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Published: 16 May 2012
As Wales and China share a national symbol it is fitting that the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is visiting China this July for its debut tour with Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer during the Year of the Dragon. The orchestra will visit five cities including Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou for six performances. The orchestra will perform two varied programmes throughout the tour, which will showcase the its diverse...
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Published: 24 April 2012
Intermusica is delighted to announce the world premiere of Michel van der Aa’s 3D film-opera, Sunken Garden. The film-opera, with libretto by acclaimed British novelist David Mitchell (author of Cloud Atlas), will be given its world premiere on 12 April 2013 at the Barbican Theatre, produced by English National Opera. This opera follows the huge success of van der Aa’s other multimedia projects After Life (2006), The Book of Disquiet (2008) and...
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Published: 20 April 2012
The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus return to Salle Pleyel, Paris, for two concerts under the baton of Peter Eötvös next week. On 1 May, the orchestra and ladies of the London Symphony Chorus will perform Debussy Nocturnes. This is followed by a performance of Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.1, with soloist Christian Tetzlaff, and Scriabin Symphony No. 4 'Poem of Ecstasy'.
On 2 May, the LSO will open the concert with Bartók Music for...
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Published: 19 April 2012
The 2012 BBC Proms season was announced today. The programme features a host of Intermusica artists, touring projects, composers and singers:
• The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Kapellmeister Riccardo Chailly return for two concerts. On 1 September they perform an entire Mendelssohn programme featuring Symphony No.5 and the Violin Concerto with Nikolai Znaider. On 2 September they bring together Mahler’s Symphony No.6 with...
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Published: 02 April 2012
In 2010/11 season, Valery Gergiev undertook a successful landmark Mahler Cycle marking the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth and the 100th anniversary of his death.
In close collaboration with the Salle Pleyel and Intermusica, Valery Gergiev has once again conceived another momentous project which will see the Orchestra of the Mariinksy Theatre and Gergiev present a complete cycle of Shostakovich symphonies across eight concerts and two...
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Published: 27 March 2012
Peter & the Wolf Live returns to Southbank Centre this Easter. In four performances, the Oscar®-winning animated film will be screened with live orchestral accompaniment of Prokofiev’s work performed by the exciting Aurora Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Collon. The screenings will be introduced with the original Prokofiev narration performed by Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Office).
After the performances there...
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Published: 13 March 2012
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge are travelling to Leipzig to join the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of the St Thomas Boys’ Choir, St Thomas Church and School. The penultimate week of March is the first celebratory week of three for the city of Leipzig, and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is one of four historic boys’ choirs performing over this weekend, alongside Dresdner Kreuzchor, Regensburger Domspatzen and St Thomas...
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Published: 20 February 2012
Intermusica is delighted to be taking the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra on a three-part tour to Adelaide, Shanghai and Beijing in March.
Widely regarded as the finest period instrument ensemble in the world today, the orchestra will perform in the opening weekend of the Adelaide Festival and then travel to China to perform at the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing (7 March) and Shanghai Concert Hall (9 March). Play-directed by the acclaimed...
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Published: 20 February 2012
Intermusica is delighted to be welcoming Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra back to the UK for one performance as part of the Shell Classic International series at the Royal Festival Hall on the 4 March 2012.
Joining the orchestra will be French violinist Renaud Capuçon, who will perform Lalo’s Symphonie Espangole. The orchestra will open the concert with Brahms’ Tragic Overture and conclude with Rimsky Korsakov’s Sheherazade. ...
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Published: 18 January 2012
Intermusica is delighted to announce that Stephen Lumsden, Managing Director of Intermusica, has been presented with the inaugural ABO/Rhinegold Publishing Artist Manager of the Year Award. The award recognises specific demonstrations of imagination and creativity alongside outstanding work in the field of conventional artist management.
The initiative of Stephen Lumsden, the company’s founder and managing director, to build a Creative...
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