The National Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting (NMO) is a prestigious two-year master’s programme offered jointly by the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. This programme is presented in cooperation with s
Read MoreOn March 12 2021, it was exactly one year ago that the government of the Netherlands decided to have the first COVID-lockdown. The year after that has been a real struggle for many people, and the Residentieorkest decided to greet their beloved audience that day by playing Elgar’s love song “SALUT D’AMOUR”.
Read MoreThe first week of December 2020 Antony had a very successful return to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra! Together they interpreted very inspiring works by Louis Andriessen and Tristan Keuris, as well as new commissions by Bram Kortekaas and Celia Swart. The concert was live-streamed on www.concertgebouworkest.nl and broadcasted on NPORadio4.
Read MoreMany challenges in Covid-times to teach conducting. However, with creativity and inspiration many things ARE actually possible…!
Read MoreJUST RELEASED…!
CD of the World Premiere of ROSS HARRIS “FACE” - AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA/ VOICES NEW ZEALAND CHAMBER CHOIR in co-commission with BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Read MoreDue to COVID-19- and travel restrictions, also in the new season 20/21 many of Antony’s long term planned concerts have been cancelled - among others a visit to LOWLANDS with the North Netherlands Orchestra, a tour with TRISTAN UND ISOLDE with Nederlandse Reisopera, a production of Puccini’s FANCIULLA DEL WEST with Opera North, MAHLER 8 with NNO, a series of concerts with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London and his US-debut with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra.
However, extremely grateful that new moments and opportunities of music making are popping up and coming in, starting next week with Residentieorkest. Of course Antony will be performing with the North Netherlands Orchestra, that reprogrammed its whole fall - as many other orchestras and companies did. He will also be jury member of the International Conducting Competition Rotterdam, and will return to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in December.
Read More“Music can make society warmer and closer. I would like to contribute to that in any way I can'.
Following interviews with Marc Albrecht, Lorenzo Viotti and Hartmut Haenchen about “conductor’s life in Corona-time”, Franz Straatman interviewed Antony for Place de l’opera.
Read MoreAs Hannibal said: “I love it, when a plan comes together…”
Eight courageous conductors. Three inventive, warm and visionary mentors. Shaping leaders of the future.
Magical place Otterlo, in a rural, nature setting. Forest walk, setting intentions. Morning gymnastics. Intense conducting sessions, supported by our wonderful “Conductorsretreat-mini-orchestra’s”. Poetry evening. Extremely powerful days with fabulous and decisive haptonomist Mart Blom and marvelous soloist Carla Leurs. And... beautiful presents of the universe by unscheduled visits and discussions with Benjamin "Art of Possibility" Zander and Kay Pollak, director of “As it is in heaven”. Kröller-Müller. And the very moving end-ritual with the “letter-assignment”.
Read MoreAntony was invited to write a guest column in the music magazine “LUISTER”, juli/august 2020. About the North Netherlands Orchestra, Connection and all different kinds of Corona-projects.
Read MoreNadine Benjamin is a fabulous soprano, that Antony learned to know during his rehearsal period for Rusalka in London at English National Opera, spring 2020 - she was singing First Nymph, and covering Rusalka. Nadine is also a certified NLP-mindcoach and High-performance-coach, and she set up a number of “Safe-at-home-Chat-Sessions”. On July 20th Antony was her guest, and they talked for an hour about Antony’s personal and extraordinary mindset in music and life. Almost 2,5k visitors were attending this highly enjoyable talk.
In the end Nadine asked Antony for his three tips to anybody who wants to make a contribution in life and music - and listen here to his answer.
Read MoreAnd… WE ARE BACK!
All in one week: Solo-for-two. Verklärte Nacht (!). Strawinsky Octet. Flute-Harp. Beethoven. Strauss. Schumann. Mozart. And a fabulous “PREVIEW-NEXT-SEASON CONCERT”, live-streamed by all nordic TV-Stations RTV and NITE-hotel Guy and Roni...! 🎶🎶
Read More“From one day to the next there were no more concerts… The North Netherlands Orchestra came up with "Solo for two": one-on-one concerts by one player for one listener, inspired by Marina Abramović's famous performance The Artist Is Present in MOMA. One remembers: Abramović at a table, silently in eye contact with whoever was watching, after which nothing but looking and probing. It was also about the question of how to communicate something without words.
Read MoreHermus is one of the many performing musicians who were sidelined by the coronavirus. It doesn't suit him to sit around doing nothing. On his website he describes his own experience of enforced isolation, and gives some tips. And he doesn't mince his words when it comes to politicians' approach to culture.
Read MoreReality 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.
Read MoreSometimes you meet people who show you the right direction in life... 🙏🙏🙏
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.
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