Subscription Concert No.1010 B Series
Venue: Suntory Hall Venue Info Seat
Martyn BRABBINS, Conductor
Annelien Van WAUWE, Clarinet
Martyn BRABBINS (Conductor)
Martyn Brabbins was recently appointed Chief Conductor of the Malmö Symphony, starting in the 2025/26 season. He was Music Director of the English National Opera 2016-2023.
He guests with top international orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw, San Francisco Symphony, DSO Berlin and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, as well as the Philharmonia, BBC Symphony and most of the other leading UK orchestras, and also has a close relationship with the Symphony Orchestra of India (Mumbai). He is a popular figure at the BBC Proms, who in 2019 commissioned 14 living composers to write a birthday tribute to him, released in 2024 on the BIS label. Known for his advocacy of British composers, he has conducted hundreds of world premieres across the globe. He has recorded nearly 150 CDs to date, including prize-winning discs of operas by Korngold, Birtwistle and Harvey. In 2023 he received the RPS Conductor Award for his "colossal" contribution to UK musical life.
He was Associate Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1994-2005, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic 2009-2015, Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2012-2016, and Artistic Director of the Cheltenham International Festival of Music 2005-2007. He is Prince Consort Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music, Visiting Professor at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire and Artistic Advisor to the Huddersfield Choral Society.
Brabbins has had a busy opera career since his early days at the Kirov and more recently at La Scala, the Bayerische Staatsoper, and regularly in Lyon, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Antwerp. He opened English National Opera’s 23/24 season with David Alden’s production of Peter Grimes in what turned out to be his swansong, as well as a musical highpoint of his seven year tenure. He also led a rare performance of Tippett’s opera New Year with the BBC Scottish Symphony, recording it for release on NMC. In 24/25 he conducts The Makropoulos Case for Scottish Opera and Mazeppa for Grange Park Opera.
Amongst his symphonic highlights of 23/24: two BBC Proms concerts, including stepping in for the late Sir Andrew Davies, and two successive weeks at the Barbican in repertoire ranging from Mussorgsky to Nono, all with the BBC Symphony. Engagements abroad have included Stravinsky with the Radio Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Elgar with Lahti Sinfonia. In 24/25 he conducts the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony at Suntory Hall, the BBC Symphony at the Barbican (Boulez), makes his debut with the Danish National Symphony, and returns to the Antwerp Symphony, BBC Scottish and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
His discography ranges from Romantic to contemporary repertoire, with over 60 recordings for Hyperion Records alone, notably of Elgar, Walton and Tippett. He has received two Gramophone Awards, one for Birtwistle’s Mask of Orpheus with the BBC Symphony (NMC) and another in 2021 for Pickard chamber works with the Nash Ensemble (BIS); also the Cannes Opera Award for Korngold's Die Kathrin with the BBC Concert Orchestra (CPO), and the Grand Prix du Disque for Jonathan Harvey’s Wagner Dream.
Brabbins studied composition in London and conducting with Ilya Musin in Leningrad, subsequently winning first prize at the 1988 Leeds Conductors' Competition which launched his international career.
He guests with top international orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw, San Francisco Symphony, DSO Berlin and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, as well as the Philharmonia, BBC Symphony and most of the other leading UK orchestras, and also has a close relationship with the Symphony Orchestra of India (Mumbai). He is a popular figure at the BBC Proms, who in 2019 commissioned 14 living composers to write a birthday tribute to him, released in 2024 on the BIS label. Known for his advocacy of British composers, he has conducted hundreds of world premieres across the globe. He has recorded nearly 150 CDs to date, including prize-winning discs of operas by Korngold, Birtwistle and Harvey. In 2023 he received the RPS Conductor Award for his "colossal" contribution to UK musical life.
He was Associate Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1994-2005, Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic 2009-2015, Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic 2012-2016, and Artistic Director of the Cheltenham International Festival of Music 2005-2007. He is Prince Consort Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music, Visiting Professor at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire and Artistic Advisor to the Huddersfield Choral Society.
Brabbins has had a busy opera career since his early days at the Kirov and more recently at La Scala, the Bayerische Staatsoper, and regularly in Lyon, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Antwerp. He opened English National Opera’s 23/24 season with David Alden’s production of Peter Grimes in what turned out to be his swansong, as well as a musical highpoint of his seven year tenure. He also led a rare performance of Tippett’s opera New Year with the BBC Scottish Symphony, recording it for release on NMC. In 24/25 he conducts The Makropoulos Case for Scottish Opera and Mazeppa for Grange Park Opera.
Amongst his symphonic highlights of 23/24: two BBC Proms concerts, including stepping in for the late Sir Andrew Davies, and two successive weeks at the Barbican in repertoire ranging from Mussorgsky to Nono, all with the BBC Symphony. Engagements abroad have included Stravinsky with the Radio Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Elgar with Lahti Sinfonia. In 24/25 he conducts the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony at Suntory Hall, the BBC Symphony at the Barbican (Boulez), makes his debut with the Danish National Symphony, and returns to the Antwerp Symphony, BBC Scottish and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
His discography ranges from Romantic to contemporary repertoire, with over 60 recordings for Hyperion Records alone, notably of Elgar, Walton and Tippett. He has received two Gramophone Awards, one for Birtwistle’s Mask of Orpheus with the BBC Symphony (NMC) and another in 2021 for Pickard chamber works with the Nash Ensemble (BIS); also the Cannes Opera Award for Korngold's Die Kathrin with the BBC Concert Orchestra (CPO), and the Grand Prix du Disque for Jonathan Harvey’s Wagner Dream.
Brabbins studied composition in London and conducting with Ilya Musin in Leningrad, subsequently winning first prize at the 1988 Leeds Conductors' Competition which launched his international career.
Annelien Van WAUWE (Clarinet)
Annelien Van Wauwe is one of the most captivating and original soloists of her generation.
A former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Annelien has won numerous international competitions. Her joint Second Prize award at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2012 was a decisive step towards international recognition. She won a Borletti Buitoni Trust Award in 2018 and an Opus Klassik Award in 2020 with her debut album 'Belle époque' (Pentatone).
Annelien’s concerto engagements for the 2023/24 season include performances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms and with the Dresdner Philharmonie conducted by Andrew Manze, she will perform the German premiere of Wim Henderickx's basset clarinet concerto ‘Sutra'.
She has performed with many leading orchestras, including Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Orchestra of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Mozarteum Orchester, with conductors such as Andrew Manze, Martyn Brabbins, Jun Märkl and Edo de Waart.
photo©Joëlle Van Autreve
A former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Annelien has won numerous international competitions. Her joint Second Prize award at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2012 was a decisive step towards international recognition. She won a Borletti Buitoni Trust Award in 2018 and an Opus Klassik Award in 2020 with her debut album 'Belle époque' (Pentatone).
Annelien’s concerto engagements for the 2023/24 season include performances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms and with the Dresdner Philharmonie conducted by Andrew Manze, she will perform the German premiere of Wim Henderickx's basset clarinet concerto ‘Sutra'.
She has performed with many leading orchestras, including Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Orchestra of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Mozarteum Orchester, with conductors such as Andrew Manze, Martyn Brabbins, Jun Märkl and Edo de Waart.
photo©Joëlle Van Autreve
