Nicholas Kok Conductor
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Nicholas Kok Conductor Nicholas Kok is an extremely versatile conductor and Orchestras and ensembles he has worked with musician. In the concert hall, the opera house and on include the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, BBC radio he has conducted numerous world and British Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal premieres, including works by Birtwistle, Holt, Scottish National, Radio Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Maxwell Davies, Reich, Turnage and Xenakis. He has BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish also recorded and toured extensively with the Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra, RTE National leading contemporary music ensemble Psappha. Symphony Ireland, Ulster Orchestra, Halle, Het From 1996 to 2006 he was Principal Conductor and Gelders Orkest, Symphony Orchestra Aachen, Artistic Director of Sinfonia Viva, with which he Munich Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, performed a large and varied repertoire and is now Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Birmingham the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor. Contemporary Music Group, Jenaer Philharmonie, Orchestra of St John’s Smith Square, Orquesta de For English National Opera he has conducted Orfeo, Valencia and Orquestra Nacional do Porto. Il Ritorno d’Ulisse, The Fairy Queen, The Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, King Priam, the world Nicholas Kok works and records frequently with the premieres Turnage The Country of the Blind and BBC Singers, with projects including a recording of Twice through the Heart in a joint production with Birtwistle’s Moth Requiem and works by Robert South Bank Centre and Aldeburgh Festival, and the Saxton, and the UK premiere of Nico Muhly’s Spiral world premiere of Arion and the Dolphin. He made Mass with organist James McVinnie. He has his Opera North debut conducting the world recorded for radio and television, and has written premiere of Simon Holt’s The Nightingale’s to Blame and arranged music for both mediums, as well as at the Huddersfield Festival, where he also working as assistant/band conductor on numerous conducted the British premiere of Hindenburg, part recordings for Opera Rara and Chandos. He one of a major work by Steve Reich. He returned to conducted several works on Errollyn Wallen's Opera North for new productions of Gluck Orfeo, recently released and well-received 2016 CD Stravinsky Les Noces, Purcell Dido and Aeneas, and Photography. Mark Simpson’s Pleasure. Festivals at which he has appeared include Edinburgh, BBC Proms, Orkney, He has also worked closely with many “Stravinsky's score, conducted by Cheltenham, Montepulciano and “Sound Around” in choreographers (as conductor and arranger) and has Nicholas Kok, shimmered with Copehhagen/Malmo. conducted for Birmingham Royal Ballet including Le Baiser de la Fee, Petrushka and The Firebird; Scottish beauty” Nicholas Kok made his debut at the Stuttgart Ballet Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet and Sleeping Debra Craine, The Times Staatsoper conducting Purcell King Arthur, and Beauty as well as three programmes at the returned for new productions of L’incoronazione di Edinburgh Festival; and Stockholm Royal Ballet. He Poppea and Gluck Orfeo along with revivals of Hänsel played the premiere of his own music for Scottish und Gretel, L’italania in Algieri and Iphigenie in Dance Theatre’s “Out of the House” performances, Aulide. For Cologne Opera he directed Le Nozze di and the world premiere of his 7th Degree which was Figaro and a new production of Semele, also directed performed by Julian Bliss and Viva, conducted by the in Graz. For Oper Leipzig he has conducted Alceste composer. and Iphigenie en Aulide. In Lisbon he conducted Handel Agrippina at the Teatro Sao Carlos and in Highlights from recent seasons include Semele in Klagenfurt productions of Handel Teseo and Cavalli Il Hong Kong and Péter Eötvös's The Golden Dragon in Giasone, and, in Porto, a new production of L’Elisir South Korea with Music Theatre Wales, Xerxes with d’Amore. Theater Magdeburg and Silent Night with Opera North, and new productions of Idomeneo at Buxton He played a large part in setting up Almeida Opera International Festival and L’incoronazione di Poppea for which he conducted Mario the Magician by at Opera Theatre St Louis. Recent and future Stephen Oliver. For Opera Factory London he engagements include studio recordings with the BBC conducted numerous productions including works Singers and Mansfield Park and Cunning Little Vixen by Xenakis and Osborne alongside Poppea, Dido and at the Royal Northern College of Music. Aeneas, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute and Curlew River. For Opera Factory Zürich he conducted La Calisto and Marschner Der Vampyr. For Valid for use until 1 February 2021 McKinsey/WDR/Arte he conducted the world For updated versions please contact premieres of Alexander Krampe’s reworkings of [email protected] Rousseau Pygmalion and Bizet Carmen. 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