Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has been spared jail time. On Tuesday, May 28, Judge Alexander Milne suspended his 14-month prison sentence for two years. Milne said that he had been “humiliated in the public eye.” The Standard is reporting that the judge also noted that Latham-Koenig’s actions were “deeply worrying behavior” and “this is a gentleman of 70 years of age who {…}
Conductor Jan Latham-Koenig has pleaded guilty to two child sex offences, including messaging someone he believed to be a 14-year-old boy. The Standard is reporting that during an appearance at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the 70-year-old conductor admitted that he arranged sex acts with someone he thought was a teenager, but was, in fact, an undercover police officer. According to {…}
The Teatro Colón has parted ways with its Music Director Jan Latham-Koenig after being arrested in the U.K. for a Child Sex Offense. In a statement from the Bueno Aires theater, the company said, “Faced with the news of an extremely serious complaint against Jan Latham-Koenig, in the United Kingdom, the Teatro Colón has decided to separate him from all {…}
On Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, conductor Jan Latham-Koenig was arrested in London’s Victoria station and has been charged with a child sex offense. According to BBC News, “the Met Police said it followed an investigation by detectives in the force’s specialist crime command.” The news outlet also reported that Lantham-Koenig is alleged to have arranged or facilitated a child sex {…}
Jan Latham-Koenig has joined Felsner Artists for general management. Latham-Koening is an internationally renowned conductor who works with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle Zurich, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Japan Philharmonic. He is the Music Director at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the {…}
Jan Latham-Koenig has been appointed artistic director of the Festival Puccini at Torre del Lago. The director will take the position on June 19, 2023, and his term will be between 2024 and 2026. Latham-Koenig is the Music Director of Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires and is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra. He has conducted the {…}
The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires has appointed Jan Latham-Koenig as its Music Director. Latham-Koenig is the founding Artistic Director of the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra and has been Chief Conductor of the Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and started his career as a pianist. He has conducted at the Wiener {…}