(Photo credit: Simon Pauly) The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has appointed Giedrė Šlekytė as its new Music Director for the 2027/28 season. The appointment follows a series of acclaimed appearances with the orchestra during the 2025–26 season. Šlekytė succeeds Thomas Søndergård, who will become the RSNO’s first Music Director Emeritus after nearly two decades with the orchestra. Šlekytė studied music {…}
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Thomas Søndergård conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Julie Roset and Linda Watson. Performance Dates: Oct. 4 & 5, 2024 Derrick Morgan conducts “The Haunted Concert” with Owen Gunnell and the RSNO Children’s Chorus. Performance Dates: Oct. 26 & 27, 2024 Dunedin Consort, Hebrides Ensemble, {…}
(Credit: Martin Bubandt) The Berlin Philharmonic has announced that due to the travel restrictions, General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Sir Donald Runnicles will not be able to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in the online festival “The Golden Twenties” on February 20, 2021. As a result, Thomas Søndergård, the Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, {…}