Luka Faulisi Wins Acclaim Following The Release Of His Debut Album ‘Aria’
Violinist Luka Faulisi has received high praise following the release of his debut album Aria by Sony Classical in March 2023. Attila Csampai from Rondo Magazine wrote, “The Italian-Serbian-French virtuoso Luka Faulisi, who was only 20 years old (at the time of the...
Lio Kuokman Makes Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Debut on 31 March
Conductor Lio Kuokman makes his Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo debut on 31 March. The scintillating programme features the world premiere and festival commission Antigone by François Meïmoun with text by Géraldine Aïdan, Charles Ives’ The Unanswered...
GLOWING REVIEWS FOR ANDREY BOREYKO & LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Andrey Boreyko and the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir received glowing reviews for their performance at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre on 18 March 2023. The programme featured the UK premiere of Ukrainian composer Victoria Vita Polevá’s Nova, the...
Roberto González Monjas Named Next Chief Conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Roberto González-Monjas is named the next Chief Conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. His tenure begins in the 2024/25 season. A frequent collaborator of the Mozarteumorchester since 2019, the Spanish 35-year-old has worked with the orchestra not only as a...
Frank Dupree Named Next Artistic Partner of WKO
Conductor and Pianist Frank Dupree is named the next Artistic Partner of Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (WKO). The appointment was announced by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and made on the initiative of WKO Managing Director Rainer Neumann, in...
Bass-Baritone Christian Simmons Triumphant at the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition
Bass-baritone Christian Simmons is a Grand Finals Winner of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, honoured with the Noreen Zimmerman Award. He captured his victory with stunning performances of "Non più andrai" from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and "Ves'...
Watch Renée Fleming, Denyce Graves and Kyle Ketelsen in “The Hours” on PBS from March 17
Renée Fleming stars as Clarissa Vaughan in Great Performances at The Met: The Hours, premiering on PBS (check local listings) on Friday, March 17 9:00 PM. She is joined by Denyce Graves as Sally and Kyle Ketelsen as Richard in the Phelim McDermott production of...
Joana Carneiro Makes Opéra national de Paris Debut 17 – 30 March
Joana Carneiro makes her much-anticipated debut with Opéra national de Paris, conducting Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber’s ballet, Pit. With a modern and figurative stage set, intertwining Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with a musical creation by Celeste Oram, Pit takes...
Jakub Hrůša Honoured to Perform at the Inauguration of President Petr Pavel
Principal Guest Conductor Jakub Hrůša led the Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and bass-baritone Adam Plachetka at the inauguration of the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel. The ceremony was held at St...
Yeol Eum Son Releases “Profound” Mozart: The Complete Sonatas as Naïve Classics Debut
Pianist Yeol Eum Son makes her debut on Naïve with a stunning box-set of Mozart’s Complete Piano Sonatas on 17 March. Yeol Eum Son immerses herself in the limitless whimsical imagination of Mozart’s sonatas, and with this complete collection takes us on a voyage in a...
Andrey Boreyko Returns to London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko returns to the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a subscription concert at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre on Saturday 18 March 2023, 19:30. The programme features the UK premiere of Ukrainian composer Victoria Vita Polevá’s Nova, and the world...
Ute Lemper’s New Album,“Time Traveller”, Out Now
The iconic Ute Lemper releases her new recording, Time Traveller, 31 March. The album, an homage to life and growing older, features ten songs written by Ute and co-produced with her partner Todd Turkisher. Ute writes: “We roam through the mysteries of life and earth,...
Kunal Lahiry’s EP “Unsung” with Sophie Kauer Available 17 March on Deutsche Grammophon
Pianist Kunal Lahiry’s new EP with cellist Sophie Kauer, Unsung will be released on Deutsche Grammophon on 17 March. Lahiry partners Kauer, a breakout star from the Academy Award-nominated TÁR. The EP’s first e-single, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances Op. 22 is...
Emerson String Quartet Continues Farewell Season: European Tour 12 – 30 March
The illustrious Emerson String Quartet continues its Farewell Season on tour throughout Europe 12 – 30 March. For more than four decades, “America’s Greatest Quartet” (Time Magazine) have earned a multitude of admirers through thousands of concerts around the world,...
Anthony Gabriele Renews Collaboration with Ronan Keating, at London’s Royal Albert Hall in March 2023
IMG Artists is excited to announce that maestro Anthony Gabriele and Ronan Keating will once again perform Ronan Keating Live at the Symphony with the Switzerland-based City Light Symphony Orchestra, with performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Lucerne’s KKL...
‘Magnificent’ Soprano Claire Booth Steals The Show At London Handel Festival
Director Adele Thomas’s staged performances last week of four Handel cantatas at London’s Stone Nest for the London Handel Festival were capped by mercurial British soprano Claire Booth’s “unforgettable” portrayal of the death-bound Agrippina, with critics reaching...
Giordano Bellincampi Triumphs in Completion of Auckland Beethoven Cycle
Italian Maestro Giordano Bellincampi finally brought his Auckland Philharmonia to the much-anticipated finale of their cycle of Beethoven symphonies, planned for the Beethoven 250th anniversary year in 2020, but cruelly cut short by the Covid pandemic. In an interview...
Sony Classical Releases Luka Faulisi’s Debut Album ‘Aria’
Violinist Luka Faulisi’s debut album Aria is available now on Sony Classical. Enhancing operatic melodies with violinistic fireworks, the recording presents arias and scenes arranged for violin and piano by some of the great violinist-composers of the past, and...
Tessa Lark Gives UK Premier of Borisova-Ollas’ A Portrait of a Lady by Swan Lake on 3 March at the Barbican
Violinist Tessa Lark embarks on an enchanted journey with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Clemens Schuldt, performing the UK premiere of Victoria Borisova-Ollas’ A Portrait of a Lady by Swan Lake. The concert, at London’s The Barbican on Friday, 3 March, also...
Congratulations to our Les Victoires de la Musique Classique 2023 Winners!
IMG Artists would like to congratulate Alexandra Marcellier, Christian Immler and Stéphane Degout for winning awards at this years Les Victoires de la Musique Classique! The awards ceremony was held last night (1 March) at Dijon Opera in France. Alexandra Marcellier...
IMG Artists Welcomes Heldentenor Brenden Gunnell to its Roster for General Management
IMG Artists is delighted to welcome heldentenor Brenden Gunnell to its roster for General Management. He will be represented by Isabella Pitman from the London office. The much sought-after Brenden Gunnell is renowned in opera and in concert. Born in the USA, he has...