United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev: Lukáš Vondrâček (pianist), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 16.2.2019. (GT)
Elim Chan and the RNSO Offer a Russian Valentine to Glasgow
Gregor Tassie
Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ is Premiered in Kazan
Russian Federation Mahler: Academic Choir Popov, Academic Masters of Choral Singing of Lev Kontorovich, Academic Boys Choir named after Sveshnikov, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Saideshev Concert Hall, Kazan, 13.2.2019. (GT)
Nicola Benedetti plays Wynton Marsalis’s Jazzy Violin Concerto in Glasgow
United Kingdom Thomas Adès, Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 9.9.2019. (GT)
VENEZUELAN MUSICIAN GABRIELA MONTERO IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Pianist and composer Gabriela Montero interviewed by Gregor Tassie
Gabriela Montero’s brilliant music-making and her dazzling freeform arrangements of classical piano works have placed her among the most fascinating musicians in the world today. Her compositions reflect upon the stormy events of recent years in her homeland and her defence of human rights across the globe. Gabriela Montero is the first appointed Amnesty International Honorary Consul for Human Rights. Several of her compositions have won wide-spread praise together with her recordings including her Grammy award for her Ex Patria poem for piano and orchestra. In February 2019 she tours the United Kingdom for a series of concerts from Scotland through to London in which she will play the premiere of her new piece Babel with the award-winning Scottish Ensemble.
Gabriela Montero Premieres her New Work Babel with the Scottish Ensemble in Glasgow
United Kingdom Glass, Messiaen, Montero, Shostakovich and Vasks: Gabriela Montero (piano), Scottish Ensemble / Jonathan Morton (leader), New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 8.2.2019. (GT)
Sladkovsky Conducts the TNSO in Diverse Repertoire at La Folle Journée de Nantes 2019
France Grieg, Glazunov, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate: Diana Tischenko (violin), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Raquel Camarinha (soprano), Sirba Octet, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Nantes, 5.2.2019. (GT)
Sinaisky and St Petersburg Philharmonic Play a Memorable Mahler Fourth in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Mahler: Freddy Kempf (piano), Ann Devin (soprano), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Sinaisky (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.1.2019. (GT)
World Premiere of MacRae and Welsh’s Anthropocene – Scottish Opera’s Chilling Fantasy
United Kingdom Stuart MacRae, Anthropocene (opera in three acts with libretto by Louise Welsh): Soloists, The Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Stuart Stratford (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 24.1.2019. (GT)
