2022 SUNA KAN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

James Ross will join Hande Küden (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Tayfun Bozok (ex-Concertmaster, Ankara State Opera and Ballet Orchestra and First Violin, Bozok String Quartet), Pelin Halkacı Akin, Reyyan Yücelen Başaran, Zornitsa Ilarionova and Andrea Solinas on the jury of the 2nd Suna Kan International Violin Competition in October 2022.
James Ross conducts Kent Sinfonia in France at Les Musicales de Redon on 4 July 2022:

Sibelius, Pelléas and Mélisande Suite
Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending
(Christian Halstead, soloist)
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll
Elgar, Chanson de Nuit; Chanson de Matin
Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier Suite
ANKARA CITY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT PRESIDENTIAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT HALL
James Ross conducted the inaugural concert of the Ankara Kent Filarmoni Orkestrası (Ankara City Philharmonic Orchestra), hosted by Ankara Metropolitan Municaplity, at the new Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall on 26 September 2021, with soloists Mehmet Yılmaz and Görkem Ezgi Yıldırım:

Shostakovich, Festive Overture
Saygun, Suite for Orchestra Op. 14
Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia
Borodin, Polovtsian Dances

Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919)
Saygun, Bozlak
Muammer Sun, Bozkırın Sesi (Voice of the Steppes)
Erkin, Köçekçe
Hüdayda (arr. Eray Inal; bağlama: Alper Kıraç)

CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS IN ALMERÍA, SPAIN

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Leading orchestral conducting masterclass hosted by the University of Almería Cursos de Verano with Academia Diesis:

Vivaldi, Bassoon Concerto in B-flat RV 503
J.S. Bach, Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059
Beethoven, Symphony No.1
Sibelius, Andante festivo

RECORDING RELEASES - DEBUSSY DANSE SACRÉE ET DANSE PROFANE AND WARLOCK CAPRIOL SUITE, WITH THE BÜYÜKADA ENSEMBLE

Debussy, Danse sacrée et danse profane, with harp soloist Yonca Atar and the Büyükada Ensemble, recorded in Istanbul in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, releases on Friday 12 March 2021 on Idagio, iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, Napster, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and all main streaming services. Further releases of music by Schoenberg and Saygun will follow during 2021.
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Click above to download on iTunes with digital booklet
Warlock, Capriol Suite - released on iTunes / Apple Music, Spotify, Idagio, Deezer and all main digital service providers on 18 December 2020, from The Büyükada Ensemble's September 2020 broadcast televised from Istanbul. Click here to download Warlock Capriol Suite on iTunes.
KENT SINFONIA DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT: JANUARY 2021

After working as guest conductor with Kent Sinfonia, James Ross is delighted to be appointed as a director and trustee of the orchestra in January 2021, providing artistic advice and planning, as well as future conducting engagements.
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James Ross conducting Kent Sinfonia at Margate Winter Gardens

OPERA PREMIERES IN MILAN AND NEW YORK
                                                          
World première of Love Hurts - opera in two acts by Nicola Moro, with libretto by Lisa Hilton, directed by Federica Santambrogio, with cast including David Kravitz, baritone and Laura Catrani, soprano.

Teatro Piccolo Milan - first performance 25 June 2016

Symphony Space New York City - 28 October 2016

Collaboration with Labatorio Opera Milano and the Center for Contemporary Opera, New York

Watch HERE for excerpt (with Laura Catrani, soprano, and Eutopia Ensemble)
Save The Children Secret Winter Gala at The London Guildhall with
English National Ballet raises more than £800,000

Guests including Natasha Kaplinsky and Davina McCall supported the SAVE THE CHILDREN SECRET WINTER GALA at London Guildhall. James Ross was invited to conduct dancers and musicians of English National Ballet in an arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and Zimmer's Gladiator. The event raised over £800,000.
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SRI LANKA

Commonwealth Festival Orchestra performs Sri Lanka's first concert at Colombo's Nelum Pokuna Theatre with The Commonwealth Resounds, The Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, and The Royal Over-Seas League: Click for Reviews in The Nation and The Daily News.
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James Ross, Danielle de Niese, Sunethra Bandaranaike, Rohan de Silva

James Ross presents a concert with
DANIELLE DE NIESE

Soprano Danielle de Niese and pianist Rohan de Silva, performed at St John's Smith Square in aid of The Friends of Sunera Foundation and The UK-Sri Lanka Trauma Group.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Westminster Abbey Commonwealth Observance, attended by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Music performed included from the 1953 coronation by Purcell, Vaughan Williams and Handel, and first performances by Joshua Hagley and Alan Mofti, with members of Chetham's School of Music, Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal College of Music and Commonwealth Festival Orchestra, organised by The Commonwealth Resounds.
SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD
350TH ANNIVERSARY

James Ross conducts Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for the 350th Anniversary Concert of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre.
SAATCHI GALLERY
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

'Sounds Outstanding': Inspired by Saatchi Gallery's 'Gaiety is the Most Outstanding Feature of the Soviet Union', with Music Off Canvas, Queenswood School and The Purcell School of Music, and Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony with Philharmonia Orchestra members.
ST ALBANS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Ross is pleased to become a Vice-President of the St Albans Symphony Orchestra on SASO's 80th Anniversary in 2012.
FILM RECORDING
Philip Sheppard's score for David Fairhead's The Long Journey Home - award nominee at Aesthetica Short Film Festival.