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Glowing Guardian review for Laura van der Heijden with Sinfonia Cymru
We are delighted to see such wonderful coverage of Laura van der Heijden’s recent collaboration with Sinfonia Cymru, which included performances across Wales in Criccieth, Aberystwyth and Cardiff. After attending the final performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, The Guardian’s Rian Evans praised Laura’s playing for its “quiet authority and effortless…Read more ›
Francesca Dego makes Taipei debut
Francesca Dego will jump in with Taipei Symphony Orchestra to open their new orchestral season. In place of Lisa Batiashvili, Francesca will make her Taiwanese and orchestral debut playing the world premiere of Richard Dubugnon’s “Le poème silencieux” with Gautier Capuçon and Saint-Saëns’s “La muse et le poète”. The performance will be conducted by Alexander…Read more ›
Francesca Dego gives Seattle debut
Francesca Dego performs Busoni’s Violin Concerto with Seattle Symphony next week, giving her joint debut with conductor Daniele Rustioni. The concerts will contrast Busoni’s Violin Concerto with Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Schoenberg, and Webern’s chamber orchestra arrangement of Bach’s Ricercar No. 2 from The Musical Offering. Francesca’s 2024 recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra…Read more ›
Martin James Bartlett’s Latest Warner Album Release
Three works for piano and orchestra – by Bach, Mozart and Britten – make up the programme for this latest album from Martin James Bartlett. Recorded in Salzburg with the city’s Mozarteumorchester and the British-Swiss conductor Howard Griffiths, Bartlett performs Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor, Mozart’s ‘Jeunehomme’ Piano Concerto and Britten’s Young…Read more ›
The Tallis Scholars win People’s Choice Award
The Tallis Scholars celebrate a double win as People’s Choice in Limelight’s 2025 Artist of the Year Awards and runners-up in the Critics Choice. This follows a hugely successful tour in October 2025 with sold out performances, speaking engagements, broadcasts and workshops for local choirs. This was the 11th tour of Australia in the group’s just over fifty…Read more ›
Anthony Marwood makes worldwide returns
Next week, violinist Anthony Marwood returns to Adelaide Festival in 2026 as part of their Artist-in-Residence series. Known for his “boundless energy, intellectual curiosity and creative wizardry” (BBC Music Magazine), Marwood will appear across three performances at Elder Hall from 2–4 March. The residency opens with Shadow & Light (2 March), featuring Marwood with the…Read more ›
Francesca Dego jumps in to perform Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2 with Milwaukee Symphony today at 11:15 and tomorrow at 19:30. Conducted by Alpesh Chauhan, Francesca makes her debut with the orchestra. Next week on 24 and 25 February, Francesca debuts with Dortmund Philharmoniker under the baton of Kenneth Woods where she will play Brahms’ Violin…Read more ›
Nicolas Namoradze in The New York Times on Neuroscience and Performance
Pianist Nicolas Namoradze is featured in The New York Times (10 February 2026), speaking with Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim about the intersection of neuroscience and performance, and the inner workings of a performer’s brain. The article explores Namoradze’s innovative work at the crossroads of music and science, including his groundbreaking Neurorecital project, which combines live piano…Read more ›
Tito Munoz returns to the New York Philharmonic this week to lead several performances of Music for America, as part of the orchestra’s acclaimed Young People’s Concert series. The celebratory American programme includes Copland’s An Outdoor Overture, selections from William L. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, and Roberto Sierra’s Sinfonía No. 3 “La Salsa” and takes place at the famous…Read more ›
Stockhammer returns to Saarbrücken
This week, Jonathan Stockhammer will return to the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. Stockhammer will conduct Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 in D major ‘Polish’, his Overture from Romeo and Juliet, and new-commission Marc-Aurel Floros’s ‘Manchmal’, a poem for soprano and baritone with text by Elke Heidenreich and solos by Chelsea Zurflüh and Valentin Ruckebier. The…Read more ›