Primo celebrates our 5th Anniversary today!
Primo Artists turns 5 today!
As we enter our sixth year, we reflect upon key highlights from the last year:
Primo Artists signs Wynton Marsalis as Symphonic Composer
Primo introduces new website on eve of Fifth Anniversary and reaches 10,000 followers on Instagram
Nicola Benedetti, Cristian Măcelaru and Wynton Marsalis receive 3 GRAMMY nominations for their Decca Marsalis Violin Concerto album
Nicola Benedetti to perform at GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony®
Cristian Măcelaru appointed Music Director of Orchestre National de France
Cristian Măcelaru named Artistic Director & Principal Conductor at Interlochen’s World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Bell extends contract with Academy of St Martin in The Fields
Gemma New leads inaugural concerts as Principal Guest Conductor of Dallas Symphony to great acclaim
Cristian Măcelaru leads inaugural concerts as Chief Conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester
Beatrice Rana takes Carnegie Hall by storm with three epic appearances, including with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, garnering glowing reviews and features in The New York Times
Nicola Benedetti launches Benedetti Foundation and first series of Benedetti Sessions
Seong-Jin Cho tours Asia with Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra and to Shanghai with Jaap van Zweden and the New York Philharmonic
Gemma New makes debuts with 5 major U.S. Orchestras – Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Indianapolis and Detroit
Itzhak Perlman and Evgeny Kissin embark on a 4-date tour to Boston, DC, Chicago and New York
Bell, Denk and Isserlis tour trio program to 10 U.S. cities
Itzhak Perlman premieres new multi-media show entitled “An Evening With Itzhak Perlman”
Gemma New conducts Helsinki Philharmonic, Beethoven Bonn Orchester and Leipzig Gewandhaus musicians
Christian Reif and Nicola Benedetti tour with San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra to Vienna Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Philharmonie and Budapest
Seong-Jin Cho and Cristian Măcelaru perform together at BBC Proms
Christian Reif debuts with the Dallas Symphony and Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Seong-Jin Cho makes Los Angeles Philharmonic debut with Gustavo Dudamel
Nicola Benedetti releases “With Nicky” education videos and series gets 1 million views
Marsalis Decca Classics album receives rave reviews
Cristian Măcelaru is applauded for Houston Grand Opera’s Don Giovanni performances
Christian Reif performs concerts with Itzhak Perlman in Toledo and Joshua Bell in Dallas
The New York Times features Wynton Marsalis and his Violin Concerto
Seong-Jin Cho selected for WQXR’s “20 For 20”: Artists To Watch
Beatrice Rana releases new recital album on Warner Classics
Itzhak Perlman is first classical musician to launch Masterclass.com course
Nicola Benedetti receives a CBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace
Gemma New receives Solti Foundation Career Award
Charlotte Lee and Gemma New speak at Dallas Symphony’s Women in Classical Music Symposium