The Awards are a harbinger of excellence in the UK classical music
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The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Awards have unveiled their shortlist for , celebrating outstanding musicians and initiatives in the UK classical music scene. Among the talented nominees, two British Indian artists have garnered well-deserved recognition.
Billed by The Sunday Times as the biggest night in UK classical music’, the RPS Awards shine a light on brilliant musical individuals, groups and initiatives inspiring communities across the UK. From star soloists to heroic amateur musicians, the RPS Awards tell a vibrant, vital and uplifting story about classical music’s resonance, impact and reach.
Of the 19 individual performers and composers shortlisted, 42% represent the global majority, including Music Director of Birmingham Opera Company Alpesh Chauhan and sitar player Jasdeep Singh Degun. Alpesh has been nominated in the Conductor category, and a remarkable sitar player Jasdeep is in the Instrumentalist Award and the Large-Scale Composition Award categories.
The RPS Awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester on March 5, wher
Alpesh Chauhan ricopre la carica di Direttore Ospite Principale della Düsseldorfer Symphoniker Orchestra e di Direttore Musicale della Birmingham Opera Company.
La stagione / vedrà il direttore britannico al debutto con le orchestre sinfoniche di Stavanger, Detroit e Vancouver, con l’ Orchester National de Belgique, con la Philarmonie Zuidnederland e Orchester de Auvergnen e alla sua prima partecipazione al Festival di Evian. Altri importanti appuntamenti, includono il ritorno come direttore ospite con le Oslo Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Orchestra, Melbourne e Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra e Orchestra de La Fenice; mentre con la Düsseldorfer Symphoniker Orchestra sono in programma i Das Lied von der Erde di Mahler e la Sinfonia di Korngold presentata all’inaugurazione di stagione.
Recenti impegni includono collaborazioni con lAtlanta Symphony, la Los Angeles Philharmonic, la Seattle Symphonic, la Oslo Philharmonic, la Hallé Orchestra, la West Australian Symphony, la Philharmonia, la BBC Symphony, la Toronto Symphonic, la London Philharmonic e la Malmo Symphony e intensi programmi come il Konzertstück di Schumann assieme a
Alpesh Chauhan OBE
British conductor Alpesh Chauhan is Principal Guest Conductor of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and Music Director of Birmingham Opera Company.
Forthcoming 24/25 season highlights includes debuts with Stavanger, Detroit and Vancouver Symphonies, Orchestre National de Belgique, PhilZuid and Orchestre de Auvergne including at the Evian Festival. He returns to the Oslo Philharmonic, City of Birmingham, Melbourne and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, BBC Scottish, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra della Fenice. With his Düsseldorf orchestra, he conducts Das Lied von der Erde as well as opening their new season with Korngold’s Symphony.
Recent guest conducting projects also include with Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, West Australian Symphony, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, Toronto Symphony, London Philharmonic and Malmö Symphony. He also recently programmed Schumann’s Konzertstück with Odense Symphony and four horns of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Other regular soloists include Hilary Hahn, Pablo Ferr&aacut
Conductor Alpesh Chauhan gave the performance [of Zakir Hussain’s Triple Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra] the space it needed, firmly controlled yet exotically fluid…In the second half, Rachmaninoff's The Isle of the Dead, superbly moody and desolate at the start and judiciously paced throughout…and in Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, Chauhan revelled in the colourful dynamism of its stark extremes.
The Scotsman - March
Thursday evening’s City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra concert was an inspired coupling. Beethoven’s Symphony no. 6 in F major "Pastoral" and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde inhabit very different natural worlds – one literal, one metaphorical – yet conductor Alpesh Chauhan managed to establish compelling connections between them..[…]t overdoing it, Chauhan brought to mind the obsessive use of motif in Beethoven’s Fifth, establishing a vivid sense of compositional continuity. Nonetheless, this was above all a performance rooted in a sense of people and place. The first movement, relaxed with a cheerful sense of momentum, demonstrated playfulness in the wa
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