An awful lot of wishful thinking and amateur b-s gets written about music and the brain, resulting in such mass delusions as the Mozart Effect and feeding in to the mass hysteria of the X-Factor.
An awful lot of wishful thinking and amateur b-s gets written about music and the brain, resulting in such mass delusions as the Mozart Effect and feeding in to the mass hysteria of the X-Factor.
Music director, not managing director.
Music director, not managing director.
The late Herbert von Karajan, terrified of dying on the job, commissioned research at Salzburg University on the effects of stress on music making. His particular concern was that Felix Mottl and Joseph Keilberth had collapsed and died at exactly the same spot in the third act of Tristan und Isolde (see The Maestro Myth, 130-1).
The late Herbert von Karajan, terrified of dying on the job, commissioned research at Salzburg University on the effects of stress on music making. His particular concern was that Felix Mottl and Joseph Keilberth had collapsed and died at exactly the same spot in the third act of Tristan und Isolde (see The Maestro Myth, 130-1).
The French conductor Jean-Marc Cochereau collapsed and died yesterday in mid-rehearsal at Orléans. He was working on Beethoven’s Eroica and suffered cardiac arrest during the Marche funèbre. Cochereau, 61, had guest conducted in Italy, Canada and Los Angeles.
Né en 1949, il commence ses études musicales à l’âge de 5 ans. À 16 ans, il remporte 2 grands prix de la ville de Nice en piano et direction d’orchestre. Admis au CNSM de Paris, il obtient un 1er prix d’harmonie et de direction d’orchestre à l’unanimité. Parallèlement, il collabore pendant 6 ans au Festival de musique sacrée de Nice où il obtient en 1976 le Grand Prix du disque (Jeanne au bûcher d’Honegger). |
Il a été l’invité régulier de l’orchestre de la RAI Italienne, de l’Opéra du Rhin et en 1984, de l’Orchestre de Los Angeles (concert inaugural du Grand Orgue de la Crystal Cathedral). Il a réalisé des enregistrements pour la Radiodiffusion française et dirigé de nombreuses productions lyriques (jusqu’au Canada) ainsi que la plupart des orchestres régionaux.
Titulaire du Certificat d’Aptitude de Directeur, il a dirigé les Conservatoires de St Raphael, Valence et Orléans. Depuis 1987, il est directeur musical de l’Orchestre d’Orléans qui a produit son premier enregistrement. Depuis 2001, il est directeur du Conservatoire National de Région de Tours. Directeur musical des Orchestrades de Brive et de l’Orchestre Régional des Jeunes du Centre, il est spécialisé dans la formation des orchestres de jeunes et avec eux présente de nombreuses productions (Pelléas, Faust, Fidelio …), et en 1993 a participé au printemps musical de Tunis.
Plusieurs fois invité par l’association des Orchestres de Jeunes du Québec, il est depuis 2001 en charge de la direction musicale de l’Orchestre des Jeunes du Centre.
The French conductor Jean-Marc Cochereau collapsed and died yesterday in mid-rehearsal at Orléans. He was working on Beethoven’s Eroica and suffered cardiac arrest during the Marche funèbre. Cochereau, 61, had guest conducted in Italy, Canada and Los Angeles.
Né en 1949, il commence ses études musicales à l’âge de 5 ans. À 16 ans, il remporte 2 grands prix de la ville de Nice en piano et direction d’orchestre. Admis au CNSM de Paris, il obtient un 1er prix d’harmonie et de direction d’orchestre à l’unanimité. Parallèlement, il collabore pendant 6 ans au Festival de musique sacrée de Nice où il obtient en 1976 le Grand Prix du disque (Jeanne au bûcher d’Honegger). |
Il a été l’invité régulier de l’orchestre de la RAI Italienne, de l’Opéra du Rhin et en 1984, de l’Orchestre de Los Angeles (concert inaugural du Grand Orgue de la Crystal Cathedral). Il a réalisé des enregistrements pour la Radiodiffusion française et dirigé de nombreuses productions lyriques (jusqu’au Canada) ainsi que la plupart des orchestres régionaux.
