When Tchaikovsky completed the first draft of his piano concerto in 1875 he showed it three days later to the great Russian pianist, Nicolai Rubinstein, along with another musical friend, Nikolai Hubert. Tchaikovsky was rather hoping that Rubenstein would premiere the work at Moscow’s Russian Musical Society in Moscow.
This month we are delighted to feature Tiffany Cheng, one of the viola players from the London Firebird Orchestra and find out more about her life in music…
Firebird makes a welcome return to St John the Evangelist in Oxford following the orchestra’s hugely successful 2017 sell-out début. Let’s find out more…
Beethoven’s majestic Egmont Overture opens Firebird’s 2018/19 Season in truly monumental form on 9 October at St George’s Hanover Square.
Our 2018/19 season got off to a brilliant start with our launch event at the Gladwell and Patterson gallery in Knightsbridge. Here are some pictures from the night.
London Firebird Orchestra’s spectacular opening to the 2018/19 season featuring talented soloist Leonard Schreiber is just around the corner. Let’s hear his story…
How did a story about a 16th century nobleman become the music which inspired a 20th century Revolution? Find out more…
What does the word ‘Bohemia’ conjure up for you? Associations of wildly romantic eastern European castles? Or impoverished artists living in 19th century Paris? Or maybe ‘Bohemia’ the Raja King of Punjabi Rap?…
It may be one of the most popular – and most beautiful – of all violin concertos but the composition of Bruch’s First Violin Concerto was no easy matter…
We look forward to a spectacular opening to London Firebird Orchestra’s 2018/19 season on 9 October featuring the full orchestra, conductor George Jackson and two talented soloists. In this article we meet soprano Verity Wingate…