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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From an interview with Ivan Hewitt in the Telegraph: ‘Beethoven … was so original, but he could only achieve what he did because of a great discovery of the West. It is the system of […]
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