HELSINKI 〓 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra will appoint Nicholas Collon as the next chief conductor

2019/05/03

The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra will appoint the British conductor Nicholas Collon as the next Principal conductor. He replaced Hannu Lintu, who has been the principal conductor since 2013, with a term of 2021-2022 season. The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1927. Along with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, one of Finland’s leading orchestras.

Collon is 36 years old born in London. He studied viola, piano and organ at Eaton and Clare College of Cambridge University. He studied with Colin Davis and Mark Elder, and in 2004, he organized Aurora Orchestra with Robin Ticciati and became artistic director. Since 2018-2019 he has been the principal conductor of the Hague Residentie Orchestra in Netherlands.

Photo：Aurora Orchestra


How about this ?

  1. BARCELONA 〓 The Gran Teatre del Liceo announced the lineup of the 2018/2019 season

  2. ROME 〓 Carlo Fortes, recently appointed president of the Florence Opera House, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for violating occupational safety regulations

  3. VIENNA 〓 Austrian theater closure extended by the end of March

  4. SYDNEY 〓 Horse racing advertising rocks the opera house

  5. SWR Schwetzingen Music Festival 〓 Postponed May to October

  6. LUCERNE 〓 Vladimir Ashkenazy announces retirement

  7. TURIN 〓 Conlon has been named “Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana”

  8. RIGA 〓 Egils Silins became the new director of the Latvian National Opera

  9. PARIS 〓 Orchester National de France welcomes Silvia Careddu as solo flute player

  10. HAMBURG 〓 Finland’s young conductor Tarmo Peltokoski has signed a contract with the “Deutsche Grammophon” label

  11. SAN FRANCISCO 〓 The opening performance of the new season of the San Francisco Symphony was canceled due to a strike by the chorus, and Salonen was unable to open the final season

  12. BARCELONA 〓 Katharina Wagner will direct a new production of “Lohengrin”

  13. TOKYO 〓 The New National Theater Tokyo has announced the launch of a new platform for streaming

  14. R.I.P 〓 Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian Pianist

  15. ROME 〓 MIDORI played in front of the pope

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.