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This week, Joyce DiDonato, Il "Pomo d'Oro" orchestra & Maxim Emelyanychev travel to Moscow for two performances of In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music at the new Московский концертный зал #Зарядье!
#TalkPeace / #DoPeace

Video: Kristina Mkhitaryan sings Lauretta's aria O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi in the final dress rehearsal, ahead of her The Metropolitan Opera debut tomorrow night.
Read more: https://www.askonasholt.co.uk/kristina-mk hitaryan-makes-he…/

We are very excited to welcome soprano Jennifer Davis - who sprung to international attention as Elsa in Royal Opera House's Lohengrin earlier this year - to our roster for general management!

Emmanuelle Haïm will be speaking live on the New York Philharmonic Facebook page at 21:00 UK time, discussing her debut with the orchestra this Wednesday. This continues an exciting few weeks for Emmanuelle who also made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut last Friday, and will release a new CD of Italian cantatas this coming Friday. Read more about Emmanuelle's upcoming season and her new CD release below.
https://www.askonasholt.co.uk/emmanuelle- haim-makes-her-ph…/

The title track from Stephen Costello's debut solo album has made Apple Music's top classical playlist! 👏 Listen here: https://itunes.apple.com/…/pl.66c17ed5c c754856b944a9150483e…
Find out more about the album below 👇

Live in Shenzhen! Amazing images from the live relay of @berlinphil’s debut concert in #Shenzhen earlier today #berlinphilasia18 #AHonTour #MakingMusicHappen @ Lianhuashan Park

Askonas Holt Artist Manager Imogen Lewis Holland will be joining fellow industry experts for Young Classical Artists Trust - YCAT's next Sounding Board event taking place on the 11 December. Imogen will be offering advice on artist management, career development, and the music industry. For more information & tickets please visit the link below. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ycat-sound ing-board-music-in… …

Tonight at 7.30pm, conductor Finnegan Downie Dear leads the Shadwell Ensemble in the London premiere of a new performing version of Mahler's Symphony No. 10 by Michelle Castelletti at Queen Mary University of London.
🎟️ Info & tickets below

“The biggest applause was Saturday for the Georgian bass MISHA KIRIA - Baritone, and quite rightly so. Musically and theatrically a top performance.”
Rave reviews for Misha's performance as Bartolo in De Nationale Opera - Dutch National Opera's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia'. Read more of the review below.
https://www.trouw.nl/…/in-lotte-de-beer s-il-barbiere-di-si…/

We are thrilled to welcome pianist Daniel Lebhardt to our roster for general management!
Find out more about Daniel in this Q&A: https://www.askonasholt.co.uk/meet-the-ar tist-daniel-lebha…/

📢 New website from Cédric Tiberghien- page officielle launched today! Take a look for info on Cédric's schedule, latest news, videos, pictures and more...
https://www.cedrictiberghien.com/

"Making a debut is always an incredibly exciting moment. I believe the best possible approach is to simply be yourself because you will never have a second chance to make your first impression again!"
Read more of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Q&A with Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor ahead of his debut next Wednesday, where he'll conduct Janáček's Taras Bulba, Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
https://cbso.co.uk/n…/introducing-stani slav-kochanovsky-q-a…

Listen now to Johannes Moser's Mendelssohn top five-playlist! >> https://www.idagio.com/…/johannes-moser -my-mendelssohn-top-…

Watch Alexander Shelley's brief introduction to Britten's epic War Requiem, which he will be conducting in Ottawa tomorrow night with the National Arts Centre Orchestra | l'Orchestre du Centre national des Arts. To honour Britten’s intention that War Requiem be performed by Russian, German, and English artists, Russian soprano soloist Albina Shagimuratova will also be performing, alongside Canadian tenor Isaiah Bell and baritone James Westman.
https://www.facebook.com/DerDirigent/vide os/10156572939430659/

Take a listen below to Vilde Frang's interview last Sunday with Classics Unwrapped on BBC Radio Scotland, where she talked about her first violin made by her dad & the importance of going back to the score for inspiration. Thomas Søndergård also chose his #Mymusic for the show! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0000zq 3

The Berliner Philharmoniker are back #OnTour this week, travelling to Asia with conductor Gustavo Dudamel for the orchestra’s first visits to Bangkok, Kaohsiung, Shenzhen and Xi’an, plus returns to Taipei and Beijing.
Find out more >> https://www.askonasholt.co.uk/on-tour-ber liner-philharmoni…/

Out today – new recordings from Lilit Grigoryan, Franco Fagioli - Countertenor, Andrea Mastroni - Bass and il pomo d’oro, Johannes Moser and The Leeds International Piano Competition winner Eric Lu.
Watch the trailer for Lilit’s album below, and find out more about all three releases on our website: http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/new-music-fr iday-releases-from…

Who is Inon Barnatan? Read Southbank Centre's interview with the pianist ahead of his International Piano Series, Southbank Centre debut tomorrow night.
Tickets: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/…/122 016-inon-barnatan-ra…
More info: https://www.askonasholt.co.uk/inon-barnat an-makes-his-debu…/

In aid of Night Under the Stars at the Royal Festival Hall and The Passage Charity, Dame Sarah Connolly is donating a one-hour singing lesson as part of this charity auction. Find out more and place your bid here 👉 https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/nuts2018