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 ›

Benjamin’s Summer of Festivals

An exciting summer awaits Benjamin Grosvenor who this week performs at the Blossom Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra in Liszt’s Piano Concerto no.1, conducted by Elim Chan on Saturday 9 July. After Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4 as a special performance on the Isle of Man with the Hallé Orchestra on 23 July conducted by…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 ›

Grant Llewellyn doubly honoured with prizes from the Syndicat Français de la Critique

Many congratulations to Grant Llewellyn and all the team at the Opéra de Rennes on receiving the Claude Rostand prize from the Syndicat Français de la Critique for best opera outside of Paris (meilleur spectacle lyrique en régions); this was awarded for Mathieu Bauer’s production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress in March this year. Furthermore,…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

Grant Llewellyn with Renée Fleming in North Carolina

Music Director Laureate of the North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn returns after a 3-year break due to the pandemic for a special one-night-only event with Renée Fleming on the 90th anniversary of the Symphony’s very first concert, before conducting two performances of Beethoven’s epic Symphony No.9 in June.

‘Breathtaking’ music-making in Munich

Congratulations to Hyeyoon Park and Benjamin Grosvenor for a wonderful week in Munich! The duo gave a recital on Tuesday evening at the Allerheiligen-Hofkirche which received the highest praise from Suddeutsche Zeitung – describing their partnership as at the ‘highest quality in every respect’. Tomorrow (Saturday 14th), Benjamin opens the Berliner Klavier Festival at the…Read more ›

Alpesh Chauhan: Associazione Nazionale Critici Musicali award

Warm congratulations to British conductor Alpesh Chauhan on receiving the prestigious Conductor Award from the Italian National Association of Music Critics for ‘Miglior Direttore’ for concerts across 2021. The award singled out his work with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestra della Toscana and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. On receiving the…Read more ›