Calendar
2024/25 Highlights
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23 February 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – Royal Opera House – Family Concert
Programme including Mahler, Grieg and Mozart
22 March 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – St Giles' Church, Camberwell (London) – Earth Hour Concert
Mezzo-soprano: Ellen Pearson
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (finale)
28 March 2025
Oxford Opera – Oxford Playhouse
Puccini: Tosca
29 March 2025
Oxford Opera – Oxford Playhouse
Puccini: Tosca
5 April 2025
Franz Schubert Filharmonia – Dubai Opera
Violin solo: Roman Kim
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Shor: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, 'Eroica'
5 April 2025
New International Ensemble – Het Concertgebouw
Soprano solo: Keren Motseri
Part of Het Concertgebouw Mahler Festival 2025
Sebastian Black: The Mosaique of the Aire (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
20 June 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – Mahler Festival Steinbach am Attersee (Austria)
Mezzo-soprano solo: Gloria Mojica
Schumann: Sechs Gedichte und Requiem
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
28 June 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – Stroom Festival (Belgium)
Mezzo-soprano solo: Gloria Mojica
Schumann: Sechs Gedichte und Requiem
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
4 July 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – Harrogate Music Festival
Violin solo: Lana Trotovšek
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
Tchaikovsky: Lensky's Aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged for violin and orchestra)
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Respighi: Leggenda for Violin and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Debussy: La Mer
27 July 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – Regent's Park Music Festival
Violin solo: Lana Trotovšek
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
Tchaikovsky: Lensky's Aria from Eugene Onegin (arranged for violin and orchestra)
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Respighi: Leggenda for Violin and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Debussy: La Mer
31 July 2025
Orchestra for the Earth – Regent's Park Music Festival
Programme tba
31 October 2025
Athens State Orchestra – Megaron Athens Concert Hall
Violin solo: Roman Simovic
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
9 November 2025
Berliner Symphoniker – Berliner Philharmonie
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Ravel: Kaddish
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
20 December 2025
Orchestre philharmonique du Luxembourg – Philharmonie Luxembourg
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
2023/24 Highlights
July 2024
Orchestra for the Earth – European Tour
Mezzo-soprano: Gloria Mojica
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
June 2024
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – Les Arts – Guest Conductor
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring
Martinů: Jazz Suite
March 2024
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic – Het Concertgebouw – Assistant Conductor to Karina Canellakis
Janáček: The Makropulos Case
February 2024
Berliner Symphoniker – Dubai Opera – Guest Conductor
Violin solo: James Ehnes
Shor: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
November 2023
Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni – Teatro Goldoni di Livorno – Guest Conductor
Cello solo: Camille Thomas
Shor: Cello Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
October 2023
Beijing Music Festival – Conductor in Residence (four concerts)
Zhenyan Li: Orisons (world premiere; countertenor: Any Shen Liu)
Sasha Scott: Utopia Twists (world premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (soprano: Gabriella Noble)
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Faykueen Wang: Quantum Oceanarium (world premiere)
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques (Chinese premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
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Mahler: Mitternachtslied (from Symphony No. 3; baritone: Yunpeng Wang)
Thorvaldsdottir: Illumine (Chinese premiere)
Shen Yiwen: Taking Leave of a Friend (Chinese premiere)
Huang Ruo: The Color Yellow (Chinese premiere; sheng: Wu Wei)
Mahler: Abschied (from Das Lied von der Erde)
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Wang Ying: Big Bang (world premiere)
George Benjamin: At first light (Chinese premiere)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
September 2023
Armenian State Symphony Orchestra – Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall – Guest Conductor
Piano: Yekwon Sunwoo
Shor: Piano Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada
July 2023
Glyndebourne Festival Opera – Assistant Conductor to Robin Ticciati
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
April 2023
Slovak State Philharmonic – National Tour – Guest Conductor
Cello solo: Jonathan Swensen
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Moyzes: Symphony No. 8
