Andrew Litton returns to Adelaide Symphony

American conductor, Andrew Litton has returned to Australia this week to lead the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in three performances in Adelaide Town Hall. Following on from Andew’s last visit to Adelaide in May 2023, in which he led a series of Rachmaninov’s four piano concerti with soloist Stephen Hough, the three performances this June will…Read more ›

Grant Llewellyn: Celtic Beethoven on Stage+

Last summer, Festival Saint-Denis in Paris celebrated Beethoven’s Celtic songs in a concert which will be released on Stage+ on Saturday 22nd June at 7pm (BST). Bryn Terfel and Carlos Núñez joined the Orchestre National de Bretagne and Grant Llewellyn for a special exploration of Beethoven’s arrangements of Scottish, Irish and Welsh folk songs. The…Read more ›

Recent releases from JBM artists

Over the last few weeks, album releases have come thick and fast with exciting additions to the discographies of several JBM artists. Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor joined forces with fellow celebrated artists Nicola Benedetti and Sheku Kanneh-Mason for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto alongside folk song settings with baritone Gerald Finley released on Decca Classics. “As rivals, Benedetti,…Read more ›

Christopher Moulds returns to San Francisco Opera

Christopher Moulds has been in San Francisco for the last month in rehearsals conducting Handel’s Partenope with the San Francisco Opera, directed by Christopher Alden. Love is a battlefield in Christopher Alden’s Olivier award-winning production, a laugh-out-loud comedy of romance and rejection, set to some of George Frideric Handel’s most masterful music. Opening night is…Read more ›

Karl-Heinz Steffens receives glowing reviews after New Zealand debut

This time last month, Karl-Heinz Steffens had just returned from his triumphant debut in New Zealand, after stepping in at short notice to conduct the Auckland Philharmonia in a programme of Bach and Bruckner. The performance on the 2nd of May at Auckland Town Hall opened with J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concertos No.5, BWV 1056 &…Read more ›

Llewellyn: Sensory Friendly concert in North Carolina

On Saturday 1st June, Music Director Laureate Grant Llewellyn returns for his second sensory-friendly concert with North Carolina Symphony. This concert experience is welcoming to all families – it is specially designed for those with autism, sensory and communication impairments, and learning disabilities and includes repertoire such as Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Offenbach’s Can-Can. Grant…Read more ›

Laura van der Heijden’s debut concerto album release on Chandos Records

Released today is cellist Laura van der Heijden’s debut concerto album on Chandos Records; the most recent in her rapidly growing discography. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth, Laura presents the premiere recording of Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Cello Concerto “Earth, Sea, Air” having premiered the work with them in 2023. Written for van…Read more ›

World Premiere of Izcaray’s ‘Exultate’ in Paris

On the 21st May, the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France (ONDIF) will give the world premiere of Carlos Izcaray’s ‘Exultate’ in the Grande Salle of the Philharmonie de Paris, conducted by Music Director, Case Scaglione. Commissioned by ONDIF to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Orchestra, Izcaray composed the work between the autumn of 2023 and February…Read more ›

Valo Quartet makes Finnish Debut

On Sunday 19th May, the Valo Quartet reunited to make its Finnish debut, closing the Helsinki Seriös 23-24 season performing a programme of Haydn, Szymanowski and Korngold in the Sibelius Academy Concert Hall. Violinists Maria Włoszczowska and Tim Crawford stayed on until Monday 20th May to lead masterclasses with students of the Sibelius Academy. Next…Read more ›