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Flynn Le Brocq

4 November 2021

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Ruth Gibson

4 November 2021

Ruth loves communicating through music, taking on an open-minded approach to music-making, and pursuing a diversity of creative projects. As a Samaritan and qualified yoga teacher she strives for meaning and balance on and off the stage. Her recent collaborations have included a Mozart string quintet cycle with the Heath Quartet, Mozart piano quartets with […]

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Maia Cabeza

4 November 2021

Canadian-American violinist Maia Cabeza enjoys a multi-faceted performing career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. She has been successful in several international competitions, and her major awards include 1st prize at the 2013 Leopold Mozart Violin Competition in Augsburg and 2nd prize (Bach-prize) of the 2018 Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig. As […]

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Two musicians are playing bassoons during a live performance. The woman in the foreground, with long blondish hair and dressed in black, focuses intently on her music, while the man behind her, also in black, plays the bassoon. They are illuminated by warm stage lighting, and the background shows an industrial-style venue with an audience visible

Amy Harman

4 November 2021

Amy Harman started the bassoon after a failed early career as a cellist. From 2010-15 she was principal of the Philharmonia and is currently a YCAT Artist, Member of Ensemble 360 and Principal of ENO and Aurora Orchestra. Career highlights include performing as a ‘flying soloist’ in Birmingham Opera’s premiere of Stockhausen’s ‘Mittwoch aus Licht’ […]

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Ben Griffiths

4 November 2021

Ben officially joined Aurora in 2012 shortly after performing Mozart’s infamous double bass showpiece ‘Per quest bella mano’ with the orchestra. He has wide and varied experience of orchestral playing, including dozens of tours with the LSO and the John Wilson Orchestra. Chamber music includes regular appearances at the Cheltenham Festival, Guy Johnston’s Hatfield House […]

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John Reid

4 November 2021

John first played with Aurora in 2007 (Birtwistle’s Secret Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music). Personal highlights since then have included Britten’s Young Apollo at the 2016 Aldeburgh Festival; three appearances in the Mozart Piano Concerto cycle at Kings Place; a T-Rex cameo, as part of Beethoven and the Dinosaurs (Far, Far Away series); […]

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Nicholas Collon

1 November 2021

British conductor Nicholas Collon is recognized for his elegant conducting style, searching musical intellect and inspirational music-making. He is Founder and Principal Conductor of Aurora Orchestra and has been Chief Conductor of  the Finnish Radio Symphony since 2021 (renewed until 2028). He was Chief Conductor of the Residentie Orkest in Den Haag (latterly also Artistic […]

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