Kevin Griffiths

Badisches Staatstheater

kg-admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:20:17 +0000

Collegium Musicum Basel

kg-admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:14:13 +0000

Kevin Griffiths has commenced his first season as newly appointed chief conductor and artistic director of the Collegium Musicum Basel. The opening concert takes place on Friday 9th September 2011 at 19:30 in the Casino Basel.

Program:
Carl Maria v. Weber – “Ruler of Spirits” overture
Tchaikovsky 1. Piano concerto
Dvorak 8th Symphony “The English”

Soloist: Nikolai Tokarev
Conductor: Kevin Griffiths

Concerts with Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra

kg-admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:19:56 +0000

Kevin Griffiths won second prize in the Sir Georg Solti’s International Conducting Competition in 2010. Kevin will be conducting the Prize Winners concerts on the 10th and 11th April 2011 with the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra at the Alte Oper Frankfurt – Main.

Programme
Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela Op.22
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.56

Sergey Dogadin – Soloist

For more information about these concerts and to book tickets, click the link here.

Brandenburg Festival

kg-admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:57:25 +0000

Kevin Griffiths and the Brandenburg State Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Piano concerto number 3 together with the 20-year-old world-class pianist Claire Huangci …on Sunday at 17:00 in Neustadt.

Antonin Dvoraks Symphony number 8 – known as “the English” – completes the program.

“Märkische Allgemeine”

Fledermaus Performances

kg-admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:51:21 +0000

Kevin Griffiths has conducted two very successful performances of “Die Fledermaus” at the Bruntwood-Theatre, RNCM Manchester with the RNCM Opera Orchestra in December 2008.

LSRE Debut CD, winner of the Diapason d’Or Award

kg-admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:42:52 +0000

The LSRE Debut CD, winner of the Diapason d’Or Award, is available now. Order the CD online!
Click here to purchase online!

Kevin Griffiths and The London Steve Reich Ensemble have recorded their Debut-CD for “CPO records”. To be heared on the CD are works by Steve Reich; Eight Lines / Piano Phase / Sexte

Junior Fellow in Conducting

kg-admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:36:49 +0000

Junior Fellow in Conducting awarded to young British conductor The Royal Northern College of Music is delighted to announce that Kevin Griffiths has been awarded the position of Junior Fellow in Conducting, commencing in September 2007. Kevin was one of nine candidates who attended the live auditions, from an initial 140 applications. Candidates were eliminated until there were two left in the final round where they conducted the RNCM Symphony Orchestra. He will receive tuition from Mark Elder CBE, conduct the RNCM Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and benefit from the RNCM’s strong links with the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic & Manchester Camerata.