Wayne Marshall (born 13 January 1961) is an English pianist, organist, and conductor.[1] He is Chief Conductor of WDR Funkhausorchester in Cologne,[2] and Organist and Associate Artist of the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.[3] He became Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in 2007,[4] and is a celebrated interpreter of Gershwin, Bernstein, and other 20th-century American composers.Marshall was the first conductor to direct the highly acclaimed debut concert of Chineke! – performed by Europe's first professional black and ethnic minority orchestra – at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.