Jonathan Tilbrook is an exciting and versatile conductor whose career has included performances at major venues throughout the UK as well as in East and West Europe, Scandinavia, New Zealand and the Far East. Recent seasons have brought his debut at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (with the Birmingham Philharmonic), a highly successful Barbican Hall début with the English Chamber Orchestra (which was followed by a further invitation to conduct the orchestra at the Bromsgrove Festival); Handel's Xerxes (British Youth Opera) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall; critically acclaimed performances of Bach's St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion in France with Florilegium; Walton's Façade at the Albert Hall, Nottingham with Lady Susanna Walton and musicians from Sinfonia Viva; appearances with the contemporary music ensemble 'One Voice' in Edinburgh, and a performance of Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame and Tarik O’Regan’s Scattered Rhymes with the Orlando Consort.

In 1992, as a prizewinner of the conducting masterclasses and competition in Zlín, Czech Republic, he was appointed Assistant Conductor with the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic and received invitations to guest-conduct the Janáček Philharmonic and Košice State Philharmonic orchestras. He has since worked with a wide range of ensembles including the Martinů Philharmonic, Moravian Philharmonic, Olomouc and Kroměříž chamber orchestras (Czech Republic); Košice State Philharmonic (Slovak Republic); Hong Kong Sinfonietta; East of England Orchestra (Sinfonia Viva); contemporary music groups 'One Voice' and Mephisto Ensemble and the early music ensemble Florilegium. In 2004 he conducted a Beethoven programme for the Dartington International Summer School; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Nash Ensemble at the Orkney Conductors' Masterclass, and was invited to work as an assistant conductor with Welsh National Opera.

Opera productions have included Don Pasquale; Die Fledermaus; La Bohème; Carmen; Madama Butterfly; Cavelleria Rusticana; I Pagliacci; Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni and L'Incoronazione di Poppea, many of these in performances at major UK festivals including Brighton, Cheltenham, King's Lynn and Holland Park.

Jonathan presently holds the position of Head of Postgraduate Studies at Trinity College of Music where he works regularly with the college’s ensembles and is a member of the conducting staff. He is also the Sir Charles Mackerras Conducting Fellow at Nottingham University where he has conducted a wide range of nineteenth and twentieth century repertoire including Britten's War Requiem, Janáček's Glagolitic Mass and Verdi's Requiem in major projects involving the Royal Philharmonic and East of England orchestras.