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Karina Canellakis makes her debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

20 October 2024Music

All eyes were firmly on Karina Canellakis in this her debut night conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a programme full of extremes of emotion. Canellakis is well known to…

Exploring the world of the ballet conductor with Matthew Rowe

14 July 2024Culture, Music

Taking to the stage to acknowledge the very warm applause from the Amsterdam audience, British conductor Matthew Rowe heralds the end of an era. This latest Dutch National Ballet production Stravinsky's Fairy Tales brings to…

Inside the Rehearsal Room with Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

16 October 2023Culture, Music

'That's where the magic happens!' Klaus Mäkelä, the twenty-seven-year-old Finnish conductor is very much the man of the moment. Much has been written about Mäkelä's training and how he crafted…

Searching For Greatness: The Mahler Competition, 2023

15 July 2023Music

The Finals: Konzerthalle Bamberg, Thursday 13th July The Joseph-Keilberth-Saal concert hall in the medieval world cultural heritage city of Bamberg, Germany has been the setting this week for the latest edition…