CELLO
This week Lammermuir Festival announced details of their full 2025 programme including the news that cellist and RPS Instrumentalist of the Year, Laura van der Heijden will feature as Artist in Residence. With a long-standing relationship with the Festival dating back to 2018 – including solo and chamber performances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,…Read more ›
Huge congratulations to cellist Laura van der Heijden on winning the RPS Instrumentalist Award 2025. Introducing her nomination the RPS said “Everything she does embodies excellence and integrity, fulfilled with heart. Luminous recordings, boundless collaborations, and new commissions showcase an artist truly in her prime.” On her win, Laura says “I can’t quite believe I’ve…Read more ›
Huge congratulations to cellist Laura van der Heijden on being shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award. With nominations announced today, the winner will be revealed at the Awards Ceremony in Birmingham on 6th March, at which Laura will perform. On the nomination, Laura says “I feel very honoured to be nominated for…Read more ›
This afternoon cellist Laura van der Heijden makes a welcome return to the stage of the Wigmore Hall, to which she is no stranger. Together with pianist Jâms Coleman the duo perform their inventively curated programme, ‘Path to the Moon’. Drawing inspiration from the lunar the line-up features works by Fauré, Price, and Korngold, and…Read more ›
This afternoon, cellist Laura van der Heijden makes her debut at the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam. Taking to the stage of the main hall with pianist Jâms Coleman together they perform Kodály’s Sonatina and Janáček’s insistent Violin Sonata, transcribed for the cello by Laura herself. Both works feature on ‘Pohádka – Tales from Prague to Budapest’…Read more ›
Taking to the stage of the Janáček Theatre with Dvořák’s much-loved Cello Concerto, this evening and Friday, cellist Laura van der Heijden performs with the Brno Philharmonic and conductor Leoš Svárovský. Following her concerto debut at the BBC Proms this summer, this season Laura looks forward to recitals with piano partners Jâms Coleman and Tom…Read more ›
This evening, cellist Laura van der Heijden takes to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall for her BBC Proms concerto debut. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, Laura performs Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new work ‘Earth, Sea, Air’. Written for her, the climate-change focused cello concerto takes its inspiration from three disparate…Read more ›
With summer festivals in full swing, JBM artists are preparing to perform throughout the UK. 26 July: BBC Proms Laura van der Heijden plays Frances-Hoad’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth. Find out more. 5 August: BBC Proms Benjamin Grosvenor performs the Busoni Piano Concerto Op. 39 with the…Read more ›
Over the last few weeks, album releases have come thick and fast with exciting additions to the discographies of several JBM artists. Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor joined forces with fellow celebrated artists Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto alongside folk song settings with baritone Gerald Finley released on Decca Classics. “As rivals, Benedetti,…Read more ›
Released today is cellist Laura van der Heijden’s debut concerto album on Chandos Records; the most recent in her rapidly growing discography. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth, Laura presents the premiere recording of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Cello Concerto “Earth, Sea, Air” having premiered the work with them in 2023. Written for van…Read more ›