Glowing Reviews Following Xian Zhang’s Returns to Seattle Symphony & National Symphony Orchestra DC
On 04-06 April, Xian Zhang returned to Seattle Symphony, conducting Copland’s Appalachian Spring, preceded by Dorothy Chang’s Northern Star and Korngold’s Violin Concerto with Ray Chen. The following week, Xian returned to National Symphony Orchestra in DC, with whom...
Jonathan Brandani Makes His Wagnerian Debut Conducting Das Rheingold at the Calgary Opera
On the 20 April 2024, Jonathan Brandani, at the helm of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, made his Wagnerian debut conducting a sensational production of Das Rheingold for Calgary Opera. After the great success of opening night, Kenneth DeLong from Calgary Herald...
Angus Webster Returns to Ulster Orchestra for a Subscription Concert
Since his hugely successful debut in 2022, British conductor Angus Webster has returned to Ulster Orchestra several times within their BBC Radio 3 series. His relationship with the orchestra continues to strengthen as he returns for his subscription season debut on 26...
Juanjo Mena Returns to the Berlin Philharmonic in 2024/25
Juanjo Mena will return to the Berlin Philharmonic in September 2024 to conduct a programme of French music, featuring Ravel’s complete ballet Daphnis et Chloé, Germaine Tailleferre’s Harp Concerto with the Orchestra’s Principal Harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet, and...
Franz Welser-Möst Awarded Honorary Membership by the Vienna Philharmonic
The Vienna Philharmonic is pleased to announce that it has awarded honorary membership to Franz Welser-Möst. Daniel Froschauer, Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, said, "The artistic collaboration with Franz Welser-Möst began in 1998. Since then, he has led the...
Julia Fischer Awarded the 2024 Rheingau Music Prize
Violinist Julia Fischer has been awarded the 2024 Rheingau Music Prize. Since 1994, prizes have been awarded to renowned artists, composers and musicologists or musical institutions in recognition of their extraordinary contribution to music. The award is endowed with...
Ana María Patiño-Osorio Wins 3 Prizes at the 2024 Malko Competition
Conductor Ana María Patiño-Osorio has triumphed at the 2024 Malko Competition winning Second Prize, the Audience Prize and the Youth Jury Prize at the prestigious competition. The finals saw Ana María conduct the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in the 1st movement...
Calidore String Quartet Wins BBC Music Magazine’s 2024 Chamber Award for Beethoven: The Late Quartets
The Calidore String Quartet is the recipient of the BBC Music Magazine 2024 Chamber Award for their recording of The Late Quartets of Beethoven. The three-disc set of Beethoven’s Quartets Nos. 12-16, released in February 2023 on Signum Classics, was lauded by BBC...
Decca Classics Celebrates Yunchan Lim’s Chopin: Études with Listening Party – Friday, 19 April
Yunchan Lim’s Decca Classics debut, Chopin: Études, is available worldwide from Friday, 19 April. The hotly anticipated recording will be unveiled during a listening party on release day at 8am ET / 1pm BST / 9pm KST. To receive the link, sign up for Yunchan Lim’s...
Case Scaglione Makes His Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Debut
Case Scaglione makes his debut with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, in two concerts at SR Berwaldhallen, Stockholm on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 April 2024. Scaglione leads the Orchestra, as well as the Swedish Radio Choir and soloists Julia Kleiter, Katija...
IMG ARTISTS AND TACT ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Two of the world’s leading artists’ agencies, IMG Artists and TACT Artists Management, today announce a strategic alliance that will involve their vocal departments working together to pool expertise and resources. Representing some of the great vocal talent of our...
IMG Artists Welcomes Conductor Alena Hron to our Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome conductor Alena Hron to our roster for worldwide general management. She will be represented by Senior Vice President Linda Petrikova. Alena Hron: "It is a great joy and honour at the same time! I look forward to everything that...
Roberto González-Monjas Returns to Opéra National de Bordeaux to Conduct La Bohème
Roberto González-Monjas makes his much-anticipated return to Opéra National de Bordeaux to conduct the Emmanuelle Bastet production of Puccini’s La Bohème. The production stars Juliana Grigoryan as Mimì, Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rodolfo, Thomas Dolié as Marcello,...
Juanjo Mena Returns to the New York Philharmonic in a Programme Featuring Ginastera’s Rarely Played Violin Concerto
Juanjo Mena will return to conduct the New York Philharmonic in April, in a colorful Spanish and Hispanic inspired program featuring Ginastera’s fiery Violin Concerto, played by Hilary Hahn. These concerts follow Mena and Hahn’s recent collaboration with the...
Mezzo-Soprano Fleur Barron Curates OSPAFEST: EAST/WEST With Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias
The Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado del Asturias recreates the influences of East and West in its second OSPAFest, one of the projects initiated by Chief Conductor Nuno Coelho, with the programme curated by IMG Artists mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, with four concerts...
Sir Antonio Pappano and “Innocence” Win at the 2024 Laurence Olivier Awards
Sir Antonio Pappano received the 2024 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. He was honoured for his work as Music Director of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Pappano also shares in the Best New Opera Production award for Simon Stone’s...
Kirill Gerstein Releases Music in Time of War: Debussy / Komitas
Music in Time of War, the new double-album from pianist Kirill Gerstein, places the music of Komitas, pioneer of ethnomusicology and founder of the Armenian national school of music, alongside that of Claude Debussy, a seminal composer in the late 19th and early 20th...
Joshua Bell Extends Tenure as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
It was announced today that Joshua Bell has extended his contract as Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) for a further four seasons through August 2028, reasserting his commitment to the orchestra he has led since 2011. The announcement...
“Natalia Ponomarchuk is one of the Great Ukrainian Conductors” Read the Feature in The New Statesman
Conductor Natalia Ponomarchuk recently sat with Edward Docx to discuss her life and music since leaving Ukraine for a powerful feature interview in The New Statesman. Docx reports: “Ponomarchuk is one of the great Ukrainian conductors. In 2001 she was named an...
Daniel Luis De Vicente Makes His Wiener Staatsoper Debut as Simon Boccanegra
Baritone Daniel Luis De Vicente makes his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as the title role of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, under the baton of Marco Armiliato on Thursday 11 April 2024. More information and tickets are available here. Daniel's recent debuts include at the...
Christian Li Debuts with the Macao Orchestra
Violinist Christian Li makes his debut with the Macao Orchestra under the baton of Lio Kuokman on Saturday 13 April 2024 at Macao’s Cultural Centre. Li will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, with the programme also featuring Stacy...