Lotte Betts-Dean has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Megan Steller. The Australian mezzo-soprano has premiered many works by contemporary composers, and recorded several composer portrait albums, including Michael Finnissy, Stuart MacRae, Catherine Lamb and Arthur Keegan. She has performed with the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Wigmore Hall, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) Maire Therese Carmack has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. She will be managed at Askonas Holt by Nicholas Moloney. This season, the American mezzo-soprano is set to debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago in “Rigoletto,” the Houston Grand Opera debut in Missy Mazzoli’s “Breaking the Waves” and returns to the Metropolitan {…}
(Credit: Askonas Holt) Günther Groissböck has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide management. The bass will be represented by Angelica Conner. Last season Groissböck performed at Carnegie Hall and Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and also performed with the Wiener Philharmoniker. This season he sings in productions of “Der Rosenkavalier” and “Die Walküre” at the Teatro alla {…}
Héloïse Werner has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Werner will be managed by Megan Steller. The French-born composer and soprano is Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall from 2023 to 2028 and her compositions have been commissioned by the Aurora Orchestra, Maîtrise de Radio France, and the London Handel Festival with further commissions for Manchester Collective and St Paul’s Cathedral coming {…}
Kyle Miller has joined Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Miller will be managed by Joel Thomas and Mathieu Levan. During the 2024-25 season, Miller is set to make his Metropolitan Opera debut as Sensor in Jeanine Tesori’s “Grounded.” He is also set to appear at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2025 as Dr. Malatesta in “Don Pasquale.” Throughout {…}
Sean Michael Plumb has joined Askonas Holt for European management. Plumb will be managed in Europe by Nicholas Moloney and Matt Palmer at Askonas Holt, in collaboration with Étude Arts for general management. Plumb is a winner of a 2022 Career Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation and was honored by President Obama as a United States Presidential Scholar in {…}
(Credit: Soloman Howard) Soprano Ailyn Pérez has joined Askonas Holt’s roster for worldwide general management. Pérez will be managed at Askonas Holt by Joel Thomas. In a statement, the soprano said, “I am truly happy to reconnect with Joel Thomas and the team at Askonas Holt for worldwide management, and to collaborate with them on the next part of my {…}
Théo Imart has signed with Askonas Holt for worldwide general management. He will be managed by Solal del Castillo. Imart is a French countertenor who has performed at Theater St Gallen, Royal Orchestra of Versailles, and Festival Aix-en-Provence A regular collaborator with the Royal Orchestra of Versailles, Imart returned to the ensemble last month for a nine-concert tour of China, {…}
Michał Biel has joined the roster of Askonas Holt for worldwide management. Biel will be managed by Solal del Castillo. The pianist has performed at Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, and Carnegie Hall, and has given recitals at Oper Frankfurt, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Opera de Lille, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía and the Grand {…}
Askonas Holt has announced additions to its leadership team. The company revealed that Financial Controller Susana Tierney will also take on the role of Company Secretary to her responsibilities, and Emma Beecham and Sorcha Coller were promoted to Associate Director. The news comes after the announcement of a new office for Askonas Holt in Berlin headed by Alexander Hollensteiner. Tierney {…}
Askonas Holt and Opus 3 Artists have announced that the Opus 3 Berlin office will become Askonas Holt Berlin, effective July 1, 2024. The rebranded office will be headed by Alexander Hollensteiner, who joins Askonas Holt Berlin as Managing Director from Kammerakademie Potsdam. He will work alongside Katharina Ronnefeld and the rest of the Berlin team who become Askonas Holt {…}
