Out now: Francesca Dego’s Mozart: Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 with Sir Roger Norrington

Francesca Dego and Sir Roger Norrington continue their critically acclaimed Mozart Violin concerti cycle, together with the outstanding musicians of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The cycle marks Sir Roger Norrington’s final recording project, and his first and only recording of the complete Mozart concerti. This second volume features Mozart’s First, Second and Fifth Violin…Read more ›

Maria Włoszczowska launches the Valo Quartet at Festival Resonances

Leader Maria Włoszczowska is joined by Tim Crawford, Lilli Maijala and Amy Norrington to form the Valo Quartet. On 1st September at the Festival Resonances in Brussels, the Quartet performs Mozart’s String Quartet in D major “Hoffmeister” and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor.

Viviane Hagner’s 8th Krzyżowa Music Festival

Founder and Artistic Director of the Krzyżowa Music Festival, Viviane Hagner welcomes the eighth season of the festival that promotes the exchange of ideas and allows young and aspiring musicians the opportunity to share the workshop stage with internationally acclaimed artists. Following the opening concert on Thursday 25th August with further performances running until 4th…Read more ›

Maria Włoszczowska makes BBC Proms Debut

Congratulations to Maria Włoszczowska who made her BBC Proms soloist debut last Sunday morning with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Dinis Sousa. Performing the London premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Vers toi qui es si loin, Maria ‘ventured through Saariaho’s soul-consuming extended lines with penetrating focus.’ (Claire Seymour, Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com)

Tito Muñoz jumps in with the Detroit Symphony

Tito Muñoz, returning from a week at Brevard Music Center, had just landed at Newark Airport near New York City on Sunday afternoon when he received a call from us re-routing him to Detroit to jump in with the DSO this week. He will appear in two performances at Interlochen Center for the Arts, one…Read more ›

Vinay Parameswaran joins JBM for general management

We are delighted to announce that American conductor Vinay Parameswaran has joined the JBM roster. Parameswaran has just completed five years with The Cleveland Orchestra, first as Assistant Conductor, followed by a promotion to Associate Conductor, benefitting from generous podium time with one of the world’s finest orchestras. Previously he was Associate Conductor with The…Read more ›

The Tallis Scholars: Josquin Project

Originally scheduled to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Josquin’s death in August 2021, an extraordinary project brings the ensemble to the Pierre Boulez Saal to close the season. Over the course of four days (13th – 16th July 2022), they will perform Josquin’s complete masses in the first ever cyclical presentation of these works…Read more ›

Christopher Moulds returns to Stuttgart

Shortly after a successful run of Alcina at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Christopher Moulds returns to step in for a revival of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, which opens on Wednesday 22nd June and is followed by three further performances. Christiane Pohle’s production of Figaro stars Björn Bürger as Graf Almaviva and Serena Farnocchia as Gräfin…Read more ›

Maria Włoszczowska makes New York recital debut with Jeremy Denk

Maria Włoszczowska is in New York this week to make her recital debut there, a concert which forms part of The 92nd Street Y’s ten-day festival The Bach-Mendelssohn Connection. Together with the distinguished pianist Jeremy Denk, Włoszczowska performs the Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard by Bach, an immersive experience for performers and audience alike.…Read more ›

Juho Pohjonen steps in with BBC Philharmonic

This week, Juho Pohjonen steps in at the last minute to join conductor Leslie Suganandarajah and the BBC Philharmonic, performing Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 which will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Tune in at 14:25 on Thursday 26th May to listen live.   Or listen afterwards for 30 days here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017dv3