Sakari Oramo, the current Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor has extended his contract with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra till June 2020. The news was announced at the Stockholm Concert Hall. The Finnish conductor has successfully led the orchestra since 2008, including several high-profile tours and recordings. Orama stated that he was especially looking forward to the Anders Hillborg’s world premiere of the second violin concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvili in Stockholm, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5, Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and Varese’s Ameriques and expressed his delight in being able to renew his contract and that working with the musicians and backstage crew at Stockholm was both musically and personally a privilege.

The award-winning ocean inspired musical piece has finally announced that its premiere recording is under way. The American composer, John Luther Adams’s award-winning orchestral work aptly titled Become Ocean will be recorded by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Ludovic Morlot. According to Alex Ross, the three huge crescendos suggest an apocalyptic tidal wave surging washing over all the lands. Adam’s single-movement orchestration evokes the feeling of the vast watery regions of the planet and won him the 2014 Pulitzer Music Prize.