Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason’s profound performance of Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto was “the undoubted highlight” (The Arts Desk) of the wildly acclaimed First Night of the Proms concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The Arts Desk’s Rachel Halliburton raves, “From...
Alena Hron makes her US debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on 25th July. She will conduct George Walker’s Icarus in Orbit at the 3,350-capacity Pavilion at the Ravinia Festival, the orchestra’s annual summer residency. She shares the stage with Marin Alsop,...
Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered, featuring Joshua Bell, is available from July 2024 on Pentatone. This important new album showcases the glowing, cinematic violin and cello concertos of Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann. Bell recorded the Violin Concerto in Warsaw...
Lio Kuokman and RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra have announced Kuokman’s inaugural season as Chief Conductor. During 2024/25 season, he will lead the orchestra in four of its dynamic Kromatika (Chromatics) series. Kuokman said: “I look very much forward to the...
To mark the 200th anniversary of Smetana’s birth, Alena Hron will open this year’s Festival Krumlov on 12 July, conducting a unique staging of Smetana’s Ma vlast with the Janáček Philharmonic, joined on stage by ballet ensemble Les Ballets Bubeníček. The open-air...
Case Scaglione celebrates the end of his successful six-year tenure as Chief Conductor of the Württembergisches Kammerorchester in concert on 5 July. The outdoor concert at Kiliansplatz in Heilbronn, Germany, will feature selections from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, K.527...