Titulaire du Certificat d’Aptitude de Directeur, il a dirigé les Conservatoires de St Raphael, Valence et Orléans. Depuis 1987, il est directeur musical de l’Orchestre d’Orléans qui a produit son premier enregistrement. Depuis 2001, il est directeur du Conservatoire National de Région de Tours. Directeur musical des Orchestrades de Brive et de l’Orchestre Régional des Jeunes du Centre, il est spécialisé dans la formation des orchestres de jeunes et avec eux présente de nombreuses productions (Pelléas, Faust, Fidelio …), et en 1993 a participé au printemps musical de Tunis.
Plusieurs fois invité par l’association des Orchestres de Jeunes du Québec, il est depuis 2001 en charge de la direction musicale de l’Orchestre des Jeunes du Centre.
There’s a chance to sing your own aria next Tuesday at English National Opera, stand up there an melt 2,000 hearts.
to Opera Preview on
18 January 2011
the
from
Preview returns to provide an opportunity for audiences to experience opera and
familiarise themselves with ENO’s exciting Spring / Summer programme. Once again
ENO’s poet in residence Ian McMillan will read eight new poems commissioned to
celebrate each production, audiences can speed-date an opera character, and
receive an opera makeover from the ENO wigs, make-up and wardrobe department.
New to Opera Preview, audiences will be offered the opportunity to learn a
chorus, with ENO’s Assistant Chorus Master
Nicholas Chalmers, from Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved opera The Mikado as well as the chance to be
the star in the Gilbert and Sullivan or Benjamin Britten Operaoke. Opera Preview will also provide the
very special chance to hear members of ENO’s orchestra perform repertoire
associated with the season, including Fugue and Chanson
de Brander from Berlioz’s
The Damnation of Faust.
tickets please RSVP to presstickets@eno.org
There’s a chance to sing your own aria next Tuesday at English National Opera, stand up there an melt 2,000 hearts.
to Opera Preview on
18 January 2011
the
from
Preview returns to provide an opportunity for audiences to experience opera and
familiarise themselves with ENO’s exciting Spring / Summer programme. Once again
ENO’s poet in residence Ian McMillan will read eight new poems commissioned to
celebrate each production, audiences can speed-date an opera character, and
receive an opera makeover from the ENO wigs, make-up and wardrobe department.
New to Opera Preview, audiences will be offered the opportunity to learn a
chorus, with ENO’s Assistant Chorus Master
Nicholas Chalmers, from Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved opera The Mikado as well as the chance to be
the star in the Gilbert and Sullivan or Benjamin Britten Operaoke. Opera Preview will also provide the
very special chance to hear members of ENO’s orchestra perform repertoire
associated with the season, including Fugue and Chanson
de Brander from Berlioz’s
The Damnation of Faust.
tickets please RSVP to presstickets@eno.org
Last year’s turmoil in the classical music business is about to accelerate. One of the key managers in IMG Artists, the second largest agency, has walked out with most of her artists.
www.lawrencezazzo.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13
January 2011,
Shirley
Thomson joins HarrisonParrott as a Director to lead the expansion of the Vocal
Division
HarrisonParrott
is pleased to announce that Shirley Thomson will join the Board of Directors
from April 2011. Currently Deputy Director of IMG Artists Vocal Division,
Shirley will lead the expansion of HarrisonParrott’s vocal list alongside
Associate Director Ian Stones and Special Consultant
Carter
contribute towards the new team.
Chairman and
Joint Managing Director Jasper Parrott commented: “Shirley’s approach to artist
management reflects our own commitment to realising the long term aspirations
and career development of our artists. We are delighted that she will help us
consolidate and further develop the high quality list which Ian Stones has built
in recent years into a distinctive roster commensurate with our list of
conductors and instrumentalists.”
Ian
Stones added: “Shirley’s experience and outstanding contribution to the careers
of those artists she represents is well known and respected within the
international classical music industry. I am thrilled to be working with her in
developing the Vocal Division.”
