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From Jan 2022, Jonathan Berman will be managed by James Brown Management.

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Live on BBC Radio 3 


Tonight 19th Oct on BBC Radio 3, Jonathan Berman continues his journey through the wonderful symphonies of Franz Schmidt with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and for the record label Accentus Music.

These are eye (& ear) opening performances of major works from a much under-performed composer, so Jonathan's championing of Schmidt is a treat for all Schmidt fans and a chance for those new to this music to get to know this great and important composer.

Tonight a rare chance to hear the 3rd Symphony ... performed here from a 'live' concert earlier this month and due for cd release as part of a complete cycle.

"A potent performance from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Jonathan Berman. Full of life, energy and optimism. Berman communicates the natural organic quality he finds in the music ..."
BBC Radio 3 Record Review (on Schmidt S.1)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010q88

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THE FRANZ SCHMIDT INTERVIEWS

​Ep 2: Jonathan Berman in conversation with Simone Young

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JONATHAN BERMAN
Returns to Cardiff to conduct the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in the continuation of their FRANZ SCHMIDT CYCLE in concert and in recording for ACCENTUS
"A potent performance from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Jonathan Berman. Full of life, energy and optimism." BBC Record Review 
Kurt Schwertsik, Kurt : Epilog zu Rosamunde op. 33 (1978)
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Cello Concerto (solo : Raphael Wallfisch) 
Franz Schmidt Symphony Nr.4
Oct 2021
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​JONATHAN BERMAN
Conducts the Red Note Ensemble at the 2021 Lammermuir Festival
Tansy Davies Soul Canoe  
James Dillon Tanz/Haus: triptych 2017 
Sept 2021
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​JONATHAN BERMAN

BBC Radio 3 | Record Review | Andrew McGregor
Sat 14 Aug
Franz Schmidt - Symphony Nr.1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Jonathan Berman
Accentus Music

"A potent performance from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Jonathan Berman. Full of life, energy and optimism. Berman communicates the natural organic quality he finds in the music which seems so simple he says but takes a great amount of work to achieve. Excellent recording as well and I'm delighted to say that they're going to complete the series of all four symphonies in the run-up to the composer's 150th birthday in 2024. It is going to be a physical set when it is released and, in the meantime, they will be available as downloads from the ACCENTUS label."
 
listen to the 4th mvmt Finale here ( from 1hr 13m)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000yth8

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​JONATHAN BERMAN
​joins the team for :
Go Compose North America 2021
For participants aged 11-18! Explore new music creation! Work with professional composers, instrumentalists, and singers!
"The craft of making music — along with being kind to people — it's the most important thing there is." Oliver Knussen
Go Compose North America
Aug 2021

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​JONATHAN BERMAN
presents BBC Radio 3 Inside Music
Conductor Jonathan Berman shares a playlist ranging from orchestral music on a giant scale to the most miniature of pieces, from Harry Partch to Franz Schmidt and everything between.
Sat 24 Jul, 13:00 UK & On Demand
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000y5qq
a Tandem Productions for BBC Sounds

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WALES ART REVIEW 
FRANZ SCHMIDT | SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN E MAJOR | BBC NOW

"... energy and optimism fully realised under Berman’s invigorating baton ... "
"Berman [] and his Cardiff team make a strong case for the revival of Schmidt’s overlooked, yet sumptuously scored music."
"... a fine introduction and is well worth exploring."


READ IN FULL ...

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World Music Day 2021 


Award winning films devised, curated and directed by conductor Jonathan Berman.

Palm Beach International Music Awards | Classical Music Digital Awards | Venice Shorts Film Festival

​Freely available from 21-27 June 2021 by OnJam (nee Greengage) for WMD2021 
Postcards From Vienna - Brahms, Mahler & Schoenberg
https://www.onjam.tv/ticket/PostcardsFromVienna

Stravinsky
https://www.onjam.tv/ticket/Stravinsky

June 2021
​Reves de Jeux Mechanic
https://www.onjam.tv/ticket/RevesdeJeuxMechanic

Goldbergs : Meditations in Solitude with Sir Simon Russell Beale
https://www.onjam.tv/ticket/GoldbergsMeditations

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Back with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for their Composers' Hub sessions with composer mentors  Roxanna Panufnik & Stuart MacRae.  

Excellent full orchestra pieces from :
George Stevenson, Angela Slater, Karol Nepelski,  the Posey Jasper Dommett,  Conrad Asman &  Ben Lunn.

