Bas Pollard (Amsterdam, 1959), is a Dutch conductor and horn player

son of Brian Pollard
student of Adriaan van Woudenberg at Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam (Conservatorium van Amsterdam) and Vicente Zarzo at het Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag.
In Den Haag he studied as orchestral conductor with Lucas Vis en Ed Spanjaard.

Pollard was horn player in Concertgebouworkest, Residentie Orkest and Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest

Pollard works as conductor with:
CREA Orkest (UVA Amsterdam) from 1988
Utrechtsch Studenten Concert from 1997
Noordhollands Jeugdorkest from 2002

former conductor of:
Nederlands Studenten Kamerorkest (1998, 2000 en 2002)
Zaans Blazers Ensemble
Ricciotti Ensemble

former assistent-dirigent of De Nederlandse Opera, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Pollard is teacher at het Conservatorium van Amsterdam. (woodwinds score study)