With Mark Anthony Turnage, jazz is never very far away.
At the initiative of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the British composer will be reuniting with jazz guitarist John Scofield, to whom he has dedicated a concerto for his instrument. There will also be a reunion between Sir Simon Rattle and Krystian Zimerman following their highly acclaimed recording, with the LSO, of Ludwig van Beethoven’s complete piano concertos, the fourth of which they will be performing here. Never change a winning team, let alone two!
For this episode of “the art of conducting”, we sat down with Sir Simon Rattle, the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. He talked to us about what the lockdown situation looked like for orchestras, the rehearsing & composing process of Ondřej Adámek’s piece “Where are you”, the collaboration between conductor & musicians and much more! Special thanks to the Hotel le Place d’Armes and it’s team for the warm welcome!
