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Borletti-Buitoni Trust
http://www.bbtrust.com
The Borletti-Buitoni Trust is a unique and prestigious foundation for developing and sustaining the international careers of exceptional young classical musicians. With the backing of an international panel of the highest calibre, the BB Trust has been established to help young performers in as flexible and innovative a way as possible. Working in partnership with managers, concert promoters, broadcasters and recording companies, the BB Trust aims to nurture selected musicians by encouraging their musical growth and providing an extended platform of opportunities which will gain them greater public recognition.
DBPR initiates PR campaigns for major projects of every BBT winner including CD launches (e.g. for sopranos Emma Bell and Hyunah Yu, mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, cellist Christian Poltéra, violist Antoine Tamestit, violinist Viviane Hagner, pianist Ralph van Raat, trombonist Jorgen van Rijen), commissions and premieres (clarinettist Martin Fröst, percussionist Colin Currie, piano duo Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore) and concert tours (BBT winners with Mitsuko Uchida in 2008 and 2004 and Christian Tetzlaff in 2006).
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East Neuk Festival
www.eastneukfestival.com
Despite leaner budgets this year the East Neuk Festival’s persistently ambitious artistic director, Svend Brown, has again engaged a host of world class musicians for five days of music-making in the Kingdom of Fife, including the Belcea and Elias Quartets, Tallis Scholars, London Winds, Russian virtuoso pianist Alexander Romanovsky, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, French jazz star Renaud Garcia Fons, and pianist Malcolm Martineau with young singers Katherine Broderick and Robin Tritschler. Monumental works such as the Victoria Requiem and Spem in Alium for 40 voices anchor the ‘ancient’ programme, while a central strand of Benjamin Britten’s themes and inspirations spans the centuries from Purcell to Schubert. The East Neuk itself is the subject of a specially commissioned film and exhibition.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra
www.sco.org.uk
Following a Highlands summer tour in 2008 with the young London-born conductor Robin Ticciati, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra was in no doubt about the choice of its next Principal Conductor. Ticciati repeated the Highlands experience this summer and is now poised to make his formal debut in the top job in early December 2009 (11th and 12th at Glasgow City Halls and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall respectively). Ticciati is hugely passionate about programming and keen to exploit the SCO’s wide ranging repertoire. It is therefore characteristic of both conductor and orchestra that the programme for his opening season is challenging and varied, spanning Henze, Mahler and Brahms to Fauré, Poulenc, Berlioz and Haydn. Star soloists include mezzo-sopranos Magdalena Kozená and Karen Cargill. Later in the season, in February 2010, he conducts Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with the SCO Chorus and soloists including Karen Cargill, Yann Beuron,, Ronan Collett and Matthew Rose.
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Cape Town Opera
www.capetownopera.co.za
PR for first ever UK tour in October 2009.
Cape Town Opera brings a new production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess to the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, London’s Royal Festival Hall (concert) and Edinburgh Festival Theatre.
Critical Acclaim for Cape Town Opera
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San Francisco Ballet
www.sfballet.org
San Francisco Ballet, America’s oldest professional ballet company, celebrated its 75th birthday in 2008. Under the directorship of Helgi Tomasson, the company is acclaimed as one of the most innovative and artistically creative classical ballet companies in the world.
PR for Paris and London tours since 1999 and 75th anniversary year.
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Dance East - Rural
Retreat 2008
www.danceeast.co.uk
Conceived and organized by the dynamic Assis Careiro, director of DanceEast, the Rural Retreat has become one of the most anticipated forums dealing with issues of leadership in the world of dance.
PR for the 2008 Rural Retreat for future dance leaders with speakers including former England football manager Graham Taylor. |
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Olli Mustonen
http://www.hazardchase.co.uk/artists/mustonen_conductor
Finnish musician Olli Mustonen has a unique place on today’s music scene. As a pianist, he has challenged and fascinated audiences throughout Europe and America with his brilliant technique and startling originality. In his role as conductor he founded the Helsinki Festival Orchestra and is Artist in Association with the Tapiola Sinfonietta. As a composer he forms part of a very special line of musicians whose vision is expressed as vividly in the art of re-creative interpretation as it is in his own compositions.
PR for 40th birthday year 2007.