June 2021
Jonathan Berman

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Join the London Sinfonietta online for a very special fundraising evening of live performances, conversations and films. An exciting and beautiful collection of chamber performances will be accompanied by a behind-the-scenes look at the ensemble's work in new music, in schools and the community and in programmes to support the best emerging talent for the future of new music in the UK.
Included in the evening will be a specially filmed performance of Takemitsu's 'Rain Coming' under the direction of Jonathan Berman .
Kings Place, London, 10 June
​MORE at London Sinfonietta ... 
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Atelier Crescendo
Interview with Jonathan Berman – Part 1: Presentation and recent activities
Jonathan Berman talks about his experience recording the first symphony with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in this fascinating blog by Atelier Crescendo.
22 May 2021
​MORE ... 
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4 Stars **** from Erik Levi in the BBC Music Magazine
Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 (BBC NOW/Berman)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jonathan Berman (Accentus Music)

"Jonathan Berman and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales deliver a terrific performance .... what really makes this new recording so enticing is the sheer energy and enthusiasm with which conductor and orchestra communicate the vigour and optimism ... "

​MORE ... 
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THE FRANZ SCHMIDT INTERVIEWS
Ep 1: Franz Welser-Möst in conversation with Jonathan Berman
Listen to Franz Welser-Möst's recording of Franz Schmidt's 'Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln' here (https://open.spotify.com/album/7niIGh...​) and his recording of both the 4th Symphony and Variations on a Hussar's Song here (https://open.spotify.com/album/1GVFAK...​).
Listen to Jonathan Berman's recording of Franz Schmidt's 1st symphony here (https://open.spotify.com/album/0hdqXp...​)

Franz Schmidt Symphony Cycle | Symphony Nr.1 | BBC National Orchestra of Wales | ACCENTUS Music | Mar 2021

​Jonathan Berman

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Franz Schmidt Symphony Cycle
Symphony Nr.1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
ACCENTUS Music
Release date : 26 Mar 2021

​The first release  in a cycle of all 4 symphonies by Franz Schmidt with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conduced by Jonathan Berman  

​Jonathan Berman

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performs Franz Schmidt's Symphony Nr.1 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Radio 3 
Tuesday 16th Feb 2021, c.15.00
LISTEN HERE
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JONATHAN BERMAN - ONLINE 
Postcards From Vienna
The Austrian Cultural Forum presents a mini-documentary series by British conductor Jonathan Berman
1. Johannes Brahms. Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 1
2. Gustav Mahler.  Rückert-Lieder
3. Joseph Haydn. Piano sonata in E flat No. 59
4. Arnold Schoenberg. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 
10 feb - 10 Mar  2021
Postcards From Vienna
​Jonathan Berman

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films for GREENGAGE nominated for the Palm Beach International Awards
​Jonathan Berman

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wins for GREENGAGE a Highly Commended for his Cinematography for
'Historiae de divini // Tales of the Divine'  
in David Taylor's Classical Music Digital Awards 2020
MORE HERE 
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2nd week with the  
​Orchestra simfonică şi Filarmonicii "George Enescu"​, Bucharest
Brahms Haydn Variations and Mozart S.40 
​Dec 2020

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Returns to the  
​Orchestra simfonică şi Filarmonicii "George Enescu"​, Bucharest
Beethoven Symphony Nr.8 & others
​Dec 2020
​More  here
online now

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JONATHAN BERMAN - ONLINE 
Postcards From Vienna
a mini-documentary presented by British conductor Jonathan Berman, is like going to four private recitals in four days, all with your very own expert guide, and then coming together to talk about it on the fifth day.
1. Johannes Brahms. Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 1
2. Gustav Mahler.  Rückert-Lieder
3. Joseph Haydn. Piano sonata in E flat No. 59
4. Arnold Schoenberg. Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 
09-13 November 2020
Postcards From Vienna
​Jonathan Berman

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JONATHAN BERMAN - ONLINE 
After the success of Bach's Goldberg Variations, Jonathan returns to the role of movie curator, director and editor in a series of striking films for Greengage Ventures.  ... and he returns to the podium in Stravinsky and Satie conducting a hand picked ensemble of some of London's finest.  Oct-Nov 2020
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Sir Simon Russell Beale, narrator
"The worldwide web has been swarming with filmed online concerts since lockdown began, but none that I’ve seen so far has tried to use the video medium in a creative way—until the preview of The Goldberg Variations: Meditations on Solitude came my way on Thursday. ...  the brainchild of director and conductor Jonathan Berman."
Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph

To view The Goldberg Variations: Meditations on Solitude, visit greengageventures.com on May 31. Performance released at 5.00pm. Tickets required. Available for 30 days.

JONATHAN BERMAN  has very successful presented words & music together on the orchestral platform.  Here he has curated, directed and produced Bach's Goldberg Variations interwoven with texts narrated by Sir Simon Russell Beale in an extended meditation on solitude.  

Narrated by Sir Simon Russell Beale
Performed by Ysaÿe Trio

Photographic art by Kristina Feldhammer
Artistic Director Jonathan Berman


An exclusive preview of followed by live Q&A with the director and artists Wednesday 27th of May at 7pm BST and with repeat show on 31st May - 

Thin aid of The  Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain.

