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,...

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) today announced that conductor Jonathon Heyward will become the next Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director, ushering in a new era for Lincoln Center’s summer orchestra. A rising conductor on the national and international...

The Royal Academy of Music (London) has announced its 2023 Honours, which celebrate leading artists who continue to shape the musical landscape. Conductor Jonathon Heyward is named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour reserved for Academy alumni. The...

Jonathon Heyward is “One to Watch” on Bloomberg’s prestigious Bloomberg 50 List. The annual list features leaders of business, politics, science and technology, finance and entertainment who have made major global impact and have “defined the year 2022”. Bloomberg...

Conductor Jonathon Heyward has been awarded the “Young Talent Award” by the 2020/21 UK Critics’ Circles Music Awards for triumphantly overcoming the hardships and challenges of the last two years and making significant breakthroughs in his career. Guy Rickards from...

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announces the appointment of 29-year-old, American-born conductor Jonathon Heyward as Music Director, the holder of the Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair. Heyward’s five-year contract begins in the 2023-24 season. He will...

This week, Jonathon Heyward makes his long-awaited debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on the 14-17 July. The programme features Mendelssohn’s Fair Melusina Overture, Rossini’s Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (featuring DSO Acting Principal bassoonist Michael...

Conductor Jonathon Heyward has been awarded the “Young Talent Award” by the 2020/21 UK Critics’ Circles Music Awards for triumphantly overcoming the hardships and challenges of the last two years and making significant breakthroughs in his career. Guy Rickards...

Jonathon Heyward kicks off his US tour on the East Coast with three concerts at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this weekend on the 11, 12 and 13 March. Hannah Kendall’s The Spark Catchers opens the program, followed by a dramatic performance of Beethoven’s Third...

The sensational conductor Jonathon Heyward has made his Scottish Debut with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, leading the Myths & Legends programme on 9 December (Edinburgh), 10 December (Glasgow) and 11 December (Aberdeen). The concerts featured Ravel’s Ma Mère...

Rising star conductor Jonathon Heyward has earned rapturous acclaim for his BBC Proms debut on 7 August. Leading the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and violinist Nicola Benedetti, “the ensemble marshalled by [Heyward] was ultra-taut throughout, gutsy solo...

On Saturday, 7 August, Jonathon Heyward makes his BBC Proms debut conducting the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and violinist Nicola Benedetti. The BBC Proms write, “Rising star Jonathon Heyward conducts the talented teenagers of the National Youth...

2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor of the Year nominee, Jonathon Heyward, returns to the US for two thrilling engagements. On 25 February, he once again takes to the Seattle Symphony podium to give the US premier of Hannah Kendall’s Kanashibari. The programme...

Conductor’s artistic vision for new appointment includes developing local audiences, building compelling programmes and raising orchestra’s global profile One of classical music’s most exciting young talents, Jonathon Heyward, is set to become Chief Conductor of the...

At this critical time for the Arts, there has never been a more important moment to champion the worth of classical music. Today, the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) announces the shortlist for its 2020 Awards, illuminating the vital role that classical music...