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Conductor Xian Zhang leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales’ first ever tour of China

Dec 7, 2018

Beginning with two concerts in Beijing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (15 & 16 Dec), this landmark tour consists of further performances in Changsha (18 Dec), Wuhan (19 Dec), before concluding in a joint performance alongside players from the local...

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider named Music Director of Orchestre national de Lyon

Dec 3, 2018

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider will assume the position of Music Director of Orchestre national de Lyon in September 2020 for an initial contract of four years. He succeeds Leonard Slatkin, Music Director from 2011 – 2017 who now holds the title of Honorary Conductor. The...

Jessica Cottis to make debut with the LA Philharmonic

Nov 20, 2018

Jessica Cottis will make her LA Philharmonic debut this weekend for three concerts which have topped The 'Don't Miss' List from the LA Downtown News, in a programme celebrating the music of legendary director Stanley Kubrick. Ms Cottis will conduct a selection of...

Nemanja Radulović’s Baïka Tops France’s FNAC Classical Chart

Nov 20, 2018

Violinist Nemanja Radulović's latest recording on Deutsche Grammophon, Baïka, has topped the iTunes and French FNAC Classical charts. This Oriental album includes a newly arranged “Scheherezade” as well as Khachaturian‘s highly virtuosic violin concerto. Nemanja’s a...

Pablo González Appointed Principal Conductor of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Adviser to the Orchestra and Choir

Nov 16, 2018

Conductor Pablo González has been named the new Principal Conductor of the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (RTVE Symphony Orchestra) and Artistic Adviser to the Orchestra and Choir. Mr González, who already works as an artistic consultant in the...

Michael Sanderling to make Orchestre de Paris debut

Nov 13, 2018

Michael Sanderling makes his debut with Orchestre de Paris on Thursday 15 November, where he conducts Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Frank Martin’s Six Monologues of Jedermann with Matthias Goerne, and Liszt’s Dante Symphony in the Philharmonie. This season opened with...

Renée Fleming Stars in London Premiere Production of The Light in the Piazza From June 2019

Nov 12, 2018

Renée Fleming Stars in London Production of The Light in the Piazza From June 2019 Renée Fleming will headline the London premiere production of The Light in the Piazza from June 2019. Ms Fleming, who earned a Tony Award nomination for her Broadway musical debut in...

Violins of Hope: Michael Sanderling and the Dresden Philharmonic Perform Commemorative Concert Tonight

Nov 8, 2018

On the occasion of the commemoration of the Pogrom Night on November 9, 1938, in which the Dresden Synagogue was set on fire, musicians of the Dresden Philharmonic under their Chief Conductor Michael Sanderling will tonight perform a very special concert in the...

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