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Nicholas and Aurora Orchestra have been awarded the Echo Klassik award for ‘Klassik ohne Grenzen’ Prize (Classical without Borders) for their recording  ‘Roadtrip’ featuring music by John Adams, Copland, Ives, Nico Muhly on the Warner…

The 2015 BBC Proms saw Nicholas conduct two fascinating programmes (including 3 world premieres) to critical acclaim.  Returning to the Royal Albert Hall stage for another memorised performance, his Aurora orchestra gave “an invigorated, liberated…

Nicholas will make a triumphant return to this year’s BBC Proms following an acclaimed 2014 appearance at the Royal Albert Hall.  The first of his double bill will be with the Aurora Orchestra (founder and…

Nicholas has been appointed Principal Conductor of Residentie Orkest. Starting 1 August 2016, Collon will be leading the orchestra for an average of six weeks per season until 2019. Roland Kieft, Artistic Director of Residentie Orkest: “I am…

Following on from a very successful collaboration with the Brussels Philharmonic in December 2014, Nicholas will conduct the orchestra in another exciting programme including Amériques by Varése, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 2 & Piano Concerto No….

Roadtrip takes listeners on a journey across America with a programme that juxtaposes core American compositions by John Adams, Charles Ives and Aaron Copland with specially commissioned folk/pop-song arrangements by young American composer Nico Muhly,…

It’s a busy few weeks for Nicholas. Following a critically-acclaimed residency with Aurora Orchestra at the Melbourne Festival, Nicholas returns to both the CBSO and BBC Philharmonic this month. On 19 Nov he will conduct…

Following concerts in Canterbury and the Royal Festival Hall Nicholas takes the Philharmonia, with soloist Alisa Weilerstein to the Concertgebouw Bruges. The concert features the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Passchendaele and the First World…

Aurora Orchestra needs your help to raise £10,000 to fund its next recording for release on the Warner Classics label. We will return to the studio in November to record a second album – Insomnia…

Nicholas makes his North Amercian debut this month with Les Violons du Roy at the Domaine Forget International Festival in Quebec. Stepping in for Bernard Labadie the programme features Mozart Overture Don Giovanni, Mozart Piano…