Projects History
Intermusica has been involved in the creation and execution of a wide-range of special events and projects, a selection of which is listed below:
Residencies & Cycles
» Major British Season at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, including appearances by 16 major British orchestras and baroque groups.
» Ongoing residency for the London Symphony Orchestra in Paris as international orchestra in residence, including concerts and cycles with Valery Gergiev, Sir John-Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis.
» Four-year Begegnung project for the Camerata Salzburg and Leonidas Kavakos in the Megaron, Athens.
» Season residency for the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly (3-concerts) at the Barbican Centre, London and 3-year residency at the Salle Pleyel, Paris for the same Orchestra.
» Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer major tour of China including a 3-concert residency for the opening of the Suzhou’s new Science and Cultural Arts Centre.
» Complete Beethoven and Brahms symphony cycles with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Masur at the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens.
» Ingo Metzmacher residency “Artiste Etoile” at the Luzern Festival (including concerts with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra).
» London International Orchestral Season at the Royal Festival Hall.
» New York Philharmonic's commemorative triple-concert re-opening of the Dresden Frauenkirche as part of their 75th Anniversary European tour with Lorin Maazel.
» Beethoven Concerto cycle with Richard Goode, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Liszt/Wagner project with the same orchestra/conductor pairing at the Barbican Centre, London.
» Schumann Symphony cycle in Athens and Amsterdam with the Orchestre National de France and Kurt Masur.
Back to Top
Orchestral Touring Projects & Events
» BBC Symphony/BBC Singers project with Pierre Boulez at the Luzern Festival.
» Creation and development of concert performances of Weill’s Mahagonny with the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by HK Gruber at major festivals including BBC Proms, Luzern Festival and Bremen Musikfest.
» British project featuring singer Bryn Terfel on UK tour with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Richard Hickox.
» Heinrich Schiff and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra major tour of Japan.
» Debut at Santa Cecilia, Rome for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons.
» European Voices (Artistic Director: Simon Halsey) special projects with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle in Berlin and the Salzburg Easter Festival.
» Visit to Edinburgh Festival by Freiburg Baroque Orchestra together with the Pretty Ugly Dance Company performing Bach’s The Art of Fugue subsequently repeated for Dance Umbrella in London.
» Special performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Istanbul Festival by Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
» Royal Philharmonic Orchestra major Spain tour with Daniele Gatti including concerts at the San Sebastian and Santander Festivals.
» Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra's first visits to China and Taiwan, the latter for 20th anniversary of Chang-Kai Shek Concert Hall, Taipei.
» Shostakovich Project with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Valery Gergiev to London, Vienna, Toulouse and Antwerp.
» Opening Gala series of the refurbished Shanghai Concert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
» Bruckner project at Tokyo Opera City with the Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra and Stanislaw Skrowaczweski.
» Major New York debut for the Gabrieli Consort and Players and Paul McCreesh at the Lincoln Center.
» First round-the-world tour for the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge including concerts in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the United States.
» London Symphony Orchestra and Michael Tilson Thomas visit to Israel immediately after the end of the Gulf War, scheduled at six weeks’ notice.
» Vienna Symphony Orchestra debut tour of Japan with Claus Peter Flor.
» BBC Proms debuts for I Virtuosi di Roma, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Kremerata Baltica.
» Die Dreigroschenoper project with Klangforum Wien directed by HK Gruber in Hamburg, London’s Barbican Centre and the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris.
» Stanislaw Skrowaczewski’s triumphant return to Poland with the Halle Orchestra, Manchester.
» Major Germany tour for the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Valery Gergiev with Leonidas Kavakos, including concerts in Berlin and Frankfurt.
» New Year Gala concerts in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square given by Philharmonia Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis with Yundi Li, and by the BBC Philharmonic with Vassily Sinaisky.
» Major UK tour for the Orchestre National de France and Kurt Masur including concerts in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Leeds.
» Part-staged production of Pierre Audi’s St. Francis of Assisi by Messiaen given by the Netherlands Opera conducted by Ingo Metzmacher to mark the composer’s anniversary year at the BBC Proms
» Consultant for Arena di Verona production of Aida at the Tokyo Arena.
» Weill Centenary tour for London Sinfonietta and HK Gruber.
» Kirov Opera and Valery Gergiev tour of Switzerland sponsored by Credit Suisse.
Back to Top
Chamber Music & Recitals
» Creation and development of the International Chamber Music Season in Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
» International Piano Series in association with London’s Southbank Centre.
» St. Petersburg Recital Series - collaborating with Valery Gergiev in the creation of the Mariinsky Concert Hall's International Recital Series from 2008/2009 season.
» Three-concert series at London’s Wigmore Hall performed by violinist Leonidas Kavakos entitled 'The Demon Violin'.
» Camerata Salzburg Mozart projects at Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
» World-renowned American soprano, Arleen Auger, sings at Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey, London.
» Complete Beethoven cycles in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall by the Alban Berg Quartet and Richard Goode.
» Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky recitals at La Scala, Salzburg Festival, Barbican Centre and Edinburgh Festival.
» Gala concert by English Chamber Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis at the Châtelet Theatre in Paris.
Back to Top