Preview HERE
Press Release HERE 
Reserve your seat HERE ​

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STAND TOGETHER MUSIC

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Listen to music that supports living artists whose work has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.

In times of crisis we must work together to protect what we care about the most.
Our aim is to support the music industry in three ways.​
1. Encourage listeners to think more consciously about how they are consuming music over the coming months.
2. Make it easier for musicians to locate different types of support available to them.
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The Franz Schmidt Project has been set up by Jonathan Berman to record all four of Schmidt’s symphonies with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. These will form the backbone of a far reaching project to perform and promote the music of Franz Schmidt leading to his 150th Birthday in 2024.
​Jan 2020
jonathan berman - the franz schmidt project

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Beethoven Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, Op. 55

mvmt II

​Dec 2019 

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JONATHAN BERMAN
makes a welcome return to Latvia to conduct the Sinfonietta Riga in : 

Webern Langsamer Satz
Wagner (Mottl) Wesendonck Lieder  
(soloist, Mezzo Zanda Švēde)                  
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Beethoven Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, Op. 55

Dec 2019 


left : Jonathan in Riga on Beethoven from 2018 .... 

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JONATHAN BERMAN  conducts the New European Ensemble on NPO Radio 4 in a wide-ranging portrait of one of the UK’s most iconic composers Mark-Anthony Turnage, including his new violin concerto Romanian Rhapsody as well as his epic monodrama Twice Through the Heart along with works by Henze and Oliver Knussen 
Henze, Hans Werner - L'amour à mort ; Sonata
Knussen, Oliver - Processionals
Turnage, Mark-Anthony - Romanian rhapsody
Turnage, Mark-Anthony - Twice through the heart

https://www.nporadio4.nl
Oct 2019
More here

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JONATHAN BERMAN conducts the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in a programme of John Adams and contemporary Lithuanian composer Loreta Narvilaitė at the Klaipėda Concert Hall
​Sep 2019
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JONATHAN BERMAN conducts the New European Ensemble in a programme of Mark-Anthony Turnage, including a world premiere, at Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
Oct 2019
More here

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JONATHAN BERMAN conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Music of Today: Gérard Pesson at the London Southbank Centre
​Oct 2019
More here


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JONATHAN BERMAN Conducts the ORCHESTRE DE PICARDIE in Mozart, J.S. Bach, and Matton, in three concerts at Hirson, Compiègne, and Amiens
May 2019
More here

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JONATHAN BERMAN Conducts the ORCHESTRA DI PADOVA E DEL VENETO in Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky at the AUDITORIUM POLLINI in Padova
April 2019
More here

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JONATHAN BERMAN Conducts the LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL in Knussen, Mozart, Ives, and Stravinsky
April 2019
​More here

JONATHAN BERMAN
Conducts the ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC MANSON ENSEMBLE in a selection of Thorvaldsdottir works along with a premiere of a piece by Academy composer Geoffrey King at the DUKE'S HALL, RAM, as part of the ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR FESTIVAL, Feb 2019
​More here

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… gave the composer’s intentions with absolute assurance and no little conviction, guided with evident precision by Jonathan Berman, a conductor demonstrably in the lineage of David Atherton and Oliver Knussen in terms not just of realising the score but interpreting it such that its essence was made readily perceptible to those listening. 
classicalsource.com
London Premiere of Tanz/Haus by James Dillon 
London Sinfonietta, QEH Southbank, London, Jan 2019 
​More  here

JONATHAN BERMAN
Debut with Orchestra simfonică şi Filarmonicii "George Enescu"​, Bucharest
Richard Wagner 
Preludiu și moartea Isoldei
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Suita Concertino pentru fagot și orchestră
Richard Wagner Murmurul pădurii din Siegfried
Claude Debussy Nocturne
​Jan/Feb 2019
​More  here

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conducts the LONDON SINFONIETTA in JAMES DILLON and OLIVER KNUSSEN tribute at the QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, SOUTHBANK, LONDON
Oliver Knussen Coursing
James Dillon Tanz/haus : triptych (London premiere

Jan 2019 
​More  here

Events

2021

2021 Calender Events Coming Soon

2020

Jan - BBC National Orchestra of wales
Franz Schmidt Symphony Nr.1
Mar - Nash Ensemble 
Knussen-Mark Anthony Turnage
Apr  - Orchestra simfonică şi Filarmonicii "George Enescu"​, Bucharest
Schmidt-Rachmaninov-Bruckner
Apr - London Sinfonietta
Takemitsu 

