The BBC Philharmonic has introduced the appointment of John Storgårds as its new chief conductor.
Storgårds already enjoys a fruitful relationship with the orchestra, which he has served as chief visitor conductor since 2017. Elsewhere, he additionally serves as principal visitor conductor of Canada’s Nationwide Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa, and as creative director of the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. He has held the latter title for greater than 25 years, incomes crucial approval for the ensemble’s adventurous performances and award-winning recordings.
With the BBC Phil, John’s achievements embrace annual performances on the BBC Proms, an acclaimed Sibelius symphony cycle in 2013 and quite a few well-reviewed recordings for Chandos Information.
Upcoming performances with the BBC Phil, in the meantime, embrace Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 13 (with the Sibelius Violin Concerto) and 15 (with Rachmaninov’s The Isle of the Lifeless and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations), at Manchester’s Bridgewater Corridor.
Primarily based in Salford, the BBC Philharmonic sometimes performs round 100 concert events yearly, frequently premiering new music by modern composers. Together with concert events, recordings and broadcasts on all seven BBC nationwide radio networks, the orchestra additionally explores methods of creating classical music accessible to the widest audiences. For instance, in February 2022 it launched The Musical Story of the Gingerbread Man – a novel musical re-telling of the traditional youngsters’s story, narrated by BBC Radio 5Live’s Nihal Arthanayake.
John joins a distinguished line of conductors related to the BBC Philharmonic together with Yan Pascal Tortelier, Juanjo Mena and Gianandrea Noseda. He’ll work intently with the orchestra’s present director, Simon Webb, who in January begins his new position as head of BBC orchestras and choirs.
John Storgårds stated: ‘Having first labored with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in 2010, then taking over the place of principal visitor conductor in 2012, and in 2017 turning into chief visitor conductor, it’s with pure enthusiasm that I am now going to be the orchestra’s new chief conductor.
‘Over my a few years of collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic, our partnership has been constructed on nice musicmaking and belief. Collectively, we’ve got already accomplished plenty of incredible initiatives; excursions within the North of England and on the orchestra’s house in Salford and at Manchester’s Bridgewater Corridor, appearances on the BBC Proms, and our many worldwide excursions and competition visits.
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‘The BBC Philharmonic is broadly often known as an awfully sensible, skilful and versatile orchestra. I’m very proud to be persevering with our musical journey along with the fantastic musicians and nice employees of this positive ensemble!’
Simon Webb, the orchestra’s director, added: ‘His Sibelius and Nielsen symphony cycles in Manchester, on Radio 3, and recorded for Chandos laid the foundations for a relationship that has seen John and the BBC Philharmonic thrill audiences on the BBC Proms, on worldwide excursions, on Radio 3, and in venues throughout the North of England. John all the time brings an power and conviction rooted in his love for this nice orchestra.’
A brand new principal visitor conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra might be introduced in the end.
