Jonathon Heyward
Sergio A. Mims forwards this press release:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
07/27/2017 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/27/2017 13:01
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Jonathon Heyward (United States), who will be conducting:
December 2 and 9, 2017
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Toyota Symphonies for Youth
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Toyota Symphonies for Youth
Jonathon Heyward is forging a career as one the most exciting
conductors of his generation. He is currently Assistant Conductor of The
Hallé, alongside Music Director Sir Mark Elder.
2017/18 promises to be a busy season. In addition to
strengthening his work with both The Hallé Youth Orchestra (as its
Artistic Director and main conductor) and The Hallé, which he will
conduct in his first subscription series concert, with soloist Benjamin
Grosvenor, in March, Jonathon will also embark on a number of eclectic
projects: five performances premiering Giorgio Battistelli's new opera, Lazarus,
for the Birmingham Opera Company, with stage-Director Graham Vick; a
tour of France with Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen, to include
performances at festivals in Besançon and La Chaise-Dieu; a series of
concerts at the best halls across Belgium with the Symfonieorkest
Vlaanderen; and debuts with the Orchestre National de
Bordeaux-Aquitaine, the Orchestre National des Pays de Loire and the
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, as well as a return invitation to
Japan.
In 2015, Jonathon won the 54th International Competition for
Young Conductors in Besançon, taking the Grand Prize aged only 23, and
since has conducted the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Basel
Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Panda Wind Orchestra in
Japan, the Philharmonie Zuidnederlandand, the Orchestre National de
Lille, the Orchestre National de Lorraine, Chineke! Orchestra in the UK,
and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for a production of Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars, as part of his Conducting Fellowship supported by the Kurt Weill Foundation.
Originally a cellist, Jonathon commenced conducting studies at
The Boston Conservatory in the class of Andrew Altenbach. He went on to
occupy the position of Assistant Conductor for its opera department and
the Boston Opera Collaborative from 2012 to 2014, where he worked on
productions including La bohème, Die Zauberflöte and The Rape of Lucretia.
In 2013, he became the youngest ever semi-finalist at the Blue Danube
International Opera Conducting Competition and furthered his education
with postgraduate studies with Sian Edwards at the Royal Academy of
Music, London, from where he graduated in June 2016.
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