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 TheatreRead more ›

Cleveland Institute of Music names Tito Muñoz Interim Principal Conductor & Guest Orchestral Studies Faculty

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 theRead 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 thatRead 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 15Read 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 NewRead 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 programmeRead more ›

Tess Jackson takes to the podium of the English National Opera

Tess Jackson takes to the podium of the English National Opera today, conducting a star-studded cast including Mary Bevan (Susanna), David Ireland (Figaro) and Neal Davis (Dr Bartolo), pulling out the light and shade in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. This performance, a revival of Joe Hill-Gibbins’ 2020 production of the composer’s foremost comic opera,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 theRead more ›

Karl-Heinz Steffens Makes His Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Debut

After opening the new year with Sweden’s Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, German conductor Karl-Heinz Steffens is now in Denmark for his debut with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Performing today and tomorrow at Musikhuset Aarhus, Steffens leads a programme of Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz, Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano and Mendelssohn: 3rd Symphony, “TheRead 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 forRead more ›