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Askonas Holt Askonas Holt is one of the world’s leading arts management companies, specialising in the field of

Askonas Holt is one of the world’s leading arts management companies, specialising in the field of classical music.

Askonas Holt is delighted to welcome Maria Kosovitsa to the roster for worldwide general management.This season saw Mari...
11/06/2026

Askonas Holt is delighted to welcome Maria Kosovitsa to the roster for worldwide general management.

This season saw Maria give her first performances in the title role of Anna Bolena in a new production at Greek National Opera. The appearance followed her debut at the house last season singing Liù in Turandot. She also joined the Athens Philharmonic for Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, as well as for the title role in a concert version of Orpheus and Eurydice at the Ancient Theater of Messene.

Maria is a former member of the Accademia Verdiana at the Teatro Regio di Parma where she sang Leonora in Il Trovatore at the Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto. She returns to Parma in October singing Anna in Nabucco.

Maria was crowned Best Opera Soprano Artist at this year’s Grand Prix Maria Callas Monaco, as well as First Prize at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale Giancarlo Aliverta competition 2025. That same year she was invited to be a guest soloist at the International Opera Awards in Athens.

Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel’s 17-date recital tour around Europe comes to an end tonight with the final perfo...
11/06/2026

Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel’s 17-date recital tour around Europe comes to an end tonight with the final performance taking place at the Wiener Konzerthaus. The duo took to stages from Paris and Barcelona to Warsaw and Amsterdam, with last Sunday’s concert marking their debut at Teatro alla Scala. 

The European recitals follow an Asian tour for the duo which included concerts in South Korea, Japan and Singapore.

📸 Teatro alla Scala and Clement Savel Philharmonie de Paris

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome Shawn Roth to the roster for worldwide general management.The American tenor is a sec...
09/06/2026

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome Shawn Roth to the roster for worldwide general management.

The American tenor is a second year Butler Studio Artist at Houston Grand Opera, where his roles over the past two seasons have included Il venditore in Il tabarro, Curley in Of Mice and Men and Heinrich in Tannhäuser. Outside of Houston, other highlights include Da-ud in Die Ägyptische Helena at the Bard Summerscape Festival and his New York solo recital debut with the Wagner Society of New York, after winning First Prize in the 2024 WSNY Singers Awards.

Next season sees Shawn sing a variety of roles in Munich, including First Armoured Man in Die Zauberflöte, Third Squire in Parsifal, the High Priest in Idomeneo, and Brühlmann in Werther under the baton of Karina Canellakis.

Shawn is a winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, and a two-time district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. An alumnus of Oberlin Conservatory and the Academy of Vocal Arts, Shawn is also a three-time Fellow of the Music Academy of the West.

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome to the roster for worldwide general management.The American-Canadian soprano is curr...
05/06/2026

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome to the roster for worldwide general management.

The American-Canadian soprano is currently a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera, where her roles have included Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Voice of the Fountain in Ainadamar, and Countess Ceprano and the Page in Rigoletto.

Coming up, Gabrielle makes her Edinburgh International Festival debut as Noy in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s The Galloping Cure with Scottish Opera. She also debuts with Pacific Opera Victoria and makes further appearances at Los Angeles Opera.

Gabrielle was awarded the Grand First Prize at Le Concours OSM 2025, and was a National Finalist in this year’s Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, where she received the Anne de Richemont Smithers Award. She was also a finalist and encouragement-award recipient at both the 2025 Butler International Opera Competition and Houston Grand Opera’s 2023 Eleanor McCollum Competition.

📸 Leah Minium

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome to the roster for worldwide general management. The American bass-baritone returns n...
03/06/2026

Askonas Holt is pleased to welcome to the roster for worldwide general management. The American bass-baritone returns next season to Houston Grand Opera as a third-year Butler Studio Artist. Highlights of the 2026/27 season include Wagner in Faust, Second Armoured Man/Priest in Die Zauberflöte and Police Commissioner in Der Rosenkavalier.

Recent highlights for Sam in Houston include performances as George in Of Mice and Men, Terry in Breaking the Waves, Undertaker in Porgy and Bess, the Notary in Gianni Schicchi, Officer in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the British Major in a new production of Kevin Puts’ Silent Night alongside Miles Mykkanen, and Iurii Samoilov. 2024 saw him win the Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award at the Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias, after which he made his company debut as Alidoro in HGO Family Day Presents Cinderella.

As an apprentice artist at Santa Fe Opera, Sam sang the roles of Marchese d’Obigny in La traviata, and Un Médicin in Pelleas et Melisande. He was also a Filene Artist at Wolf Trap Opera, where he appeared as Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro and Zuniga in Carmen.

This summer, Sam will be an Emerging Artist at the International Meistersinger Akademie.

📸 Claire McAdams

The today announced the appointment of as their next General Music Director from the 2027/28 season.He will conduct a ...
01/06/2026

The today announced the appointment of as their next General Music Director from the 2027/28 season.

