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A Spotlight on Summer Opera Festivals 2024

It’s July - the summer opera season is well and truly underway.
How about our wonderful singers? Where can you go to watch them this summer?
London, Somerset & abroad! Keep reading to find out…

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The Role of an Opera Conductor - Through the Eyes of Benjamin Hamilton

If I had to answer with three words, the biggest influences on my career - joy, community, and storytelling.
 George Hurst used to say, “Look after the little notes and the rest follows” – this endorsement of caring about the small details and making the bigger whole better has stuck with me for some years, and I try to live by it!

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A Joyful Journey - Q&A with Ben Garalnick

On 13th June we are joined by our first ever horn player - Benjamin Garalnick.
”Across my life I have been reliably told that the French Horn is really, really hard. Like, the hardest instrument in the orchestra hard. I love playing it because it's this fantastic mix of having to keep up mental focus on technical playing whilst also juggling your musical and expressive intent”..

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Meet the Midnight Apothecary: classical music and cocktails - name a better combination!

Still need more reasons to join us at the Brunel Museum for our secret concert series?
Meet the Midnight Apothecary - one of London’s best kept secrets. Since 2012, it has been voted one of London’s best pop-up cocktail bars. Founded by Lottie Muir AKA. The Cocktail Gardener - Midnight Apothecary is located on the rooftop of the Brunel Museum Thames Tunnel Shaft (where we host our secret concerts!).

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In Harmony on the Road - Q&A with Przemek Winnicki

Polish piano stuper-star and DEBUT Horizon Artist Przemek Winnicki will be joining us again this month for our Secret Concert at Brunel Museum. Always a firm crowd favourite, we are super excited to have Przemek return to join us after his busy start to 2024! Read more to find out about his most recent tour and life on the road!

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Flute & Beyond - Q&A with Rianna Henriques

On the 14th March we have another exciting debut for our Secret Concert series!
Hannah chats with the multi-talented Rianna Henriques (fresh off the stage at the Brit Awards!) to find out more about her incredibly diverse career and busy life!

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Scoring High Notes - Q&A with Rhydian Jenkins

In anticipation of his debut with us in our February Secret Concert double bill, Hannah chats with Welsh Tenor Rhydian Jenkins.
Discover the impact of his South Wales upbringing, a significant influence that resonates strongly throughout the concert programme!

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Gallery: Opera In A Day - La Bohème

On 12th November 2023, we played Puccini’s magnificent La Bohème - in a day!
A fabulous cast of singers worked alongside the Horizon Orchestra, under the baton of Benjamin Hamilton, at the Mulryan Centre for Dance (English National Ballet).

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Harmonising Cultures - Q&A with Rieko Makita

On 3rd November, Japanese Australian pianist Rieko Makita will be joining us at Shoreditch Treehouse!

Read more to find out how Rieko is using her cultural background to showcase under-heard repertoire, combine art forms for innovative projects and drive her own personal creativity.

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