DIRECTOR / VIOLIN
Maria Włoszczowska will make her debut with Camerata Bern tonight and present her curated programme ‘Albion’. Touring Bern and Lugano, Maria will stand and direct a range of works from Thomas Adès’ ‘O Albion’ from ‘Arcadiana’, arranged for string orchestra, to the ‘Cavatina’ from Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 130 No. 13. She describes the programme…Read more ›
Royal Albert Hall: Saturday 25 July Conductor Karen Ní Bhroin returns to the stage of the BBC Proms this summer, following her debut at last year’s festival. She will conduct Horrible Science: The Big Bang Proms Experiment with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the iconic Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 25 July 2026, with performances at 14:00 and…Read more ›
JBM artists Imogen Whitehead (trumpet) and Laura van der Heijden (cello) are Artists in Residence at the Ryedale Festival 2026, which runs from 10–26 July in Yorkshire. “At the heart of the programme are five artistic residencies. John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London begin a three-year partnership with an unmissable celebration of English music.…Read more ›
On Sunday, Maria Włoszczowska debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra where she performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 29 under the baton of Erina Yashima. The concert will also include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 and Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and will take place in Eastbourne’s Congress Theatre. Highlights of Maria’s 2025-26 season includes further debuts…Read more ›
Maria Włoszczowska is rounding up a successful month-long tour with Amsterdam Sinfonietta this weekend with two closing concerts at Amsterdam’s Theater Carré. The tour has taken Maria and the orchestra across the Netherlands as they have performed in many different cities including Haarlem, Arnhem, and Utrecht, and marks her debut with the orchestra. The programme…Read more ›
Violinist and director Maria Włoszczowska marks the start of 2025 with her debut with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris at the stunning Théâtre des Champs-Elysées tonight. Directing and playing the solo violin part in Salieri’s 26 Variations on La Folia di Spagna, she joins piano virtuoso Kirill Gerstein for piano concertos by Salieri, Mozart,…Read more ›
Maria Włoszczowska has joined the Chamber Orchestra of Europe as Director and Leader, a position she will share with violinist Lorenza Borrani. This accolade follows her stepping in to direct the ensemble across four concerts with varied repertoire at last week’s Kronberg Festival, as well as directing and leading them at Mozartwoche Salzburg earlier this year, all…Read more ›
Following on from the success of her Lammermuir Festival performances which included an Ives recital with Jeremy Denk, performances with the Valo Quartet, and Schumann’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, violinist Maria Włoszczowska returns to Kronberg to work with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE). Originally due to perform as leader with direction…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. 10 August: BBC Proms Tess Jackson makes her Proms debut conducting the National Youth Orchestra…Read more ›
Just back from Feldkirch, Austria as soloist and director with the Pforte Chamber Orchestra, violinist Maria Włoszczowska is now in London for the first of her two performances at Wigmore Hall this Spring. The first performance, today, 23rd of April at 7.30pm will include a programme of Mozart’s String Quintet in B flat K174, Schoenberg’s String Trio Op. 45…Read more ›