He will conduct a minimum of two new productions per season, as well as a number of revivals and concerts with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, and the Duisburg Philharmonic.

Of the appointment, Evan said, “The Deutsche Oper am Rhein combines an incredible artistic legacy with a tradition for innovation. I know of no other company whose identity is so bound up with collaboration; collaboration between two major cities, two superb orchestras – the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and Duisburger Philharmoniker – two opera houses, the Chorus of the DOR, the largest ensemble of soloists in Europe and many more highly skilled craftspeople. I look forward to collaborating with Ina Karr and the entire team and to making music with this remarkable constellation of talent on the Rhein.”

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The today announced the appointment of .official as their next Music Director beginning in the 2027/28 season.As Music ...
26/05/2026

The today announced the appointment of .official as their next Music Director beginning in the 2027/28 season.

As Music Director, Daniel will oversee the orchestral programming across the organisation, including its presentations at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford. He will conduct eight weeks in his inaugural season, increasing to twelve weeks in subsequent seasons. His mandate includes the LA Phil’s commissioning programme and the expansion of the orchestra’s international presence through touring, media projects, and new ventures for international collaboration and cultural exchange. In keeping with Daniel’s fierce commitment to musical education, a deep investment in Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) is among his stated priorities, with plans underway for an international YOLA tour marking the Frank Gehry centennial in 2029.

Daniel will head the artistic leadership team, shaping it for the future. His collaborators include Creative Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor-in-Residence Anna Handler, Creative Chair John Adams, Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock, Artist Collaborator Emmanuelle Haïm, and Conductor Emeritus Zubin Mehta. Gustavo Dudamel has been appointed Artistic and Cultural Laureate and Founding Director and Conductor Laureate of YOLA.

Next season, Daniel leads the orchestra in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.2 with Leif Ove Andsnes, Bernstein’s Symphony No.1 Jeremiah and Betsy Jolas’s Latest, and a programme featuring Adès’ The Exterminating Angel Symphony paired with Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.

Daniel takes up the position alongside his current role as Music Director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He was the Artistic and Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and following his tenure was named Conductor Laureate of both orchestras. He previously served as Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra for ten years. In 2024, he succeeded Yo-Yo Ma as Music Director of Youth Music Culture The Greater Bay Area in China.

Read more via link in bio.

📸Polly Brown

today announced the appointment of as Principal Guest Conductor from September 2026 for a minimum term of three season...
21/05/2026

today announced the appointment of as Principal Guest Conductor from September 2026 for a minimum term of three seasons.

Thomas recently held the position of Artist-in-Residence with the orchestra, which enabled the Hallé to regularly showcase his music, often with him on the podium. That followed a more than 30-year relationship that began when he was appointed Composer-in-Association in 1993, a role he held until 1999. 1996 saw the premiere of his piece These Premises Are Alarmed which was commissioned by the Hallé for the opening of The Bridgewater Hall, the orchestra’s home in Manchester.

Thomas will conduct three concerts during the Hallé’s 2026/27 Manchester season, in programmes which he has curated alongside the orchestra. The concerts include his own works, alongside premieres by Gabriella Smith and Francisco Coll, as well as works by Stravinsky, Elgar, Berg, Chabrier and Gerald Barry. Outside Manchester there are plans for performances in major venues across the UK and internationally.

He has also curated and will perform in a chamber concert in March 2027 as part of the Hallé Chamber Series at Hallé St Peter’s, with further chamber concerts, commissions and recordings planned throughout his tenure.

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This month saw perform her original stage concept of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine as part of ’s season finale.Coming up Ap...
20/05/2026

This month saw perform her original stage concept of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine as part of ’s season finale.

Coming up Aphrodite joins Hamburg Staatsorchester this week for Bernstein’s Mass at the Elbphilharmonie before making her Grange Park debut singing Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito in July.

📸 Bjorn Rindestig

The today announced as its Artistic Partner for 2026/27, an appointment which will see him conduct the orchestra’s sea...
19/05/2026

The today announced as its Artistic Partner for 2026/27, an appointment which will see him conduct the orchestra’s season opening and closing concerts.

In September, Matthew conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.1 and works by Thorvaldsdottir and Schumann, while the June concerts feature Strauss’ Don Juan, Sibelius’ En saga and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major with soloist Alice Sara Ott. He also leads the orchestra in performances of The Rite of Spring, Pulcinella, Petrushka and Symphony of Psalms as part of their mid-season Stravinsky festival.

Matthew is currently Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Finland’s Tampere Philharmonic. In addition to concerts in Belgium and Finland, next season sees Matthew return to the Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Wiener Symphoniker, Iceland Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, SWR Symphonieorchester and Stavanger Symphony.

Matthew debuted with the Belgian National Orchestra in November 2024 conducting music by Beethoven, Schumann and Caroline Shaw. He was immediately invited back to the orchestra for a programme celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday, broadcast live as part of Klarafestival.

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