Two Brits called Jon hand over German baton
OrchestrasThe UK conductor Jonathan Bloxham has been chosen as chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.
He succeeds Jonathon Heyward, who is now in Baltimore.
Bloxham, in his mid-thirties is also Music Director at the Lucerne Theater and Resident Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the London Mozart Player.
GREAT news for NWD! Jonathan Bloxham is a first rate talent – watch this space…
Don’t think Heyward is British…?
Nope. Born in Charleston, South Carolina. Did attend the Royal Academy of Music though.
“Bloxham, in his mid-thirties is also Music Director at the Lucerne Theater and Resident Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the London Mozart Player.”
Blimey, I knew that the music world was being subjected to swingeing cuts, but it’s a real shock when an orchestra is reduced to a single player.
Made me laugh out loud, too.
Despite Jonathon Heyward’s British accent, he is American. Grew up in South Carolina before studying in Boston, then moving to England for some time.
How on earth does someone adopt a quasi-British accent after a decade in England *as an adult*? Picking up vocabulary would be one thing, but a full accent? That’s insane!
I would assume the same way someone picks up a French accent when living there for 10+ years.
It’s a very good orchestra. Recent MDs also include Andris Nelsons.