‘Spider’ ensnares international prize
Stéphane Denève’s recording of Roussel’s Le festin de l’araignée (The Spider’s Banquet)/Padmâvatî (NAXOS 8.572243) has been awarded the 2013 prize for symphonic music by the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The International Classical Music Awards are the only truly independent and international awards for classical music in the world. The jury consists of seventeen leading music critics representing magazines, online services and radio stations from across thirteen countries: Andante...
read moreAnd now it’s Diapason d’Or DE L’ANNÉE!
Stéphane Denève’s recording of Debussy’s Orchestral Works has received the coveted Diapason d’Or de l’année in the “Orchestral” category. The award, one of the most prestigious in classical music, is selected by a jury comprising critics from the French magazine Diapason magazine and broadcasters from the public radio station France Musique. The award ceremony was held on 19th November at Maison de Radio France in Paris. Stéphane, who is currently in the USA, was unable to attend the award ceremony but said,...
read moreGold award crowns reviews for Denève’s Debussy
“The main event in a month of musical emotion” – Diapason We had begun to despair of this Debussy anniversary, which has been poorly represented on record. But now it lights up, with [this recording by] Stéphane Denève’s Scottish orchestra. Stéphane Denève’s recording of Debussy’s orchestral works with the RSNO has been awarded the ‘Diapason d’Or‘ – the ‘Event‘ of the month for September 2012 – by prestigious French music...
read moreAmerican summer includes Tanglewood debut
Stéphane will be spending most of his summer stateside this year, as he returns the USA to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia and Boston Symphony orchestras in their summer seasons. Traditionally, July and August sees the great American orchestras take to their outdoor stages or summer homes in the countryside and this year Stéphane will be joining the LA Philharmonic at the famous Hollywood Bowl, the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Vail Valley Festival and in Saratoga Springs and he will be making his debut at the Boston...
read moreDenève nominated for Gramophone Artist of the Year
PLEASE NOTE: VOTING FOR THE GRAMOPHONE AWARDS IS NOW CLOSED Stéphane Denève has been nominated for Gramophone magazine’s prestigious Artist of the Year 2012 award, part of their 2012 Classical Music Awards. The winner is voted for by Gramophone readers, from a shortlist of 10 artists who the magazine’s editorial team ‘really feel have contributed something special to classical music throughout the past year’. Stéphane is honoured to be included in a distinguished group of nominees, the other artists shortlisted...
read moreRSNO make short film to say ‘Au Revoir, Stéphane!’
Short film documenting Stéphane Denève’s final days as Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
read moreTransatlantic Success – from Munich to New York
Stéphane Denève has been criss-crossing the Atlantic ocean over the last two months, starting with a run of major performances in Stuttgart and Köln with the RSO before heading off to Boston for three concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the historic Symphony Hall in mid-February. Then it was back to Germany, where Denève made his début with the Munich Philharmonic… before flying back to the USA again for his début at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York (with the Boston Symphony Orchestra). Finally it was time to return...
read moreBerlioz, Solti, conducting and much more…
The UK arts reviews website The Arts Desk has just published a long, fascinating and in-depth question-answer interview between David Nice and Stéphane Denève (from a meeting in 2010), to coincide with the opening of the new RSNO Season (his last as Music Director). You can read the full interview here. Their discussion, packed with interesting anecdotes, covered a wide range of topics close to Stéphane’s heart, including Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, his thoughts on conducting, rehearsing an orchestra, on contemporary...
read moreStéphane Denève opens new Stuttgart RSO (SWR) season
Stéphane Denève will open the 2011-12 season as the new chief conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) on Thursday 22 September and Friday 23 September 2011 at the Liederhalle Stuttgart, Beehovensaal. The concert begins at 20:00 (German time) with a pre-concert introduction (Kerstin Gebel in conversation with Stéphane Denève) at 19:00. The concert on 23 September will be broadcast live on SWR2 from 20:03. As if delivering a musical business card, Stéphane Denève will unite three musical lines his inaugural concert:...
read moreVideo: Final Season with the RSNO
In this short video, Stéphane Denève discusses the highlights of the 2011-12 Royal Scottish National Orchestra Season, his last as the Orchestra’s Music Director.
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