On 19th November, the world-famous classical conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, will blend his talent with a name that will resonate in the minds of all jazz lovers – Herbie Hancock. It is rare for two giants from two different musical fields to come together and collaborate on a stage such as...
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It was scheduled for and supposed to go on scene on the night when the UK should have left Europe, but it didn’t go as expected. Well, the show was regularly featured on the evening of 29th March, but it was Brexit (as we all know) that turned out to...
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As part of the International Orchestra Series 2016/17, the leading Japanese NHK Symphony Orchestra performed at London’s Southbank Centre on Monday 6th March. Conducted by Estonian talent Paavo Järvi, who became Chief Conductor of the Japanese orchestra only one season ago — and who also is at the helm of...
If you need to find a synonym for lyrical and soulful, you can simply buy a ticket for the next show of José González with The String Theory. The collaboration between the Swedish indie-folk singer/songwriter and Gothenburg-based innovative orchestra started back in 2011, but the one on which they embarked...
The Grit Orchestra was an unusual treat for the WOMAD 2016 audience on the Open Air stage on Friday afternoon. The story of how this orchestra came about is complicated. Grit (released on the Real World label in 2003) was the last album of the hugely influential Scottish musician Martyn...
