Julian Anderson has a close affinity with the LPO, having been composer in residence from 2010-14, and this CD is a celebration of his time at the LPO. Anderson has held senior composition professorships at the Royal College of Music where he was also Head of Compostion for five years, Harvard University, and Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he holds the specially created post of Professor of Composition and Composer in Residence. He has been composer in Residence at Wigmore Hall since November 2013.
One of today’s most sought-after conductors, acclaimed worldwide for his incisive musicianship and adventurous artistic commitment, Vladimir Jurowski was born in Moscow and studied at the Music Academies of Dresden and Berlin. In 1995 he made his international debut at the Wexford Festival conducting Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night, and the same year saw his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Nabucco.