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A busy start to the 2023/24 season for Vinay Parameswaran
Over the next four weeks, Vinay Parameswaran launches his 2023/24 season travelling from San Antonio to Toledo then on to Phoenix. This week Vinay has been conducting the San Antonio Philharmonic with soloist Tine Thing Helseth in a programme featuring Gabriella Smith, Alexander Arutiunian, Reena Esmail and Jean Sibelius. With concerts tonight, Friday 13th and…Read more ›
Tito Muñoz launches the Phoenix Symphony 23/24 Season
Returning for his 10th season as Virginia G. Piper Music Director, Tito Muñoz will open the Phoenix Symphony’s 2023-2024 season tonight in Phoenix Symphony Hall. Tito opened his very first Phoenix season with Orff’s Carmina Burana, so it is fitting that he will now launch his 10th anniversary season with the ever popular work, preceded…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds returns to Munich
The start of the new season sees Chris Moulds return to Munich with the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Mozart’s Idomeneo and Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Krzysztof Warlikowski as the director/producer for the production. The first performance of Dido & Aeneas is on the 23rd September. This follows on from 3 successful productions last season…Read more ›
Dego announced as Artist in Focus in Ulster
Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego has recently been announced as Artist in Focus with the Ulster Orchestra for the 23/24 season. Her projects include Brahms’ Double Concerto alongside acclaimed cellist Daniel Müller-Schott and the Sibelius Violin Concerto this coming Autumn (16, 17 November). She will also lead chamber projects later in the year – precise details…Read more ›
Maria Włoszczowska to become Artistic Partner of the Royal Northern Sinfonia
The Royal Northern Sinfonia has announced that Maria Włoszczowska is to become Artistic Partner from autumn 2024, a role created especially for her. The orchestra’s leader for the past two years, Maria has also directed a number of programmes with repertoire including Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra in that time. With…Read more ›
We are delighted to announce that Irish conductor Karen Ní Bhroin is joining JBM for worldwide general management. Based in Ireland but with experience across the UK and USA we are very much looking forward to working with her and building her career together. This season she makes her debut with LSO and returns to…Read more ›
Viviane Hagner’s Krzyźowa Music Festival returns for its 9th Season
Founder and Artistic Director of the Krzyźowa Music Festival, Viviane Hagner is enjoying her ninth season. The festival promotes and encourages the exchange of ideas and allows young and aspiring musicians the opportunity to share the workshop stage with internationally acclaimed artists. The festivals first performance is on 24th August and it runs until 3rd…Read more ›
Violinist Francesca Dego makes her debut with Bergen Philharmonic this coming Friday. In a programme entitled Enchanted Love Francesca plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto at this popular outdoor concert in the City, conducted by Daniele Rustioni in a programme that also includes Stravinsky’s Firebird. Francesca looks forward to a busy 23/24 season ahead including further debuts…Read more ›
Laura performs Rachmaninoff at the BBC Proms
Cellist Laura van der Heijden performed an enchanting recital yesterday afternoon at Dewsbury Town Hall alongside pianist Jâms Coleman. Repertoire included Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise as well as his magnificent Cello Sonata. The recital also included BBC Proms premieres of Lara Weaver’s ‘A thing that holds’ and Pejacevic’s Cello Sonata. You can listen to this recital on…Read more ›
We remember with fondness and gratitude, the great Julian Bream on what would have been his 90th Birthday. Julian Bream, guitarist and lutenist, delighted audiences with early recitals as a child prodigy. Following an official debut at Cheltenham in 1947, at the age of thirteen, he was soon acknowledged as one of the most remarkable…Read more ›