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April & May - Lady in the Dark production in Oullins, Lyon, is a sellout success All eight performances of Weill's Lady in the Dark with Theatre de la Renaissance and Opera de Lyon have completely sold out. The production conducted by Scott is also currently receiving rave reviews in the French press. Scott set to continue directing & conducting Kurt Weill works in 2009 & 2010 Following on from Scott's work in France directing and conducting the music for Kurt Weill's One Touch of Venus in 2007 and Lady in the Dark in 2008 he is set to take the latter production on tour around France from January to March 2009 and then direct a new production of Weill's Street Scene at Opera de Toulon in March 2010. 1st April - LPO Foyle Future Firsts concert a resounding success - Classical Sourse Review The London Philharmonic Orchestra's Foyle Future Firsts concert in April at the South Bank's Purcell Room has received an excellent review from Richard Whitehouse at Classical Source. Click here for Classical Source review The programme, conducted by Scott, included Mahler, trans. Schoenberg
Maxwell Davies
Webern
Schoenberg ------------------------------------
Owen Gilhooly (baritone)
Foyle Future Firsts London Jazz Orchestra back on top form The LJO are back and in March and April played to full houses at the Vortex Jazz Club. They are now looking to build on this success with a series of gigs in the capital throughout the rest of the year. Look out for further details here and in the London listings. The LJO are London's unique collective of great jazz soloists and composers, directed by Scott, and featuring artists such as Martin Speake, Alec Dankworth, Paul Clarvis, Phil Lee, Henry Lowther, Noel Langley, Martin Hathaway, Josephine Davies, Carol Jarvis, Pete Hurt and Jeremy Price to name a few. In addition to creating its own unique sound the LJO has performed and recorded with Billy Cobham, David Liebman, Rufus Reid, US trumpeter Ed Sareth and many others. 9th March - Sell out performance of Stroman's Songs of Life and Liberty at Geneva premiere Scott's song cycle Songs of Life and Liberty sold out it's March '08 premiere performance at the prestigious Victoria Hall in Geneva with an audience of nearly 1500 people and over 500 participants. The concert was commissioned by the Friends of the International School of Geneva (FOTIS) and helped raise thousands of francs for the school. For more information please go to the FOTIS website HERE Stroman / Jonsson Project to tour Sweden Following on from the success of the Stroman / Jonsson CD Project 1Scott and Swedish soprano sax player, Cennet Jonsson, have assembled a new group to take on the road in Sweden. As well as Scott and Cennet the group includes Justin Quinn on guitar, Zoltan Lantos on violin, Ronan Guilfolye on bass and Paul Clarvis on drums and they will be writing and performing new material for a short tour in October including the Kopasetic festival. Scott runs London Marathon and raises nearly £2000 for the Children's Society Scott would like to thank everyone who generously sponsored him to run in this year's London Marathon. Your kind support raised nearly £2000 for the Children's Society charity.
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© Scott Stroman 2007