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Aurora returned to the BBC Proms in August 2021 with a roof-raising concert of Russian music, to ecstatic reviews. Watch the full concert here on BBC iPlayer.

On 4 August the Finnish Radio Symphony announced their 2021/22 season, the first under Nicholas Collon as Chief Conductor.  In his inaugural season Stravinsky is highlighted fifty years after his death, with the orchestra performing…

The BBC Proms return this summer with live audience, and Nicholas and the Aurora Orchestra will once again take to the stage on 11th August. This will be their 11th consecutive performance at the world’s…

Nicholas conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in two concert on 26 May. With a 20th-century programme of Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Britten starring Laurence Power as soloist, the performance will be in front of…

Nicholas conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra on 5 May 2021. The performance will be live streamed from Helsinki on YLE Areena at 8pm local time. The programme features works by Britten and Mendelssohn, with…

Nicholas will conduct his final concert in his position as Chief Conductor of the Residentie Orkest on 25 April 2021. The concert will be broadcast live on NPO Radio 4 at 10:30am CET as part…

Nicholas returns to the studio next week with the BBC Philharmonic, recording Britten, Shostakovich and Schreker for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Violinist Timothy Ridout is the featured soloist. The programme is as follows:…

Nicholas returns to the stage in Paris with Orchestre National de France on 10 December to conduct the French premiere of Thierry Escaich’s Viola Concerto. Antoine Tamestit is the featured soloist in the Viola Concerto,…

Kalevi Aho: Symphonic Dances, Thomas Adès: Violin Concerto & Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances | Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Live broadcast from the Helsinki Music Hall on February 14, 2020 R. Strauss Duet-Concertino, Beethoven Piano Concerto No….

Nicholas conducted Aurora Orchestra in their 10th consecutive BBC Proms performance on 10 September 2020. One of a handful of live, televised performances, Nicholas presented an engaging programme that included a memorised performance of Beethoven’s…