Kent Nagano in Madrid with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (June 2021)

Maestro Kent Nagano returns to the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, with works by Messiaen and Fauré, on 11, 12 and 13 June.

11, 12, 13 June – Madrid
Orquesta Nacional de España
Messiaen: Trois petites Liturgies de la présence divine
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude to Act I. Akt
Fauré: Requiem, op. 48

NEW WORLDS: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION is among the official selection at Festival de Cannes 2021 (June 2021)

NEW WORLDS: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION is among the official selection at @Festival_Cannes!✨

The film, starring #BillMurray and @jancello and directed by @ajmuscato, is a co-production between Dorn Music, Makuhari Media, and Neda Film.#BillMurrayJanVoglerandFriends pic.twitter.com/CZgrtlzwma

— Dorn Music (@Dorn_Music) June 10, 2021

Kent Nagano and the OSM win JUNO Award for “Classical Album of the Year” (large ensemble) (June 2021)

Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal have won the JUNO Award in the category CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR—LARGE ENSEMBLE for the recording GINASTERA—BERNSTEIN—MOUSSA. The recording was published in November 2020 on the Analekta label

Recorded live in concert at the Maison symphonique de Montréal in 2019 by the OSM under its now Conductor Emeritus Kent Nagano, the album brings together works performed by the Orchestra’s Concertmaster Andrew Wan such as Alberto Ginastera’s Violin concerto, Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion and the Violin Concerto “Adrano” by Samy Moussa, a world premiere recording and OSM-commissioned work.

Kent Nagano on Penderecki in Memoriam, a podcast of the Polish Cultural Institute New York (June 2021)

The podcast is available on Apple and Spotify, as well as other streaming platforms and PCINY’s YouTube channel.

OUT NOW: Francisco Fullana’s CD BACH’S LONG SHADOW (May 2021)

The latest CD of spanish violinist Francisco Fullana has been released by Orchid Classics today, 28 May 2021 . READ MORE

The Metropolitan Opera in Versailles – Met Stars Live in Concert at the Royal Opera House (May 2021)

Live from the Royal Opera House of Versailles – three “divas,” Met stars Ailyn Pérez, Nadine Sierra and Isabel Leonard present an extraordinary program of arias and scenes from the most popular operas, such as Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, as well as songs by Rossini and Manuel Ponce, among others, on May 22 at 7 p.m. CET as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series. READ MORE

Francisco Fullana – EP release (May 2021)

Francisco Fullana’s EP BACH’S LONG SHADOW: The Chaconne Files was releasedby Orchid Classics digitally on 14 May.

Featuring Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita in D minor and Joan Valent’s Punta Campanella, which are not included on the CD, Fullana gives a taste of the CD to follow.

The CD release of BACH’S LONG SHADOW will be on 28 May 2021.

Omer Meir Wellber with the BBC Philharmonic on BBC Radio 3 (May 2021)

On 12 May at 7:30 pm UK time, the BBC Philharmonic with their Chief Conductor, Omer Meir Wellber, present a programme with two symphonies by Joseph Haydn, No.s 34 and 46. They are joined by pianist Daniel Ciobanu for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 (K488).

Haydn: Symphony No. 34
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 (K 488)
Haydn: Symphony No. 46

Daniel Ciobanu – piano
BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber – conductor

Please find more information here and listen here.