Iain Sutherland is a British conductor. Previously he had been an orchestral and session violinist in London playing in the LPO, Philharmonia, RPO and ECO under such conductors as Boult, Sargent, Groves, Solti and Klemperer. He is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he studied under Prof. Horace Fellowes, and in London under the eminent Russian Prof. Sacha Lasserson. He returned to Scotland as the conductor of the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra. His remit with the BBC SRO included TV as well as Radio. He was Musical Director for many Light Entertainment series with Stanley Baxter, Kenneth McKellar, Moira Anderson and Andy Stewart.On a more serious level he twice took the SRO to appear at the Edinburgh Festival.
On returning to London and was regularly invited by BBC Radio 2 as guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra for the "Friday Night Is Music Night" programme, and was appointed the principal conductor of the BBC Radio Orchestra until it was disbanded. During this time he regularly conducted other orchestras across Europe and the UK.