Go behind the scenes at HKAF’s production of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Laila
One of the most-anticipated events in this year’s 50th anniversary Hong Kong Arts Festival was to be conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen’s opera, Laila. A month before … Read more
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Philharmonia Orchestra announces new principal conductor
London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, a resident ensemble at the Southbank Centre, has announced Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its next principal conductor. Succeeding his fellow countryman Esa-Pekka Salonen, … Read more
Esa-Pekka Salonen joins San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen is to be the next music director of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS). He will replace Michael Tilson Thomas in September 2020, becoming … Read more
Wayne McGregor brings Britain and Boston together
Royal Ballet and Boston Ballet have announced a joint production of Obsidian Tear, a new work from Royal Ballet’s resident choreographer Wayne McGregor. The world … Read more
Southbank season features year-long festival
Southbank Centre has announced its 2016-17 classical music season with a year-long festival, new digital partnership and special BBC Radio 3 broadcasts some of the … Read more
