DEBUT’s founder soprano Lizzie Holmes and mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries chat about how it was co-producing DEBUT's largest project to date! - our first project specifically for film! From putting the project together in just three weeks and on a shoe-string budget, to juggling both producer and performer hats simultaneously, to our musical highlights and the the challenges (and bonuses!) of a live performance specifically for film!
Read More“Jo and I put this project together in just three weeks (a fraction of the time we’d usually take to plan any normal DEBUT project), but we needed to. We couldn’t do another lockdown with nothing to work on, to inspire us and to bring together our fellow musicians.
We have managed to put the project together on an incredibly tight shoe-string budget but there are still costs involved, so if you are able to help our project, which brought together 16 musicians and creatives, we would be immensely grateful.”
Read MoreFor Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020, the Royal College of Music chatted to alumni Lizzie Holmes, soprano and founder of DEBUT about how she juggles running a company alongside a full time performing career, what she has learnt since founding the company in 2015 and her top tips for current students who are looking to starting their own companies.
Read MoreThe Pandemic of 2020 hit the music world really hard. In an industry that is incredibly tough to ‘make it in’ in normal times, let alone a worldwide pandemic, musicians were faced with the standstill of their industry, many losing over a years worth of work. We set up the ‘Hygge Project’ for any musician who wanted to create and share music and a little insight into their lives during lockdown to hopefully bring a little comfort to them and our audiences.
Read MoreAhead of our next DEBUT at Cutty Sark concert on 19th April 2020 we take a look back at our launch concert and photo shoot at the Cutty Sark last November.
Read MoreTo celebrate our third birthday at the Shoreditch Treehouse we’ve put together a little taster of what makes the series so unique - the people, the music, the atmosphere!
Read MoreNana from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas by Manuel de Falla | Recorded live at DEBUT's launch concert at the Cutty Sark, November 2019
Read MoreThe photos are here! Featuring: Featuring William Wallace tenor, Lizzie Holmes soprano & host, William Jack cellist, Florent Mourier piano, Sam Peña piano improviser
Photos by Christian Abad
Read MoreSteinway & Sons UK came to the Shoreditch Treehouse to discover how this magical space came about. Some great footage of our DEBUT concert that evening too! Featuring pianists Simone Tavoni, Varvara Tarasova and Sam Pena, guitarist Michael Christian Durrant, soprano Nicola Said and our founder soprano Lizzie Holmes.
Read MoreDEBUT returned for their fourth recital at the Royal Opera House of 2019 for what was an hour of trilling music and great insights into the worlds of both opera and song.
The concert was live streamed on the Royal Opera House's Facebook account, where it has had over 18K views. Watch the full video here!
Read MoreThis Saturday, 3 August 2019, DEBUT comes to the Lamberhurst Music Festival. We are really excited about performing a new opera, Conquests of Love, which features highlights from Carmen to La bohème, Don Giovanni to Die Fledermaus. Ahead of this weekend’s performance, we caught up with soprano Natasha Day about Conquests of Love, which she has written and produced.
Read MoreSee all the photos from our DEBUT at Shoreditch Treehouse concert, May 2019
Nicola Said soprano
Michael Christian Durrant classical guitar
Varvara Tarasova piano
Simone Alessandro Tavoni piano
Sam Peña resident piano improvisor
Hosted by Lizzie Holmes soprano
Read MoreCheck out our Q&A with composer Lewis Murphy. Lewis is Glyndebourne’s youngest ever Composer-in-Residence – a position he held until the end of 2017. His other recent commissions have been for Scottish Opera and the National Opera Studio, as well as our very own DEBUT at Shoreditch Treehouse with soprano Gemma Summerfield. He chats to us about his collaboration with librettist and director Laura Attridge, his biggest inspirations and what it’s like to be a composer in the 21st century.
Read MoreSee all the photos from our DEBUT at Shoreditch Treehouse concert, April 2019
Ricardo Panela baritone
Patrick Davies clarinet
Juliane Gallant piano
Chris Hotson piano
Sam Peña resident piano improvisor
Hosted by Lizzie Holmes soprano
Read MoreA year on from when OKIEM joined us for DEBUT at Shoreditch Treehouse as our special guest, we wanted to catch up on what the pianist/composer is up to now and share our exclusive live recording of him for DEBUT at Shoreditch Treehouse.
OKIEM is a pianist & composer who's music is described as "cinematic classical”. He creates his signature sound by combining piano, orchestral instruments and synthesizers.
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