“I am
thoroughly looking forward to this new challenge with Harrison Parrott, working
again with some former colleagues and getting to know many new ones”, commented
Shirley Thomson. “It is exciting to be involved in the development of a
department and I feel confident that, together with the excellent and
experienced team already in place, we will be in a strong position to create new
opportunities for both existing and future
clients.”
During
her time at IMG Artists Shirley Thomson has helped shaped the careers of Stephen
Milling, Anne Sofie von Otter, Camilla Tilling, Juha Uusitalo and Jennifer
Wilson amongst many others. Her earlier work for the European Community Youth
Orchestra saw her work on tours with such celebrated artists as Claudio Abbado,
Carlo Maria Giulini and Mstislav Rostropovich.
HarrisonParrott’s
current vocal roster includes Paul Agnew, Barry Banks, Richard Berkeley-Steele,
Orla Boylan, Susan Bullock, Klara Ek, Bo Kristian Jensen, Helena Juntunen,
Juanita Lascarro, Simon Lim, Garry Magee, Georg Nigl, Lilli Paasikivi, Eliana
Pretorian, Ville Rusanen, Andreas Scholl, Mark Tucker and Angelica Voje. A full
list of HarrisonParrott artists can be found at www.harrisonparrott.com/artists
Further
announcements regarding the expansion of HarrisonParrott’s Vocal Division will
be made in due course.
For further information, contact:
Antonio
Orlando
Marketing and
PR Manager
HarrisonParrott
antonio.orlando@harrisonparrott.co.uk
Last year’s turmoil in the classical music business is about to accelerate. One of the key managers in IMG Artists, the second largest agency, has walked out with most of her artists.
www.lawrencezazzo.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13
January 2011,
Shirley
Thomson joins HarrisonParrott as a Director to lead the expansion of the Vocal
Division
HarrisonParrott
is pleased to announce that Shirley Thomson will join the Board of Directors
from April 2011. Currently Deputy Director of IMG Artists Vocal Division,
Shirley will lead the expansion of HarrisonParrott’s vocal list alongside
Associate Director Ian Stones and Special Consultant
Carter
contribute towards the new team.
Chairman and
Joint Managing Director Jasper Parrott commented: “Shirley’s approach to artist
management reflects our own commitment to realising the long term aspirations
and career development of our artists. We are delighted that she will help us
consolidate and further develop the high quality list which Ian Stones has built
in recent years into a distinctive roster commensurate with our list of
conductors and instrumentalists.”
Ian
Stones added: “Shirley’s experience and outstanding contribution to the careers
of those artists she represents is well known and respected within the
international classical music industry. I am thrilled to be working with her in
developing the Vocal Division.”
“I am
thoroughly looking forward to this new challenge with Harrison Parrott, working
again with some former colleagues and getting to know many new ones”, commented
Shirley Thomson. “It is exciting to be involved in the development of a
department and I feel confident that, together with the excellent and
experienced team already in place, we will be in a strong position to create new
opportunities for both existing and future
clients.”
During
her time at IMG Artists Shirley Thomson has helped shaped the careers of Stephen
Milling, Anne Sofie von Otter, Camilla Tilling, Juha Uusitalo and Jennifer
Wilson amongst many others. Her earlier work for the European Community Youth
Orchestra saw her work on tours with such celebrated artists as Claudio Abbado,
Carlo Maria Giulini and Mstislav Rostropovich.
HarrisonParrott’s
current vocal roster includes Paul Agnew, Barry Banks, Richard Berkeley-Steele,
Orla Boylan, Susan Bullock, Klara Ek, Bo Kristian Jensen, Helena Juntunen,
Juanita Lascarro, Simon Lim, Garry Magee, Georg Nigl, Lilli Paasikivi, Eliana
Pretorian, Ville Rusanen, Andreas Scholl, Mark Tucker and Angelica Voje. A full
list of HarrisonParrott artists can be found at www.harrisonparrott.com/artists
Further
announcements regarding the expansion of HarrisonParrott’s Vocal Division will
be made in due course.
For further information, contact:
Antonio
Orlando
Marketing and
PR Manager
HarrisonParrott
antonio.orlando@harrisonparrott.co.uk