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Tonight Hyeyoon Park makes her debut in Astana performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5 with the Steppe Orchestra conducted by Maestro Evgeny Bushkov in Central Asia’s largest opera house in an all-Mozart programme. This special performance in collaboration with the Degdar Foundation concludes a fantastic year for the rising-star violinist which has included projects in Poznan, Mainz…Read more ›
Andrew Litton makes his Royal Ballet Debut
Andrew Litton will make his debut with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden this Wednesday, 6th of December. Andrew’s work as Music Director for the New York City Ballet has earned praise from critics, dancers, and audiences, bringing new prominence to the Ballet’s orchestra. He began his ballet work while still a Juilliard student, performing as…Read more ›
Alpesh Chauhan on UK tour with the Symphony Orchestra of India
Following his return to Mumbai earlier this autumn, Alpesh Chauhan tours London’s Cadogan Hall, Symphony Hall Birmingham and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall with the Symphony Orchestra of India this week. The programme features a new Triple Concerto by composer and tabla player Zakir Hussain, who performs the solo part together with Niladri Kumar, sitar, and Rakesh…Read more ›
Litton’s triumphant return to Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
Between the 14-18th November Andrew Litton returned to A Coruña, Spain to work with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. Andrew has well-established relationship with the orchestra, working with them regularly over the last 10 years. This most recent visit along with soloist Katharina Kang Litton, Principal Viola of the New York City Ballet, culminated in…Read more ›
Benjamin Grosvenor’s Schumann & Brahms album has been recognised with two of the most prestigious awards for classical recordings: Diapason d’or de l’année and CHOC Classica. His seventh album for Decca has been described as ‘one of the great Kreisleriana’s on disc’ (EuropaDisc) and ‘a masterpiece’ (Le Devoir) and was also nominated for a Gramophone…Read more ›
Dego debuts with Swedish Radio
Tonight, violinist Francesca Dego makes her debut with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Italian-American will perform Busoni’s Violin Concerto, conducted by Daniele Rustioni, with a repeat performance on Friday. This kicks off a very busy month for Francesca which includes her first projects as Artist in Focus at Ulster Orchestra (16, 17) with the Sibelius Violin Concerto,…Read more ›
Andrew Litton returns to Singapore
Throughout the last two weeks of October, Andrew Litton visited Singapore to conduct a recording and performance project with the Singapore Symphony and soloist Chloë Hanslip. The two concerts in the Esplanade Concert Hall featured Tchikovsky’s 4 & 6th Symphonies as well as lesser-known violin concertos by 20th-century American composers, Robert Russell Bennett and Vernon…Read more ›
Happy Birthday to The Tallis Scholars
50 years ago on the 3 November 1973 a choral ensemble was born. A twenty-year-old Peter Phillips, a student at Oxford, had an idea of a sound in his head that he thought would suit the Renaissance sacred polyphony that he heard regularly sung in chapel. He has spent the last 50 years honing that…Read more ›
Trondheim to Adelaide! Marwood sets off on Australian Tour
It’s been a busy start to the 2023/24 season for Anthony Marwood. At the end of September Anthony chaired the jury of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition in which the Canadian, Rilian Trio secured the top prize. This was followed by a visit to Quebec City and Montreal to direct Les Violons Du Roy…Read more ›
Julian Bliss’ mini-residency in Liverpool
Julian Bliss is currently in Liverpool for three days of performances and workshops. In the first performance, on Thursday 26th October, he performs perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Chief Conductor Domingo Hindoyan. The following evening he is joined by British pianist James Baillieu for a clarinet and piano…Read more ›