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With the new season on sale, visit the 2008-09 Highlights page for an overview of concerts in the new season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall.
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Read news from the players from the SE Asia and Abu Dhabi tour with Vladimir Jurowski in March 2008.
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We're delighted to announce the appointment of Pieter Schoeman as Leader, alongside our existing Leader, Boris Garlitsky. Pieter has been Co-Leader of the Orchestra since 2002, regularly leading the Orchestra in concerts and recordings and at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Pieter's appointment reflects his outstanding contribution to the Orchestra. Congratulations Pieter!
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that Yannick
Nézet-Séguin will take up the position of Principal
Guest Conductor at the start of the Orchestra’s 2008/09
season.
Timothy Walker, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the
London Philharmonic Orchestra said today: “Many
who witnessed Yannick’s impressive debut with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra will understand the motivation for
this appointment. Taking outstanding musicality, knowledge
and technique as a given Yannick’s brilliance lies in
his ability to move players to exceptional performance and
to communicate a strength and vitality of vision to the listener
that is totally engrossing”.
A full press release is available here:
Press
Release 20 November 2007 > (36Kb
pdf file)
The jury's announcement ran:
'Vladimir Jurowksi: A profoundly
intelligent musician who has produced fresh and compelling
interpretations across a wide range of repertoire. The intensity
of his music-making, particularly with the LPO and at Glyndebourne
has illuminated the experience of) audiences and musicians
alike.'
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