Reality has changed drastically for our arts. Culture has to reinvent itself. We are going into a New World, and it is completely alienating, surreal and unreal. The North Netherlands Orchestra wants to look ahead in this new video: “IMAGINATION CREATES a new REALITY”.
Read MoreThe Royal Concertgebouw had to cancel its Mahler-festival, but went online. On May 17 there was an online-stream of the new symphonic cinema film about Mahler, “The Echo of Being”, with music by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Together with Marina Mahler Antony gave an exciting interview about this film.
Read MoreOn the invitation of Facebook-group “CONDUCT-IT” Antony shared some ideas, experiences and also a few confessions of his personal quarantaine weeks.
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Antony: “When I was 13 years old, I was lucky to meet Pieter van Moergastel, who taught me music theory, let me accompany all high level choirs of both him and his wife Lia, and was such an important and inspiring mentor for me during all my music studies.
Read MoreIn their Mahler-Cycle, the North Netherlands Orchestra played - for the first time in 19 years - the enormous 9th Symphony of Mahler. After the highly emotional performance the audience kept their breath for almost a minute - and gave a thunderous applause for the breathtaking moments the orchestra created…
Read MoreAfter recording a high-rated CD with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Antony made his highly successful concert-debut at City Halls in Glasgow.
Read MoreAn intense start of the new BBCseason! After conducting Beethoven and Mahler at the 70th anniversary of the European Council in Strasbourg, Antony conducted the start of the Mahler-cycle of the fabulous Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg.
Read MoreAntony ended his 2018/19 season with Bruckner Symphony No.8 with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, at both the Lotte Concert Hall and Seoul Arts Center.
Read MoreIt was announced today that Antony is to be Principal Guest Conductor of Opera North, effective immediately.
Read MoreAntony conducted three performances of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Opéra de Rouen Normandie in May, an opera not often performed in France. Directed by Marie-Eve Signeyrole, Konstantin Shushakov sang the title role, with Anzhelika Minasova as Tatyana and Eugenia Asanova as Olga.
Read MoreAntony made his debut with the Helsinki Philarmonic on 26 April 2019. The performance was broadcast live from the fantastic concert hall in the Helsinki Music Centre and is available on demand via Helsinki Kanava.
Read MoreIt was the week that was, a last-minute jump in at Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra on 8 February squeezed in between final performances of the widely acclaimed Die tote Stadt with Netherlands Reisopera, met with great applause. As Antony said himself, “we rocked it completely…!!!”
Read MoreNot even the lights can stop the music… that’s what happened when there was a power failure during Antony’s rehearsals with the North Netherlands Orchestra in December 2018, and Mahler’s epic 7th Symphony turned into something else altogether… watch via Facebook here.
Read MorePassion, enthusiasm, energy… Everything came together in a most amazing week with the 90 young musicians of the Australian Youth Orchestra!
Read MoreTwo wonderful programs in the Sydney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne! Every night almost 10.000 people were attending in the warm temperatures of a hot summer night… Can life get any better?…
Read MoreIs there a better way to start the new year 2018 than conducting new years concerts on “holy ground” in the Vienna Musikverein?
Read MoreDuring the NJO-muziekzomer, Antony conducted the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands in performances of Humperdincks Hänsel und Gretel, directed by David Prins. Place of action: the forest!
Read MoreAntony joined Rotterdam Philharmonic in Indonesia, taking over the last concert of their Asia Tour 2017. It was the very first time that a European top orchestra came to Jakarta to play their music for the Indonesian population. On the program was Tschaikowskys Symphony Nr. 5, Beethoven Ouverture Coriolan and Brahms Violin concerto.
Read MoreBeing born in Oosterhout, Brabant, Antony was very happy to conduct 5 concerts in Brabant and Limburg with Philharmonie Zuidnederland! On the program was Franck, Mozart, and Schumann.
Read MoreJust an ordinary Tuesday at the rehearsal of the North Netherlands Orchestra. Two fantastic soccer players of FC Groningen, JESPER DROST and TOM HIARIEJ, were discovered also as autodidact piano players…!!!
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