Nicholas Collon

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Nicholas Collon (born 7 February 1983 in London) is a British conductor.

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Biography

A viola player, organist and pianist by training, Collon played viola in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB). He studied at Eton and was an organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge. One of his conducting mentors was Sir Colin Davis, and Collon has served as an assistant conductor to Sir Mark Elder. [1]

In 2004, Collon, Robin Ticciati and fellow NYOGB musicians founded the Aurora Orchestra, with Collon as its artistic director. He was awarded the 2008 Arts Foundation Fellowship for conducting, from a list of twenty nominated British conductors. For the 2011–2012 season, Collon was Assistant Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [2]

In April 2007, Collon conducted Mozart's The Magic Flute , directed by Samuel West, in Ramallah and Bethlehem, the first-ever staged opera production in the West Bank, and returned in 2009 with the same team for performances of La bohème . His English National Opera conducting debut was in September 2012. [3] In June 2013, he conducted the British stage premiere of Jonathan Harvey's opera Wagner Dream for Welsh National Opera. [4]

In June 2015, the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague announced the appointment of Collon as its co-principal conductor, effective 1 August 2016, for a minimum term of three years, with an estimate of 6 weeks of appearances per season. [5] In June 2017, the Residentie Orchestra announced Collon's appointment as the Residentie Orchestra's sole chief conductor and artistic advisor, effective 1 August 2018, with a minimum of 8 weeks of appearances per season. [6] He stood down as chief conductor of the Residentie Orchestra at the close of the 2020–2021 season. [7]

In 2017, Collon first guest-conducted the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FRSO). In May 2019, the FRSO announced the appointment of Collon as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season. He is the first non-Finnish conductor to be named chief conductor of the FRSO. [8] In February 2023, the FRSO announced the extension of Collon's contract as its chief conductor through the 2027–2028 season. [9]

Collon has conducted commercial recordings with the Aurora Orchestra for Warner Classics. [10] [11]

Collon is married to flautist Jane Mitchell, creative leader of the Aurora Orchestra. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Nick Shave (27 July 2011). "Nicholas Collon: 'We live in the era of iPod shuffle'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nicholas Collon appointed Assistant Conductor" (Press release). London Philharmonic Orchestra. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Fiona Maddocks (15 September 2012). "The Magic Flute; The Bartered Bride – review". The Observer. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  4. ↑ John Allison (8 June 2013). "Wagner Dream, WNO, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Britse dirigent Nicholas Collon nieuwe vaste dirigent Residentie Orkest" (Press release). Residentie Orkest. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nicholas Collon chef-dirigent Residentie Orkest" (Press release). Residentie Orkest. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Anja Bihlmaier appointed new Chief Conductor of Residentie Orkest The Hague from summer of 2021" (Press release). Residentie Orkest. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra elects Nicholas Collon as its next Chief Conductor" (Press release). Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nicholas Collon to continue as Chief Conductor of the FRSO until 2028" (Press release). Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  10. ↑ Andrew Clements (27 November 2014). "Adams: Chamber Symphony; Copland: Appalachian Spring etc CD review – immensely suggestive". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Andrew Clements (6 August 2015). "The Aurora Orchestra: Insomnia CD review – a bit of a ragbag". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Kvist, Wilhelm (4 September 2021). "Vi måste spegla hela samhället". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Helsingfors. pp. 26–27.
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 Principal Conductor, Aurora Orchestra
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 Co-Principal Conductor, Residentie Orchestra
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