Jonathon Heyward Embarks on US Summer Tour
This weekend, Jonathon Heyward returns to Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center for two concerts on the 5 and 6 August, ahead of his 3-year tenure as Music Director beginning next season. The programme features Jessie Montgomery’s Records of a Vanishing...
Stream Vladislav Sulimsky’s Powerful Performance as Macbeth from the 2023 Salzburg Festival
Vladislav Sulimsky’s acclaimed performance as Macbeth in Krzysztof Warlikowski’s production at the 2023 Salzburg Festival is available now to stream in full on Arte. Conducted by Philippe Jordan, and co-starring Asmik Grigorian as Lady Macbeth, Jonathan Tetelman...
LIO KUOKMAN NAMED MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR OF MACAO ORCHESTRA
Lio Kuokman is named the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Macao Orchestra. He will begin his initial 3-year tenure from the 2023/24 season. A native of Macao, Lio and the orchestra share a fruitful history as he currently serves as the Orchestra’s...
Roberto González-Monjas Conducts at the Salzburg Festival
Roberto González-Monjas conducts the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg at the Salzburg Festival 27 July. This marks the first collaboration between the conductor and Orchestra since his announcement as its next Chief Conductor, beginning in the 2024/25 season. The...
IMG ARTISTS WELCOMES DRAMATIC SOPRANO AILE ASSZONYI TO ITS ROSTER FOR GENERAL MANAGEMENT
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome the celebrated Estonian dramatic Soprano Aile Asszonyi to its roster for General Management. She will be represented by EVP – Global Head of Vocal Matthew A. Horner from the company’s New York headquarters. The “sublime” (BR...
IMG Artists Welcomes Soprano Patricia Westley and Tenor Joshua Sanders to its Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome soprano Patricia Westley and tenor Joshua Sanders to its roster for General Management. They will be represented by Devere Burnett from the New York office. New Zealand-American soprano Patricia Westley is praised by the San...
James Baillieu Appointed Senior Professor at the Royal Academy of Music
World-leading song and chamber pianist and Academy alumnus James Baillieu has been appointed as Senior Professor in Ensemble Piano at the Royal Academy of Music, starting September 2023. Baillieu will direct a curricular revision of the postgraduate programme for...
Elias Grandy Makes His Utah Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra Debuts
After successful concerts in Japan with the Kyoto Symphony and Sapporo Symphony, Elias Grandy embarks to the US for his debuts with Utah Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. On the 12 July he will conduct the Utah Symphony in a programme of Ravel's Le Tombeau de...
Marianne Crebassa Triumphs as Woman in the World Premiere of Benjamin and Crimp’s Picture a Day Live This at Festival d’Aix-enProvence
Marianne Crebassa has earned tremendous acclaim for the “heart-rending directness and vitality” (Financial Times) in her “magnificently poignant” (Scene Web) performance as Woman in the world premiere of Sir George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's Picture a Day Like This...
The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Announce 17-Date UK Tour in 2023
The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (NSOU), recognised as one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe, has announced it will return to the UK for the first time in over 20 years next autumn, with a rich programme featuring Ukrainian composer...
MILOŠ Launches A New Era With New Album “Baroque” On Sony Classical
MILOŠ – the superstar musician who has led today’s classical guitar revival, begins a new era in his exceptional career with a debut album for Sony Classical. Titled simply Baroque, the album presents MILOŠ’ carefully curated selection of baroque works especially...
Celebrate Independence Day with Renée Fleming Live on PBS July 4!
Renée Fleming stars in A Capitol Fourth: America’s National Independence Day Celebration on PBS. The concert, hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, honors the United States’ birthday with an all-star tribute live from Washington, D.C. This top-rated extravaganza features...
Marcus Bosch Conducts Verdi’s Cycle at Opernfestspiele Heidenheim
Marcus Bosch, artistic director of the Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, will conduct new productions of Verdi’s Don Carlo and Giovanna d’arco at the Opernfestspiele Heidenheim 2023. Don Carlo with the Stuttarter Philharmoniker in the pit will premiere on the 7th July and...
“All’s Right with the World” Mitsuko Uchida and Mahler Chamber Orchestra Magnificent at Royal Festival Hall
Mitsuko Uchida has been named as Music Director for the 2024 Ojai Music Festival, June 6 to 9, 2024. The Festival selects a new Music Director each year to ensure vitality and diversity in programming across the festivals. Ms Uchida has a long-association with the...
Oliver Johnston Stars in The Bartered Bride at Garsington Opera
This Friday (30 June), tenor Oliver Johnston returns to Garsington Opera as ‘Jeník’ in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride. The opera will run until the 23 July at the annual summer festival. More information and tickets are available here. Highlights of Johnston’s 2022/23...
Andrey Boreyko Conducts ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien at Ravello Festival
Andrey Boreyko returns to ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, conducting a Wagner programme at the Ravello Festival in Italy on Sunday 2 July 20:00 at Belvedere of Villa Rufolo. The symphonic programme features Overtures to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Rienzi,...
Julia Fischer: Soloist at this year’s Nobel Prize Concert
Julia Fischer will perform as soloist at this year's Nobel Prize Concert at Konserthuset Stockholm, Nobel Prize Outreach has announced today. The concert on 8th December 2023 in honour of the Nobel Prize laureates will also mark Ms Fischer's debut with the Royal...
Roberto González-Monjas Makes his Debut with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
This weekend, Roberto González-Monjas makes his debut with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in two concerts on the 1st and 2nd July. Roberto will conduct the orchestra in an exhilarating programme of Mozart, featuring Sonata da Chiesa K. 278 and K.279, Chaconne and Pas...
Kunal Lahiry Presents Bristol’s Queer SongFest
Curated by pianist Kunal Lahiry, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3 and Bristol Pride, Queer SongFest is a concert series being performed at St George’s Bristol from the 29 – 30 June, created to make classical music accessible for the LGBTQ community in Bristol and...
Kunal Lahiry Presents Bristol’s Queer SongFest
Curated by pianist Kunal Lahiry, in collaboration with BBC Radio 3 and Bristol Pride, Queer SongFest is a concert series being performed at St George’s Bristol from the 29 – 30 June, created to make classical music accessible for the LGBTQ community in Bristol and...
Calidore String Quartet Returns to Ravinia with Beethoven
The Calidore String Quartet will perform at the Ravinia Festival this week on Thursday, June 29 at 7:30pm. They return after their debut appearance at the Festival, in which they joined the Emerson Quartet in a performance of the Mendelssohn Octet. Their program this...