United Kingdom Penderecki, Tchaikovsky: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 1.12.2018 (GT)
Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Penderecki’s ‘Metamorphosen’ with the RSNO
Gregor Tassie
CONDUCTOR ELIM CHAN IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Gregor Tassie Interviews Elim Chan
The young Chinese conductor Elim Chan has enjoyed a highly successful career since she won her breakthrough competition at the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition roughly four years ago and which immediately gave her the opportunity of working as an assistant conductor at the London Symphony Orchestra. In London she had the opportunity of being mentored by Valery Gergiev (who invited her to conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra in St Petersburg), Michael Tilson-Thomas and Sir Antonio Pappano. In 2017 she was appointed chief conductor at Norrlandsoperan in Umea, Sweden, and principal guest conductor at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and at the beginning of 2018, she was appointed chief conductor of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra from the 2019-2020 season. In a short period, Chan has worked with some of the best orchestras worldwide, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Nicholas Alstaedt Wows the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Glasgow
United Kingdom Wagner, Schumann, Suckling and Beethoven: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Alstaedt (soloist/conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 9.11.2018. (GT)
Elim Chan Bewitches and Charms RSNO in Debut as Principal Guest Conductor
United Kingdom Dukas, Chopin, and Rachmaninov: Benjamin Grosvenor (pianist), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor), Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 3.11.2018. (GT)
Angela Hewitt Plays a Magisterial Beethoven Emperor Concerto
United Kingdom Bernstein, Beethoven, Sibelius: Angela Hewitt (pianist), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.10.2018. (GT)
John McLeod’s New Viola Concerto is Premiered by Jane Atkins and the SCO
United Kingdom Grieg, McLeod and Beethoven: Jane Atkins (viola), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Joseph Swensen (conductor), City Halls Glasgow, 26.10.2018. (GT)
THE PIANIST ANGELA HEWITT IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Angela Hewitt talks with Gregor Tassie
The Canadian/British pianist has been a major figure on the international concert circuit since her victory in 1985 at the International Bach Piano Competition in Toronto, one of the awards of which was a debut recording with Deutsche Grammophon of Bach. Her recording in many ways opened up her career to new audiences and she has since established herself as a formidable interpreter of Baroque music along with the Impressionist French school of Fauré, Debussy and Ravel.
Scottish Opera Opens the New Season with a Revival of Verdi’s Rigoletto
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Rumon Gumba (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 18.10.2018. (GT)
