Pianist Barry Douglas and Eduard Topchjan’s Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra have embarked on a nine city tour of China with a programme featuring Andrew’s new piano concerto. The world premiere took place in Zhuzhou on December 20th, before moving on to Shanghai, Changsha, Qianjiang, Nanning, Baoji, Changshu, Taiyuan and Shenyang. Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir also […]

Fuzhou News Network September 5th (Fuzhou Evening News reporter Weng Yumin, photographer Chen Nuan) Last night, the Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra appeared at the Straits Culture and Art Center, bringing a wonderful performance to the Rongcheng audience. The most impressive part for the audience was “Night of Sevens” based on the story of the Cowherd […]

Andrew Webb-Mitchell has recently completed his latest orchestral work, Night of Sevens. Structured in sonata form, the new work is a single movement tone poem, inspired by the traditional Chinese folk story The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Having lived and worked in China for many years and being a fluent speaker of Mandarin, the composer wanted […]

Andrew Webb-Mitchell is delighted to announce that his Violin Concerto ‘Arin Mirkan’ will receive its world premiere in Cologne on 29th April, 2018. The concerto will be performed by Russian-American violinist Elisabeth Basoff-Darskaja and the New Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Volker Hartung. Andrew is excited and honored by this opportunity to […]

Whilst sketching my violin concerto in the autumn of 2014, western media was saturated by news of the continuing Syrian nightmare and, in particular, events in Kobani. Among the multitude of articles circulating at that time, one story stood out from the others. During the ferocious battle, a young Kurdish fighter reportedly lost her life […]

Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir made their Beijing debut at the Central Conservatory of Music on 4th November 2017 with a performance of classical choral masterworks, including works by Byrd, Purcell, Mendelssohn and Saint-Saens. The concert, conducted by Assistant Music Director Lynn Swanson and Andrew himself, was  subsequently broadcast on Chinese national television. Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir […]

Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir made their second appearance of the season at Guiyang Grand Theatre in a concert performance of Puccini Madama Butterfly on 24th June with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rico Saccani. The cast included Xiuying Li in the title role, Luis Chapa as Pinkerton and Ning Liang as Suzuki. The Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir was […]

Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir made their Guiyang debut on 18 March 2017 at Guiyang Grand Theatre with Holst The Planets performed by the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rico Saccani. The choir will return to Guiyang for a concert performance of Puccini Madama Butterfly in June. The Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir was established  in […]

The world premiere performance of Koh-i-Noor, Mountain of Light took place on 1st January 2017, performed by the Russian National Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Thomas Sanderling. The performance formed part of two inaugural concerts that marked the opening of the Zhuhai Opera House. Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir featured in the first concert, also performing with the Russian […]

Andrew Webb-Mitchell’s  Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir is gradually gaining a reputation as one of the outstanding choirs in Asia, performing western classical music to the highest international standards. Last weekend they further enhanced this reputation by singing for Her Royal Highness Princess Anne in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, flying the flag for Zhuhai as […]

Andrew is excited to announce that his latest orchestral work Koh-i-Noor, Mountain of Light was recorded last Friday by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mikel Toms. This was Andrew’s second collaboration with this orchestra, having previously recorded Songs of Awe and Wonder with them in 2011.  

Andrew is excited to announce that one of his art songs ‘Dreams of Flight’ will be performed next month in Minneapolis by the Oratorio Society of Minnesota. It will be presented in a new arrangement for two soloists chorus and small ensemble. This will be the second performance of this song in the US, following the […]