December 2008

photo: Nicolas Ruel

Please join Van Walsum Management in congratulating Kent Nagano who receives the highly prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette decoration from the Consulate General of Japan on behalf of the Emperor, for his contribution ‘towards the promotion of musical exchange between Japan and United States, and towards development of musical culture of Japan’.

photo: Benjamin Ealovega

Javier Perianes performs Brahms’ Piano Concerto No 1 with the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España and Pablo Mielgo in New York’s Avery Fisher Hall and Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center, before returning to Europe to work with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Gordan Nikolich. The series includes performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor and Mahler’s Quartet for Piano and Strings at the Concertgebouw on 13 and 14 December.

photo: Sheila Rock

VWM Artists Ilan Volkov and Semyon Bychkov have both been recognised in the Times Online’s 20 best classical records of 2008. Ilan for his Hyperion disc featuring Britten’s Piano Concerto, Diversions and Young Apollo with Steven Osborne and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Semyon, for his recording of Verdi’s Requiem with WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln released by Hänssler. So if you’re looking for a good Christmas present, look no further!