News
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'...
IMG Artists and Soundforms Announce New Representation Partnership
IMG Artists and Soundforms, the award-winning company that produces state of- the-art stages for open-air performances, today announce a new representation partnership. IMGA joins a world-class consortium of companies, including ES Global, Flanagan Lawrence, ARUP...
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...
The 2023 BBC Proms are Announced!
The 2023 BBC Proms, “the world’s greatest classical music festival”, return with 71 concerts throughout the UK from 14 July through The Last Night of the Proms celebration, featuring cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, on 9 September. Conductors Semyon Bychkov, Vladimir...
Stéphane Denève Conducts “Thrilling and Diverse” Debut as New World Symphony’s Artistic Director
Stéphane Denève has won critical acclaim for his first concert with Miami’s New World Symphony as their new Artistic Director. The celebration of his new role with ‘America’s Orchestral Academy’ took place at the New World Center on 8th April, with a programme...
Lio Kuokman Makes Orchestre National d’ile de France Debut 19 April
Lio Kuokman makes his debut with the Orchestre National d’ile de France at Philharmonie de Paris on Wednesday, 19 April. He will conduct a lyrical programme featuring Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 (with soloist Jonathan Fournel), Strauss’s Rosenkavalier Suite and...
Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic Release Mahler’s Symphony No. 2
After critically-acclaimed recordings of Mahler’s Fourth and Fifth Symphony, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic continue their Pentatone Mahler cycle with a rendition of the composer’s Second, nicknamed The Resurrection. Mahler’s Second Symphony is a deeply...
Yunchan Lim’s April 2023 US Tour Is Cancelled
Yunchan Lim deeply regrets that his April 2023 U.S. tour dates will have to be canceled. He has been diagnosed with a serious ear infection that will prevent him from traveling for the next two weeks, per his doctor’s orders. He was greatly looking forward to the warm...