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Paul Hillier
www.paulhillier.net
Paul Hillier is one of the world’s foremost choral conductors and is founder director of Theatre of Voices and Chief Conductor of Ars Nova Copenhagen. He co-founded The Hilliard Ensemble and during his tenure as musical director the group rose to international prominence. Hillier enjoys close creative relationships with many living composers, most notably Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt, both of whom have written works for him to perform with his various ensembles. Alongside projects with his own ensembles, he enjoys guest conducting with many of the world’s finest choirs including the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
PR for UK tours for Theatre of Voices and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir 2005-2007.
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From-Sweden
From Sweden was deliberately different from most music festivals: rather than a concentrated flash of music over a festival weekend or themed week, From Sweden concentrated on building a momentum and awareness over an extended period with a consistent programme of over 30 events built into the concert seasons October-December 2004 and January-June 2005..
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Royal New Zealand Ballet
www.nzballet.org.nz
PR for the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s six-week tour of the UK in Spring 2004. |
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Nina Ananiashvili with stars of Russian ballet and Moscow Dance Theatre
PR for Sadler’s Wells season in March 2004. |
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Danish National Symphony
Orchestra
www.dr.dk/orkestre
PR for three UK tours including the BBC Proms
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T'ang Quartet
www.tangquartet.com
Hailed as one of the hottest properties on Singapore’s
classical music scene, the T’ang Quartet made
its British debut at Wigmore
Hall on 26 March 2005 as part of the Singapore Season in London, organised by
the National Arts Council, Singapore to showcase its top arts ensembles. Praised
for its daring programming and insightful interpretations,
the quartet performs to great acclaim in the United States
and throughout Asia.
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Ballet Stars of St. Petersburg
PR for gala performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, May 2003, as part of the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg. Participating dancers included Andrei Batalov, Ilya Kuznetsov, Yulia Makhalina, Irma Nioradze, Daria Pavlenko, Farukh Ruzimatov, Elvira Tarasova, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Igor Zelensky
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Solti Foundation
www.georgsolti.com
PR for launch of Solti Foundation website in 2002 to mark what would have been Sir Georg Solti’s 90th birthday.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
www.sitesakamoto.com
Legendary Japanese musician, composer and collaborator Ryuichi Sakamoto’s career has spanned decades and proves his own maxim that the only constant in life is change.
PR for Ryuichi Sakamoto’s UK and European tours and recording projects 1991-2002. |
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The William Walton
Centenary 2002
www.waltontrust.org.uk
PR for the William Walton’s centenary in 2002 which was celebrated with musical events the length and breadth of the UK including two major festivals at London’s Southbank Centre and in the north of England, as well as concerts, talks, educational programmes, new CD releases and the publication of three new books. |
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La Mortella
www.lamortella.org
PR in 2001/2 to promote, as a tourist destination, La Mortella, the amazing sub-tropical garden on the island of Ischia in southern Italy that was the home of Sir William and Lady Walton.
Plus publication of the first major photographic book on La Mortella with photography by John Ferro Sims and text by Lady Walton (New Holland Publishing)..
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Handmade in Italy
www.simspix.co.uk
HANDMADE IN ITALY was published in 2002 by author and photographer John Ferro Sims (New Holland). Italy is unique in Europe in being at the forefront of style, fashion and design and yet still steeped enough in its traditional cultures to have preserved the artisan way of life. This book celebrates the highly skilled individuals who have chosen the ‘luxury of going slowly’ in the face of e-commerce, mass manufacture and globalisation and are still producing items of beauty and utility in glass, metal, stone, fabric and ceramic.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet
www.pnb.org
PR for July 2002 Sadler’s Wells season. |
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Dame Beryl's Evening
PR for gala evening directed by Wayne Sleep at Sadler’s Wells in 2002 to celebrate the 75th birthday of Dame Beryl Grey, one of England’s most popular and accomplished ballerinas, remembered for her magnificent performing career and cherished for her ongoing commitment to the world of dance. |
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Viktoria Mullova
www.viktoriamullova.com
PR for Through the Looking Glass CD release and associated concerts 2000-2001 |
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Sonia Slany
www.villagelife.co.uk
PR in 2000 focusing on the monochord, including concert at London Jazz Festival |
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