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Watch Artist-in-Residence Frank Dupree in Concert at the 2021 Kurt Weill Festival 27 February
Frank Dupree is Artist-in-Residence for the 2021 Kurt Weill Festival. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the first part of the festival, from 26 February – 2 March, will be available to watch online. The programme for the Festival’s Part II, which runs from 27 August – 5...
Watch: Mihhail Gerts Jumps in to Conduct OSCyL on Friday, 26 February
Mihhail Gerts will jump in to conduct Orchestra of Castilla y León (OSCyL) on Friday, 26 February. He replaces Andrew Gourlay, who has withdrawn due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Gerts will conduct Mahler’s Symphony NO. 5, the scheduled subscription programme. The...
Watch: “Bright Rising Star” Conductor Jonathon Heyward Returns to Seattle Symphony & Makes San Antonio Symphony Debut
2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor of the Year nominee, Jonathon Heyward, returns to the US for two thrilling engagements. On 25 February, he once again takes to the Seattle Symphony podium to give the US premier of Hannah Kendall’s Kanashibari. The programme...
Watch the Premiere of Joshua Hopkins Epic “Songs for Murdered Sisters” Friday, February 19
After his sister Nathalie was brutally murdered by an ex-boyfriend in 2015, baritone Joshua Hopkins became determined to wake people up to the massive worldwide epidemic of gender-based violence – and their part in it. His call to action was answered by two celebrated...
Watch Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s Debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Livestream 18 February
Sheku Kanneh-Mason will make his Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra debut on Thursday, 18 February. He will perform Dvořák’s passionate Cello Concerto, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann. The concert, which also features Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, will be streamed...
lsata Kanneh-Mason Receives the Leonard Bernstein Award
She worships both Clara Schumann and Beyoncé: British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is conquering the world's stages with a mélange of gossamer poetry and powerful performance - now she is being honored with the Leonard Bernstein Award 2021. For Isata Kanneh-Mason, music...
The Swingles Release “Snapshots, Vol. II” on Friday, 5 February
The Grammy® award winning The Swingles lifted the spirits of their Patreon #SwinglesSquad throughout 2020 with their celebrated ”stunning reinventions” (The Guardian) of beautiful songs. Now, the ensemble, called, “one of the best close harmony groups in the world” by...
Watch Roberto González-Monjas’ Debut with Orchestre national d’Île-de-France on 13 February
Roberto González-Monjas will make his debut with Orchestre national d'Île-de-France on Friday, 5th February. He will both conduct the orchestra and perform as the evening’s soloist on Hartmann’s Concerto Funèbre pour Violin. The programme also includes Kraus’...