Julian Perkins is Artistic Director of Portland Baroque Orchestra in Oregon, USA. Based in the UK, he is also Founding Artistic Director of Cambridge Handel Opera and Sounds Baroque.

Julian has directed groups ranging from the Academy of Ancient Music, Croatian Baroque Ensemble and Deutsche Händel-Solisten to the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Northern Chamber Orchestra and St Paul's Sinfonia, and performed as soloist with ensembles such as the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Florilegium. Shortlisted for the 2021 Gramophone Award, Julian has been praised as both a conductor and keyboard soloist for his ‘demonic intensity' (BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month), ‘fluid and natural pacing’ (Gramophone Editor's Choice) and ‘verve and suavity’ (Classical Music). In August 2023 his latest solo clavichord disc, Handel's Attick, was Instrumental Choice in BBC Music Magazine.