Maciej (27), from Poland, recently won the second Adam Kopyciński Nationwide Conducting Competition. He recently graduated with a Master’s degree in conducting with Marek Pijarowski at The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and in June 2017 he made his debut with Warsaw Philharmonic.
Lara Poe shares her experiences of the LSO Panufnik Composers scheme – including rare insights into orchestral playing and what it's like to compose music for the LSO.
Sándor is 28 and currently based in Vienna. He works as regular guest conductor at the Budapest MÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra in Hungary and the Orchestra Collegium Musicum in Pommersfelden, Germany.
On Sunday 4 November the LSO performs James MacMillan’s poignant memorial to the fallen of World War I, All the Hills and Vales Along. The piece sets poetry by the solider Charles Sorley, who was killed in action in 1915. We took a look at how he was affected by the war through his letters and personal correspondance.
