The Aurora Orchestra and Kings Place, London have launched a monumental five-year Mozart’s Piano project what is thought to be the first complete cycle of Mozart’s 27 piano concertos to be presented in a British…
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Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse welcomes Nicholas back to Halle aux Grains on 12 & 14 February to conduct a programme including Adams’ hyper melodic Violin Concerto (performed by Chad Hoopes) and Holst’s The…
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Nicholas returns to Trondheim Symphony Orchestra to conduct a newly commissioned work “Haykal” by Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major (with Francesco Piemontesi) and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. As part of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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