Iain Sutherland

Iain Sutherland is a Scottish conductor. In 1967 he was appointed Conductor of the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra in Glasgow. Previously he had been an orchestral and session violinist in London playing in the LPO, Philharmonia and ECO under such conductors as Boult, Sargent, Groves, Solti and Klemperer. Sutherland was the conductor of the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra until a major restructuring was initiated by BBC in 1972 to reduce its coverage of light music. The orchestra was officially closed in 1981.