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English National Ballet Announces Winners of Emerging Dancer 2019
English National Ballet is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Emerging Dancer Award is Julia Conway.
and dancing the Flames of Paris pas de deux with Rentaro Nakaaki (right)
Having performed the Flames of Paris pas de deux with partner Rentaro Nakaaki and Untitled Code, a solo by choreographed by Rambert dancer Miguel Altunaga, Julia Conway was announced as winner on stage at Sadler’s Wells – and livestreamed to audiences across the world on Tuesday 7 May 2019 – by Artistic Director of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo.
Simon O’Neill’s Debut Album of Beethoven, Schumann, Richard Strauss and Wagner
DISTANT BELOVED – SIMON O’NEILL (TENOR)
& TERENCE DENNIS (PIANO)
DEBUT ALBUM ON DECCA CLASSICS BY WORLD-LEADING NEW ZEALAND HELDENTENOR IS OUT NOW (REVIEW BELOW)
LIEDER BY BEETHOVEN, SCHUMANN, RICHARD STRAUSS AND WAGNER
A New Initiative is Announced Supporting the Development of Female Conductors
The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme is delighted to announce two new Women Conductors Courses beginning in May 2019, in collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) and National Opera Studio (NOS).
R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM ANDRÉ PREVIN (1929-2019)
A statement from the London Symphony Orchestra about André Previn (1929-2019)
The London Symphony Orchestra is deeply saddened to hear of the death of its Conductor Emeritus André Previn. His relationship with the LSO spanned over 50 years, with his appointment as Principal Conductor in 1968 marking the start of a new era for the Orchestra. Under his leadership, the LSO performed to large audiences in the concert hall and on television, through André Previn’s Music Night, the show that turned Previn into a star and the LSO into a household name. He introduced new repertoire to the Orchestra, and many of the recordings made together remain definitive versions today.
A Major Work by Stanford to be Premiered – 99 Years Late!
John Quinn discusses Stanford’s Mass Via Victrix, Op.173 with Adrian Partington
July 2016 (c) Ash Mills
Abandoned Liszt Opera Sardanapalo Premieres in Weimar in August
World Premiere of an Abandoned Liszt Opera in Weimar – 170 Years Later Under its Principal Conductor Kirill Karabits, the Staatskapelle Weimar will give the world premiere of a rediscovered Italian opera Sardanapalo by Franz Liszt – which was left incomplete and has lain largely forgotten in a German archive for almost 100 years. ‘The … Read more