2019

Jan - London Sinfonietta
Knussen - James Dillon
Feb  - Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble 
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Festival
Feb  - Orchestra simfonică şi Filarmonicii "George Enescu"​, Bucharest
Wagner Prelude & Liebestod - Debussy Nocturnes
Apr - London Philharmonic Orchestra 
Knussen - Mozart - Ives - Stravinsky
Apr - Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Shostakovich - Tchaikovsky
May - Orchestre de Picardie
Mozart - Bach - Matton - Mozart 
Sep - Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
John Adams
Oct - Philharmonia Orchestra - Southbank
Music of Today - Gerard Pesson
Oct - New European Ensemble - Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Nov - Sinfonietta Riga
Wagner - Beethoven
                                             

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Jonathan returns to the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra  with a programme of Brahms, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky
June 2018
More  here, RTE here

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THE JOURNEY - Schumann's Symphony Nr.3 'Rhenish' with  the Southbank Sinfonia at the new Bridge Theatre, London , April 2018
More  
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Jonathan conducts the Southbank Sinfonia at the St John's Waterloo.
BERLIOZ Cléopâtre
SCHUMANN Symphony No.3 'Rhenish'
Justina Gringytė Mezzo Soprano
Jonathan Berman Conductor
15 March 2018, 18:00
​More  here

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Jonathan conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a programme of Ryan Wigglesworth, John Woorlich and Alexander Goehr - broadcast on BBCRadio 3 Hear & Now - Sat 17 Feb 2018 22:30
More  here,  Listen Online here

A Letter from America
Jonathan Berman & the Kempinski Young Artist Programme 
Read Jonathan's personal reflection
here.

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Meet the Maestro
Jonathan was recently interviewed by Rhinegold Classical Music magazine, after his success in London and Amsterdam at performing with Ensemble Modern. In the article, Jonathan talks about how having mentors at the start of his career was hugely important and helped to increase his chances of sucess. The article is also available on Rhinegold's website, which you can find
here.​

JONATHAN BERMAN
conducts the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra in the premiere of Vykintas Baltakas' Commentum, at the Gaida Festival in Vilnius, Oct 2016

JONATHAN BERMAN
conducts the world premiere of Schuller's Magic Trumpets at the Festival of Contemporary Music at the Tanglewood Music Centre, July 2015
JONATHAN BERMAN
conducts the LONDON SINFIONIETTA in XENAKIS at London's Kings Place
Nov 2018 
​More  here

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BĒTHOVENA ASTOTĀ SIMFONIJA UN STRAVINSKA DEJAS
Jonathan debuts with Sinfonietta Riga
Nov 2018
More  here

JONATHAN BERMAN
conducts the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong 

Webern -  Langsamer Satz
Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin
(soloist Kirill Troussov)
Brahms -  Serenade No.2
Hong Kong City Hall, Sept 2018 More  here

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interview on Beethoven's 8th Symphony, performed with the Riga Sinfonietta, Nov 2018

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conducts the NEW EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE in their
GUBAIDULINA FESTIVAL 
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ & 
Dag in de Branding Festival

 Oct 2018 More  here

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On BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert with Penny Gore featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

​More  here
Rimsky-Korsakov: 
Piano Concerto in C# minor, op. 30
Alexander Ghindin (piano)
​Listen here 
Pelle Gundmumsen-Homgreen:
Tricolore IV
Listen here



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Jonathan conducts the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble in a programme celebrating Sir Harrison Birtwistle, RAM Composer in residence
May 2018
More  here, RAM here

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Jonathan conducts the London Sinfonietta at the London EAR Festival.
Programme includes : 

Toru Takemitsu Quatrain II
Gabriele Cosmi Musica per cinque strumenti (world premiere)
Christopher Fox Caoineadh (world premiere)
Yûta Bandoh Bubbles I (2017) for 5 players (world premiere)
Franco Donatoni L’Ultima Sera
Hilary Summers soprano
London Sinfonietta
22 March 2018

​More  here

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Jonathan conducts the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra  in
Different Colors, a programme of Debussy, Mozart and Franz Schmidt's Symphony Nr.4
I Solisti Della Scala, soloists
03 March 2018 
More  here

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JONATHAN BERMAN debuts with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Stepping in at the short notice for an indisposed Ryan Wigglesworth, Jonathan Berman makes his debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales on 31st Jan in a programme curated by Huw Watkins, BBC NOW Composer-in-Association.
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Alexander Goehr - Sinfonia
John Woolrich - Concerto for Oboe ( Nick Daniels, oboe)
Huw Watkins - Trio
Ryan Wigglesworth - ‘Clocks’ from A Winter's Tale

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More  here

JONATHAN BERMAN 
conducts the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Grieg, Williams, and others in Dublin, Nov 2017

JONATHAN BERMAN
conducts the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in Schumann's Symphony Nr. 2 and Lindberg's Chorale, March 2017
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