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Karen Ni Bhroin Debuts with Welsh National Opera
Tomorrow, Karen Ni Bhroin makes her debut with the Welsh National Opera in Play Opera Live! The first performance of this exciting series will take place at Swansea Grand Theatre at 3:00 PM. Upcoming Performances: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff – Saturday, April 12, 3:00 PM Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – Saturday, May 3, 3:00 PM Theatre…Read more ›
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC PRESS RELEASE, Feb. 27, 2025: Roll out the red carpet. A celebrated friend is on his way back to the Cleveland Institute of Music. On Thursday, CIM announced the appointment of Tito Muñoz, former music director of The Phoenix Symphony, as interim principal conductor of the CIM Orchestra. He’ll take up the…Read more ›
Attacca Quartet release their first EP on Platoon
Two-time Grammy winning quartet from New York release an EP on Platoon with Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet. The Attacca quartet launch this release at Kings Place, London on 14 March 2025 in the 150th anniversary year of the composer’s birth. In a recent Strad article, cellist Andrew Yee says ‘…there’s something about the Ravel that…Read more ›
Muñoz makes debut with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Following a busy start to the year with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Fresno Philharmonic, Cleveland Institute of Music and Eastman School of Music, Tito Muñoz is now in Australia to make his debut with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO). Muñoz will launch the ASO’s 2025 Symphony Series with concerts on the 14 and 15…Read more ›
Juho Pohjonen & Danbi Um Release new album ‘Poème Mystique’
Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen and violinist Danbi Um have released their highly anticipated new album, Poème Mystique, on Avie Records. The album features a compelling selection of works by Richard Strauss, Ernest Bloch, Franz Schubert, and Gabriel Fauré and is now available on all major streaming platforms. Following the album’s release, Pohjonen heads to New…Read more ›
Andrew Litton Embarks on European Tour
Between February and April, American conductor Andrew Litton is set for a busy schedule across Europe, leading a series of performances with prestigious orchestras in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and Germany. Starting in the Netherlands with Philzuid, Litton conducts three concerts in Maastricht (February 14), Eindhoven (February 15), and Den Bosch (February 16). The programme…Read more ›
Conductor Christian Kluxen renews as Music Director of Victoria Symphony
Now in his eighth season as Music Director, Victoria Symphony has extended the tenure of Christian Kluxen as Music Director until 2028. With the relationship going from strength to strength, the collaboration has seen the ensemble reaching new artistic heights, achieving record-breaking audience numbers, and developing an ever more keen sense of engagement with the…Read more ›
RPS Awards: nominations announced
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 ›
Jonathan Stockhammer joins JBM for General Management
JBM is delighted to welcome the Berlin-based conductor Jonathan Stockhammer to its roster of distinguished artists for general management. The LSO was on electrifying form for Stockhammer in Adams, Debussy, and Ravel. The playing had an extraordinarily clean, gleaming, pristine quality, so that every fleck of sound told. It yielded nothing to Adams’s own performance…Read more ›
Vinay Parameswaran in NY with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Vinay Parameswaran is working in Rochester, NY this week in preparation for two performances with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. The evening concerts at Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre on Thursday 23 January and Saturday 25 January will feature a programme of Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (with soloist Stewart Goodyear)…Read more ›