2017 – 2018 Season Tours
Orchestral Touring
Orchestral touring is a core activity at IMG Artists, strongly supported by the company’s vast industry relationships and experience. IMG Artists manages over forty touring projects per season throughout the world, each one tailored to the needs of the orchestras, the artists and the promoters. Within the Tours Division, a flexible development team creates and manages projects and special event opportunities in this widening field of classical entertainment.
September
Gürzenich Orchestra
Dates: 2 – 19 September 2017
Region: South America
Conductor: Francois Xavier Roth
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia
Dates: 17 – 23 September 2017
Region: Europe
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
October
Basel Symphony Orchestra
Dates: 5 – 10 October 2017
Region: UK
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Soloist: Sol Gabetta (cello), Oliver Schnyder (piano)
St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Dates: 10 – 29 October 2017
Region: UK
Conductor: Alan Buribayev, Alexander Dmitriev, Vladimir Altschuler
Soloist: Peter Donohoe (piano), Tim Hugh (cello), John Lill (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Dates: 30 October – 5 November 2017
Region: Europe
Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard
Soloist: Nicolaj Znaider
November
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Dates: 3 – 19 November 2017
Region: Europe
Conductor: Richard Tognhetti
Brussels Philharmonic
Dates: 8 – 12 November 2017
Region: UK
Conductor: Stéphane Denève
Soloist: Nikolaj Znaider
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia
Dates: 10 – 18 November 2017
Region: Europe
Conductor: Michail Jurowski
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Dates: 17 – 21 November 2017
Region: UK
Conductor: Heinz Holliger
Soloist: Stephen Hough (piano)
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Dates: 24 – 27 November 2017
Region: Europe
Director: Andrew Manze
Soloists: Igor Levit and Lars Vogt (piano)
January
February
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Dates: 8 – 19 February 2018
Region: UK
Soloist: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Russian State Philharmonic
Dates: 25 February – 11 March 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Valery Polyansky
Soloists: Valentina Lisitsa (piano), Tatiana Polyanskaya (piano), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Hye Jin Kim (piano)
March
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia
Dates: 2 – 16 March 2018
Region: Asia
Conductor: Kristjan Järvi
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Dates: 5 – 19 March 2018
Region: Europe
Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Soloist: Hilary Hahn
SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart
Dates: 14 – 16 March 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
Soloist: Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Dates: March – April 2018
Region: UK
Directors: Eva Stegemann & Hans-Peter Hofman
Soloists: Martin Roscoe & Nikolai Demidenko
April – June
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Dates: 13 – 23 April 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Libor Pesek, Petr Altrichter and Heiko Matthias Forster
Soloists: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), John Lill (piano)
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Dates: 28 April – 7 May 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Markus Poschner
Chorus: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Dresden Philharmonic
Dates: 15 – 28 May 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Michael Sanderling
Soloists: Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Jennifer Pike (violin)
Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Dates: 16 – 18 May 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Jan Latham Koenig
Soloist: TBC
Brussels Philharmonic
Dates: 24 – 27 May 2018
Region: UK
Conductor: Stéphane Denève
Soloist: James Ehnes (violin)
Würth Philharmonic Orchestra
Dates: 2 – 12 June 2018
Conductors: Maxim Vengerov & Stamatia Karampini