The pianist and composer Nikki Iles is to be Principal Conductor of the NDR Bigband from September. She succeeds Geir Lysne.
Nikki, 61, was previously composer in residence with NDR Bigband.
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After a childhood in Soviet Estonia, Viljar Puu Weimann won a place at the Cleveland Institute of Music and went on to play violin and, eventually, to become a conductor. In 2014, Weimann founded Orchestra […]
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