber Choir from 1995 to 2001, during which time they performed regularly in St John's, Smith Square.

International assignments have included work for the Berlin Hochschule and Singakademie, Neidersachsen in Germany, the Opera Theatre Company, Dublin, and Casa da Musica, Portugal. In Autumn 2006 he will conduct Cavalli's L'Erismena for English Touring Opera.