Max Richter News

The Board of The Knights has announced the election of Paul Sekhri to Board Chair and Graham Parker to Board Vice Chair & the appointment of Bridget Mundy to Executive Director. Paul Sekhri, President and Chief Executive Officer of eGenesis, has been a member of The Knights’ Board of Directors since 2017 and is a passionate supporter of the arts.

Avant Chamber Ballet announced the release date of the next performance for the 2020-21 virtual season. The program will be available to start streaming on February 12th just in time for Valentine's Day weekend and a romantic evening safe at home. The performance brings audiences two modern and relevant ballets.

Following the success of the televised premiere of Nashville's Nutcracker, Nashville Ballet presents its next installment of virtual content with Attitude, a two-part series set to release digitally March 5 through 7 and April 2 through 4.

Lulu, a film created as part of The National Ballet of Canada’s Expansive Dances series, choreographed by Guillaume Côté, directed by Ben Shirinian and produced by Lookout, wins Best International Short Film at the 2020 Milan International Film Festival, MIFF Awards.

Under current Government of Ontario regulations for performing arts venues, The Royal Conservatory is unable to have audiences in its concert halls but, in the meantime, is offering concerts online.

Pennsylvania Ballet announced today the launch of its digital season, titled Director's Choice, featuring four complete archival ballets and excerpts directed by Artistic Director Angel Corella. The online season will be available free of charge and is scheduled to launch in two installments on November 12 and November 19 at 7:30 p.m. EST. Each stream will feature conversations with the artists of Pennsylvania Ballet.

Choreographer and performer of Métis heritage, Jera Wolfe creates Soul, his first work for The National Ballet of Canada which makes its world premiere virtually in November as part of the Spotlight Series. 

Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté created Lulu for his wife, Principal Dancer Heather Ogden, as part of Expansive Dances.

For this Australian Premiere at Vivid LIVE 2016, Max pushes the boundaries with an overnight performance of his eight-hour landmark ambient album, Sleep.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) announces a fall performance season like no other, reimagined to address limitations due to COVID-19, yet offering a widely available range of events involving all of the university's five arts schools through innovative collaborations and inventive delivery of theater, music, film and dance.

Work by the American choreographer Mark Godden, premiered a year ago at the Grand National Theater, will be available for free from September 6 to 9.

Intriguing and inventive, Ninefold Ensemblea??s A MURDER STORY RETOLD is an amusing intricate assessment of human behavior presented for both an in-person and online audience.  Presented as part of Sydney Fringe Festivala??s GLOBAL FRINGE season, this work manages the challenges of venue occupancy restrictions and live broadcast incredibly well to deliver a quality theatre experience.

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Executive Director Barry Hughson today announced the launch of the company's virtual season in September with Expansive Dances, three digital premieres created in isolation by Choreographic Associates Robert Binet, Guillaume Côté and Alysa Pires.

After 5 months Filmhouse is reopening its doors to Edinburgh's film-fans.

A huge episode of Music Life this week sees one of the most versatile composers working today. Max Richter asks the stars of film, TV, and stage how they got their starts in the music business, their creative processes, how they convey emotion through their work, and how it's actually quite difficult to create something simple.

The Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) announced today new plans for its 2020-2021 performance season, the orchestraa??s 77th season, and Alain Trudela??s third season as Music Director.

Sydney Fringe today announces the first award-winning international and local highlights for the inaugural Global Fringe program, streamed live this September 2020. The digital platform will premiere five Sydney produced and eight international events by leading Fringe Festivals from around the world, with each production to be professionally recorded and streamed to audiences globally.

The Royal Opera House has announced two new broadcasts, as part of its #OurHouseToYourHouse series. Both Woolf Works and La boheme will be broadcast for free online.

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 12th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.

Two alumnae of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), violinist Jessica McJunkins, BM Music '09, and Olivia Mead, HS Dance '00, are the recipients of the third annual Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards.