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Nicholas will make his concert debut with both the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in January 2016.  The NYOGB (with whom he holds an alumni position) will see…

Following a successful recording collaboration in 2014 Nicholas will make his highly anticipated concert debut with The Hallé this month.  Nicholas will conduct no fewer than four concerts at Sheffield’s City Hall on 7 November…

Making a welcome return, Nicholas will conduct the CBSO on 14 October at Symphony Hall with a programme including Nielsen’s Violin Concerto with Pekka Kuusisto and Dvorak’s joyous 6th Symphony.  Nicholas will then take to…

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…