Tune in – AUTUMN / WINTER 2018 –
Lpo news
New & noteworthy The Orchestra has long been renowned for its prowess in the opera pit at Glyndebourne, but this Christmas we’ll be branching out into ballet. The Orchestra has been invited to accompany Tchaikovsky’s festive favourite The Nutcracker with Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall from 28–31 December. For more information and booking details see page 15. royalalberthall.com
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski; Victoria Robey OBE receives her honour from Prince Charles
funharmonics: the highway rat
rewarding excellence 2018 has seen a flurry of awards and honours for the LPO, its artistic team and management. Back in April we were delighted when Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Vladimir Jurowski won the Conductor category at the 2018 International Opera Awards. Brett Dean’s new opera Hamlet, which Vladimir conducted with the LPO at Glyndebourne in 2017, also triumphed in the World Premiere category. The following month Vladimir was also announced winner of the Conductor category at the 2018 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards. In March LPO Board Chairman Victoria Robey OBE was honoured by Prince Charles, President of the Royal College of Music in London, for her work as Founder Director of London Music Masters, a charity that provides access and pathways to excellence in instrumental music education to those who may not otherwise have had the opportunity. In recognition of her work with LMM and the LPO, Victoria was also named one of the Evening Standard’s 23 Leading Women In the Arts 2018. Other women recognised from the orchestral sector included former Southbank Centre Artistic Director Jude Kelly, conductor Marin Alsop, and double bassist and Chineke! Orchestra founder Chi-chi Nwanoku. In July the annual South Bank Sky Arts Awards saw Glyndebourne’s 2017 production of Brett Dean’s Hamlet with the LPO and Vladimir Jurowski awarded Best Opera. The LPO’s performance of Enescu’s Oedipe under Jurowski in September 2017 was also shortlisted in the Classical category.
Following last year’s screening of The Gruffalo’s Child with live orchestral soundtrack, on Sunday 14 October we present The Highway Rat, based on the picture book by Julia Donaldson. With the animated film projected on big screen and live music performed by the LPO, this will be a wonderful first concert experience for all the family, with free preconcert foyer activities from 10am–12 noon. more details on page 13, or book online: lpo.org.uk/funharmonics
pianist emanuel ax honoured by lpo american friends
Emanuel Ax (centre) with Antony Phillipson (left) and Simon Freakley, Chairman, American Friends of the LPO
On 27 March 2018 pianist Emanuel Ax was awarded the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Lifetime Award for Musical Achievement in New York. Ax becomes the second recipient of the award following its inception last year, when baritone Thomas Hampson was the inaugural recipient. The award recognises the achievements of musicians who have won acclaim and affection on both sides of the Atlantic. Ax was presented with his award at the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (AFLPO) 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner in Manhattan’s famous Morgan Library by Antony Phillipson, Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York. The dinner was attended by 150 people from the worlds of business, philanthropy and the arts, and raised funds in support of the Orchestra’s activities in the United States. Emanuel Ax was honoured on the evening with performances by tenor soloist Kang Wang, two of the Orchestra’s American musicians – Co-Leader Kevin Lin and Principal Viola David Quiggle – and crossover artist Mario Frangoulis. lpo.org.uk/aflpo
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Vladimir Jurowski © Simon Pauly – Victoria Robey © Chris Christodoulou – The Highway Rat © 2017 Orange Eyes Ltd. The Highway Rat word mark and logo are trade marks of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and used under licence.
the NUtcracker at the royal albert hall
