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Nicholas will travel to Norway to make his debut with the Oslo Philharmonic at the Oslo Konserthus on 30 August. He will conduct Shostakovich Symphony No.8, a piece the composer described as a ‘poem of…

On 4 August, Nicholas and the Aurora Orchestra perform in Saffron Walden, Essex, bringing excerpts of Mozart’s ballet music from Idomeneo, Shostakovich’s Symphony No.9 and Piano Concerto No.2 with the Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin. They…

Nicholas and the Aurora Orchestra make their debut at La Seine Musicale in Paris on 24 June with an all-Mozart programme, presenting their unique performance style of playing a symphony entirely from memory, with the…

Nicholas conducts Mahler Symphony No.10 with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on 10 May at the Koncerthuset in Copenhagen. Also joining him on stage will be pianist Louis Schwizgebel making his debut with the orchestra in…

This Saturday, 21 April, Nicholas appears on Inside Music on BBC Radio 3. Inside Music is a new programme on the station that delves deep into a selection of music by the guest. Nicholas discusses…

In April, Nicholas returns to the UK for a series of concerts with the Aurora Orchestra, The Halle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. On 6 and 7 April Nicholas conducts the Aurora Orchestra…

In February Nicholas conducts his first concerts and opera in situ as the Principal Guest Conductor of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. On 18, 19 and 20 February with the Gürzenich Orchester at the Cologne Philharmonie, and live-streamed…

This week Nicholas Collon makes his debut conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, replacing Jaap van Zweden at two days’ notice. He will conduct Shostakovich Chamber Symphony, Bernstein Serenade with soloist Renaud Capuçon, and Beethoven…

Nicholas makes his debut with the Salzburg Mozarteumorchester on 14 December at the Mozarteum Salzburg. He’ll conduct the orchestra in a programme of Mozart Piano Concerto No.22 with soloist Till Fellner and R. Schumann Six…

November sees Nicholas make debuts with two major German symphony orchestras: his concert debut with the Bamberger Symphoniker and debut with the Dresden Philharmonic. On 5 and 7 November, he conducts the Bamberger Symphoniker at…