Promenade Concert No.409
Venue: Suntory Hall Venue Info Seat
Ryan WIGGLESWORTH, Conductor
Imogen COOPER, Piano
Ryan WIGGLESWORTH (Conductor)
Ryan Wigglesworth, who took up the position of Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in September 2022, has established himself as one of the foremost composer-conductors of his generation. He was Principal Guest Conductor of the Hallé Orchestra from 2015 to 2018 and Composer in Residence at English National Opera, and at the 2018 Grafenegg Festival. In close partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, he founded the Knussen Chamber Orchestra which made both its Aldeburgh Festival and BBC Proms debuts in 2019.
Recent concerts include the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony among others
One of the leading composers of his day, his first opera, The Winter’s Tale, premiered at ENO in February 2017. Other works include commissions from the Royal Concertgebouw and Cleveland orchestras, BBC Symphony (BBC Proms).
In January 2019 he took up the position of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
photo:©Benjamin Ealovega
Recent concerts include the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony among others
One of the leading composers of his day, his first opera, The Winter’s Tale, premiered at ENO in February 2017. Other works include commissions from the Royal Concertgebouw and Cleveland orchestras, BBC Symphony (BBC Proms).
In January 2019 he took up the position of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
photo:©Benjamin Ealovega
IImogen COOPERS (Piano)
Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic repertoire, Imogen Coopers’s recent and future concerto performances include the London Symphony Orchestra with Simon Rattle, the Hallé Orchestra with Mark Elder and the Cleveland and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestras with Jane Glover. Her solo recitals this season include performances in London, New York and Washington DC.
As a committed chamber musician Imogen performs regularly with Henning Kraggerud and Adrian Brendel. Following a long collaboration with Wolfgang Holzmair in both the concert hall and recording studio, her Lieder partners now include Ian Bostridge, Sarah Connolly and Mark Padmore. Imogen’s most recent solo recordings have been for Chandos Records.
Imogen received a DBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2021. The Imogen Cooper Music Trust was founded in 2015, to support young pianists at the cusp of their careers and give them time in an environment of peace and beauty.
photo©Sussie Ahlburg
As a committed chamber musician Imogen performs regularly with Henning Kraggerud and Adrian Brendel. Following a long collaboration with Wolfgang Holzmair in both the concert hall and recording studio, her Lieder partners now include Ian Bostridge, Sarah Connolly and Mark Padmore. Imogen’s most recent solo recordings have been for Chandos Records.
Imogen received a DBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2021. The Imogen Cooper Music Trust was founded in 2015, to support young pianists at the cusp of their careers and give them time in an environment of peace and beauty.
photo©Sussie Ahlburg
