Bamert conducts Sapporo Symphony's 60th Anniversary concert, extends contract
Matthias Bamert opened the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra's 2021/22 Season with their 60th Anniversary concert, broadcast by NHK. Bamert recently extended his contract as Chief Conductor of the SSO until Spring 2024.
Weinberg Premiere
in Wien
Thomas Sanderling conducted the Austrian premiere performances of Mieczysław Weinberg's final opera The Idiot at the Theater an der Wien with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in April and May 2023.
Sanderling's Russian
Spring
Thomas Sanderling conducted three prestigious concerts in Russia this Spring: the Opening Concert of the Russian National Orchestra's 30th Anniversary Season at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall; Shostakovich 11 with his Novosibirsk Philharmonic at the new Zaryadye Hall in Moscow as part of their Shostakovich Festival; and an all-Brahms programme at the Trans-Siberian Arts Festival with soloist Nikolai Lugansky.
Nicholas Cleobury - Midsummer in Munich
Nicholas Cleobury conducts a programme of British classics with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in Munich on 16 June. He returns to work with the Orchestra for an exciting contemporary recording project in 2022.
ASM new artists: Nigel Kennedy and Nicholas Cleobury
ASM is delighted to welcome Nigel Kennedy (for classical bookings in association with AEP) and Nicholas Cleobury (for General Management) to its roster. Kennedy's exciting new projects include the Beethoven Violin Concerto and his own new Für Ludwig Van Concerto for the 22/23 season, and a special birthday programme - When I'm 64 - for 2021. Cleobury is back in the UK after a successful tenure in Brisbane, and looks forward to upcoming engagements including concerts with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester.
Woods studio news
Kenneth Woods has been busy in the studio - his recording of Matthew Taylor's 4th and 5th symphonies with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and ESO for Nimbus Records will be released worldwide on 6 November 2020; his brand new recording of Stravinsky with BBC NOW will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in October.
ASM new artists: Nigel Kennedy and Nicholas Cleobury
ASM is delighted to welcome Nigel Kennedy (for classical bookings in association with AEP) and Nicholas Cleobury (for General Management) to its roster. Kennedy's exciting new projects include the Beethoven Violin Concerto and his own new Concerto for the 20/21 season, and the complete Bach Violin Concerti from 2021. Cleobury returns to the UK after a successful tenure in Brisbane, and looks forward to engagements in 19/20 including Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream in Munich in March.
MPQ's latest release - of the beautiful Fauré piano quartets - has received an excellent review in CLASSIC: aktuell -
"Gabriel Fauré has frequently been termed “the father of Impressionism.” Why this is so is rendered very apparent on this state-of-the-art CD featuring interpretations of his two Piano Quartets by the superb Mozart Piano Quartet. With great virtuosity, a fine sense of sound, and an intelligent command of the complex overall structure, the four instrumentalists brighten the performance skies with their musical fireworks."
Upcoming highlights for the 2018 Opus Klassik Award-winning MPQ include performances of a major new Beethoven-inspired commission for Beethoven 250, an exciting Penderecki Sextet USA tour with special guests, concerts in Amsterdam and Oxford, and the recording of the Fauré piano quintets.
From Russia With Love: Thomas Sanderling and his Novosibirsk Philharmonic enjoyed a highly successful 14-date tour of major UK cities throughout May 2019.
Critical acclaim includes: "A stunning Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition... And the encore was simply the icing on the evening's glorious cake", *****Christopher Morley, www.midlandsmusicreviews.com, chief music critic Birmingham Post; "Siberian Night in Perth with the thrilling Russian Philharmonic of Novosibirsk... a shattering performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6", Bachtrack; "A folksy swagger to the playing... Sanderling's stroll around Mussorgsky's artworks had a lovely coherence to it", ****The Herald (Scotland); "Russian brilliance produces a majestic end to Perth Festival", Perth Courier; "A wonderful hour of music-making", Newbury Weekly News; Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 produced the most thrilling experience of the evening", Wharfedale Observer.
New Brahms and Elgar symphonic premieres:
Conductor Kenneth Woods is delighted to offer international orchestras the US, Asian and regional European premieres of two acclaimed new arrangements - Elgar Piano Quintet (arr. Donald Fraser) and Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 (arr. Woods).
Mozart Piano Quartet:
Receives OPUS KLASSIK Award for Best Chamber Music Recording
ASM is delighted to announce that the Mozart Piano Quartet have been awarded the prestigious OPUS KLASSIK Award for Best Chamber Music Recording (19th C) for 2018. Congratulations to MPQ, Radovan Vlatkovic and Cornelia Gartemann!
