Primo Artists celebrates our Fourth Anniversary today!
Primo Artists turns 4 today!
As we enter our fifth year, we reflect upon key highlights from the last year:
Conductors Christian Reif and Gemma New are signed to Primo’s roster
Cristian Macelaru is announced as new Chief Conductor of WDR Sinfonieorchester
Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell are nominated for 2019 Grammy Awards
Primo kicks off its first orchestra tour with the National Symphony Orchestra of Romania, led by Cristian Macelaru
Itzhak Perlman appears on “The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert” in celebration of his 60th Anniversary “Ed Sullivan Show” debut
Conductor Christian Reif makes successful debuts in NYC at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, D.C. with the National Symphony Orchestra and Asia with the Hong Kong Philharmonic
Nicola Benedetti is awarded a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honors List
Beatrice Rana receives accolades with Classic FM and Critics Circle and nominations with Classic Brit and D-la Repubblica
Perlman’s documentary film receives a Grammy nomination for “Best Music Film”, releases in over 150 theaters around the world, airs nationwide on PBS and becomes available on Amazon and iTunes
Cristian Macelaru leads successful second season as Music Director of the Cabrillo Festival and makes a debut with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Beatrice Rana performs at the 2018 Classic Brit Award ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall
Nicola Benedetti embarks on a U.K. tour with Baltimore Symphony under Marin Alsop and a U.S. tour with the Orchestra of Age of Enlightenment
Joshua Bell performs “The Red Violin” score on tour with full film projection and live symphony orchestra
Seong-Jin Cho embarks on 3 North American tours to 19 cities, from New York to Los Angeles in what the LA Times called “an electrifying debut”
Perlman tours with Pinchas Zukerman and plays Pittsburgh Symphony tribute concert for Tree of Life Synagogue victims
Global music community honors the loss of Primo’s beloved intern Anna Lucia Kim
Beatrice Rana releases Warner Classics album with Antonio Pappano and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Seong-Jin Cho releases three Deutsche Grammophon albums: With Sir Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic, Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and Myung Whun Chung and the One Korea Orchestra
Joshua Bell releases Sony album with Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Cristian Macelaru releases Ecstatic Records album with Philadelphia Orchestra on Michael Torke’s “Unconquered”
Perlman, Bell and Benedetti amongst Classic FM’s “Classical Music’s Biggest Stars”