conductors
theartsdesk Q&A: Donald RunniclesSaturday, 20 March 2010
Who's the greatest living British exponent of the late Romantic repertoire? Many would say Edinburgh-born conductor Donald Runnicles (b. 1954). Runnicles has spent the last 30 years quietly forging a formidable name for himself abroad, first, as a... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Conductor Antonio PappanoSaturday, 16 January 2010
Antonio Pappano (b. 1959) enjoys the best of two opulent worlds. At the Royal Opera House in London (now his home city), he's well stuck in to his seventh season as music director, basking in popularity and plaudits previous incumbents could only... Read more... |
LSO/Tilson Thomas, Goerne, Barbican HallSunday, 08 November 2009
Michael Tilson Thomas’s association with the London Symphony Orchestra runs deep - he was its principal conductor for eight years, and for his latest return to his old band last night the American programmed works that, while they had a Viennese... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Sir Charles MackerrasThursday, 22 October 2009At 84 years of age, Sir Charles Mackerras is one of the best-respected and best-loved operatic conductors working in the world today. He conducts Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw for the English National Opera tonight and, despite bouts of... Read more... |
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