John Storgårds
@johnstorgards
Chief Conductor @BBCPhilharmonic / Chief Conductor @TurkuPhil / Artistic Director @LaplandChamber / Principal Guest Conductor @NACOrchCNA / violinist
Happy day! After having become principal guest 2012, chief guest 2017, I am still further intensifying my relation with @BBCPhilharmonic - one of the most skilful, brilliant orchestras - now as chief conductor. A relation strongly built on great music making, partnership, trust!
📣 We're delighted to announce that @johnstorgards has been appointed as the Chief Conductor of BBC Philharmonic. John’s appointment builds on an existing fruitful relationship with the orchestra which began in 2010 and saw him become the Chief Guest Conductor in 2017.
REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ for #MahlersSeventh @RoyalAlbertHall 'The BBC Proms has once again proven itself as a beacon of bold programming, this time weaving together two major works united by the theme of night, memory, and spectral encounters' wp.me/pdXz8Y-6in #review #music
REVIEW: Known as one of Mahler’s more elusive works, the BBC Philharmonic handled the shifting moods and contrasting textures with clarity and conviction, in Mahler’s Seventh at Prom number 5, under conductor John Storgårds #BBCProms #smartartsreviews wp.me/p4xzQr-2M8
"This was an interpretation of persuasive continuity, both within and across movements, in a work often seen as too diverse in its varied musical styles. With performances this good, the 7th could continue its rise up the rankings among Mahler's symphonies" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️@bachtrack 🙏
Curious Monologues but credible Mahler: @BBCPhilharmonic and John Storgårds at the @BBCProms ✍️ Roy Westbrook bachtrack.com/review-storgar…
"…beautiful and macabre @tomcoult Monologues…rousing and evocative Mahler 7. With @BBCPhilharmonic on form and superbly conducted and with Allan Clayton at the top of his game" 4+1/2 ⭐️’s @bbcproms @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds london-unattached.com/bbc-proms-2025… lähteestä @lon_unattached 🎶
The first of the @BBCPhilharmonic’s @bbcproms this season, and what a way to begin — with a world premiere by @tomcoult (commissioned by the BBC and gloriously sung by @fatboyclayton) and a blazing Mahler 7, all under the baton of the brilliant @johnstorgards.
"If you only do one thing in London today…" 🫵 @bbcproms @BBCPhilharmonic @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds @classicjacko @RoyalAlbertHall @finlandinuk @mahlerfdn @TimeOutLondon @tomcoult #Mahler
…now 21.7 having the honour and joy to do my 18th ever @bbcproms concert, with #Mahler7 ! Composed at #Wörthersee #Maiernigg (pics from visit there last year) @BBCPhilharmonic @RoyalAlbertHall @BBCRadio3 @mahlerfdn Also new wonderful @tomcoult piece with amazing Allan Clayton 💎
Avaan Lontoon hotellihuoneessani telkkarin ja mitä siinä näen ja kuulenkaan… @MattilaKarita ! Taitaa olla vuodelta 1986. Hienoa! 👏🎶
…now 21.7 having the honour and joy to do my 18th ever @bbcproms concert, with #Mahler7 ! Composed at #Wörthersee #Maiernigg (pics from visit there last year) @BBCPhilharmonic @RoyalAlbertHall @BBCRadio3 @mahlerfdn Also new wonderful @tomcoult piece with amazing Allan Clayton 💎
Still audible 12 more days 🎧@BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds #GustavMahlerGroup : "The very best Mahler I have heard all this season!" (5 star reviews @bachtrack and @NickHolmesMusic; 4 star review @theartsdesk) @BBCPhilharmonic 🙏🎶 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Still audible 12 more days 🎧@BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds #GustavMahlerGroup : "The very best Mahler I have heard all this season!" (5 star reviews @bachtrack and @NickHolmesMusic; 4 star review @theartsdesk) @BBCPhilharmonic 🙏🎶 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
❗️🇫🇮Finnish President Alexander Stubb came in second place in a triathlon competition, in which he participated incognito under the pseudonym AS, - Ilta-Sanomat His name was announced after the finish line. He swam 750 meters, cycled 20 kilometers and ran five kilometers in…
Summer Sounds concludes with a tour-de-force outing of @_sfagerlund’s Clarinet Concerto Completely owned by Christoffer Sundqvist, @Avanti_orc and @johnstorgards, the concerto appeared in good company of Tarrodi, Ravel and Lutosławski. #adventuresinmusic jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/sum…
Sonic Heartbeats, concertante tableaux and symphonic vistas with @Avanti_orc and @johnstorgards A brilliantly organic program of @SaariahoKaija, LvB (w. @LizaFerschtman), Outi Tarkiainen and @_sfagerlund opens the 40th Summer Sounds. #adventuresinmusic jarijuhanikallio.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/son…
#morninglistening to one (of admittedly a whole bunch of) excellent recording(s) of the Shostakovich ViolinConcertos w/ChristianTetzlaff, JohnStorgårds & the @HelsinkiPhilharmonic on @ondine_records
Read my five-star review of @BBCPhilharmonic performing Mahler's Third Symphony in Manchester, with @johnstorgards, @DandyJessica, @hallechoir and the Children's Chorus and Youth Chorus of @TheCBSO nick-holmes-music.com/2025/06/19/bbc…
Dandy, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - a destination attained theartsdesk.com/classical-musi…
A near-perfect Mahler 3 from the @BBCPhilharmonic and John Storgårds ✍️ Rohan Shotton bachtrack.com/review-storgar…
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I don't think I have ever seen a happier orchestra than the @BBCPhilharmonic when @johnstorgards is conducting. Last night's fabulous Mahler 3 was a perfect example, such expressions of joy and enthusiasm from the players at the end - no matter that they must have been exhausted.
What a week… #HansAbrahamsen 💿 recording @mko_muenchen @ECMRecords, contract extension announcement and rehearsals @BBCPhilharmonic @MediaCityUK culminating in #Mahler3 as season finale tonight @DandyJessica @hallechoir @TheCBSO youth choruses @BridgewaterHall @BBCRadio3 🎶🙏
