Aaron conducting Clara Iannotta’s
”They left us grief-trees wailing at the wall” - a piece dedicated to him, co-commissioned by Riot Ensemble, Wien Modern and IMD Darmstadt
Aaron has conducted more than 300 World and UK Premieres in venues such as the Barbican Centre, Bridgewater Hall, Southbank Centre, Kings Place, Wigmore Hall, Cafe Oto; the Britten Studio, Göteborg Concert Hall, and the Northern Lights Hall in Harpa, Reykjavik.
As the Artistic Director and conductor of Riot Ensemble, Aaron has commissioned and conducted music by many of todays’ most important composers including Clara Iannotta, Farzia Fallah, Liza Lim, Bára Gísladóttir, Alex Paxton, Laurence Osborn, Georg Friedrich Haas and Chaya Czernowin, at festivals including Darmstadt, Wien Modern, November Music, Aldeburgh, Dark Music Days and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. As well as with Riot Ensemble, he has conducted ensembles in the United States, England, Wales, Scotland, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, France, Holland and Spain.
Aaron Holloway-Nahum is one of the most interesting commissioners and conductors of contemporary classical music. I said to him, come and have a look at this space, and if you like it you can keep coming back here – you can educate us, but we can also give you a place where you can take some of your biggest risks.
- Barbara Matthews, Nottingham Trent University Pro Vice Chancellor of Culture
What delight to find oneself swept along the luminous stream of an expertly curated programme....directed with authoritative poise by Aaron Holloway-Nahum.
- Helen Wallace, The Arts Desk
In addition to numerous live and pre-recorded radio broadcasts, Aaron has led recording sessions in the Abbey Road, AIR Lyndhurst, and Real World Studios; Silent Zoo Studios (LA) and Deutschlandfunk Köln. He has established strong partnerships in Higher Education: he is on the composition faculty at the Royal Academy of Music where he regularly conducts the Manson Ensemble & student workshops, and he has led recordings and performances of more than 100 student works at institutions such as RNCM, Leeds University, Cardiff University, and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Aaron conducting Laurence Osborn’s piano concerto with the
Manchester Collective and
soloist Zubin Kanga,
at the Southbank Centre
photo by Mike Skelton