On Thursday 24 October 2024, Jonathon Heyward makes his debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. The programme features William Grant Still’s Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius), Sibelius’ Symphony No.5 and Prokofiev’s...
Jonathon Heyward wears sneakers onstage and embraces genres like jazz as part of his effort to bring more people into the concert hall. Read the article in full in the New York Times (behind pay wall).
Conductor Jonathon Heyward on Converse Sneakers, Reality TV, and the Future of the BSO Written by Andrew Beaujon If you ask Jonathon Heyward how his new gig is going, he’ll reply, “Which one?” An entirely fair answer from a guy who in the last few years has become...
by Aliza Worthington Jonathon Heyward is blazing musical trails across Europe and the United States, and fortunately for our city, has chosen Baltimore as his primary musical home as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra starting with their 2023-24...
This weekend, Jonathon Heyward returns to Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center for two concerts on the 5 and 6 August, ahead of his 3-year tenure as Music Director beginning next season. The programme features Jessie Montgomery’s Records of a Vanishing City,...
