Credit: Marco Borggreve
Jonathan Cohen 高恩
GUEST DIRECTOR 客席總監
Conductor | Harpsichord 指揮｜古鍵琴
Jonathan Cohen is one of Britain's finest young musicians. He has forged a remarkable career as a conductor, cellist and keyboardist. Well known for his passion and commitment to chamber music Jonathan is equally at home in such diverse activities as baroque opera and the classical symphonic repertoire. He is Artistic Director of Arcangelo, Music Director of Les Violons du Roy, Associate Conductor of Les Arts Florissants, Artistic Director of Tetbury Festival and Artistic Partner of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
18/19 season also sees return visits to Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Les Violons du Roy, and debuts with Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Mozarteum Orchester, Royal Northern Sinfonia and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He returns to the BBC Proms for Theodora with Arcangelo, the ensemble which he founded in 2010 and who strive to perform high quality and specially created projects. He has toured with them to exceptional halls and festivals including Wigmore Hall London, Philharmonie Berlin, Kölner Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, Salzburg Festival and Carnegie Hall New York. Other recent highlights include a European tour with Vilde Frang with concerts at Oslo Opera House and Tonhalle Zürich and their BBC Proms debut at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2016.
Arcangelo are busy and much in demand in the recording studio, partnering with fine soloists such as Iestyn Davies (their disc Arias for Guadagni won the Recital Category at the 2012 Gramophone Awards and their recording of Bach cantatas was best Baroque Vocal recording in the 2017 Gramophone Awards ), Anna Prohaska, and Christopher Purves for Hyperion Records. Their Mozart disc with Vilde Frang on Warner Classics (2015) reached No. 1 in the UK specialist classical chart and received an Echo Klassik Concert Award. Recital recordings with both Christiane Karg ( Scene!)and Matthew Rose ( Arisas for Benucci)were nominated for International Opera Awards 2016. Their recording of CPE Bach Cello Concerti with Nicolas Altstaedt on Hyperion Records won the BBC Music Magazine Awards’ Concerto category in 2017 and their Buxtehude Trio Sonatas, Op.1 recording for Alpha Classics was nominated for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance in the 2018 Grammy Awards. Their most recent recordings of Magnificats by members of the Bach family and Charpentier’s Leçons de ténèbres, are already attracting critical acclaim.
高恩是英國的傑出青年音樂家，無論作為指揮、大提琴家及鍵琴演奏家，皆取得莫大的成就。他對室樂的熱愛及耕耘為人所津津樂道，並遊刃於不同種類的樂曲，由巴洛克歌劇到古典交響樂同樣擅長。他同時身兼英國大天使古樂團的藝術總監、加拿大皇帝提琴樂團的音樂總監、法國繁花古樂團的副指揮，英國泰伯里音樂節的藝術總監以及美國聖保羅室樂團的藝術伙伴。
18/19樂季中，高恩將再度帶領啟蒙時期樂團、皇帝提琴樂團及聖保羅室樂團演出，亦會首次與克里夫蘭樂團、紐約管弦樂團、薩爾斯堡莫扎特音樂學院、皇家北部交響樂團及英國廣播電台威爾斯國家管弦樂團合作。在來港前，高恩帶領大天使古樂團於英國廣播電台逍遙音樂節演出韓德爾神劇《泰歐朵拉》。大天使古樂團於2010年由高恩創立，自此與許多樂壇中最出色的獨唱及獨奏者合作，為觀眾帶來極高水準的演出以及錄音。這些匠心獨運的創作為他們贏得觀眾讚譽。
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