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Articles by Jessica Cottis
The Journal of Music in Ireland | News, Reviews and Opinion
Siobhán Cleary (Photo: Darren Purcell) National Symphony Orchestra Ireland gave the world premiere of Siobhán Cleary’s tone poem ‘Canto’ with violinist Darragh Morgan and conductor Jessica Cottis at the NCH on 8 May. Adrian Smith reviews. Pairing new commissions from Irish composers with Tchaikovsky symphonies is becoming a pattern with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland.
Program notes: Beethoven, Cottis & Biss
I. Andante II. Allegro marcato III. Adagio IV. Allegro giocoso When Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) completed his Fifth Symphony in 1944, it had been 14 years since he wrote a symphony and much in his life had changed substantially. Back in 1930, he was based in Paris, where he had lived and worked since 1922.
Beethoven, Cottis & Biss | with the NAC Orchestra | Oct 9 - 10, 2024 | Southam Hall
Music Classical music Masterworks Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 SALLY BEAMISH City Stanzas (Piano Concerto No. 3) Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 In-person event Bilingual ≈ 2 hours · With intermission Conductor Jessica Cottis leads guest pianist Jonathan Biss and the NAC Orchestra for two performances of a Beethoven classic opuses with a contemporary twist.
Jessica Cottis - inside the colour of sound
Jessica is an Australian-born orchestral conductor and also a synesthete who 'sees' colour in her mind's eye. Having taken to piano at her mother's knee, and learning music almost as a first language, Jessica went on to become an organ virtuoso. She trained first in Sydney, then in Paris, and performed in some of Europe's great cathedrals. Forced by injury to retire from her career as a soloist, Jessica re-trained as a conductor, making her debut at the BBC Proms.
Jessica Cottis on the sound of Canberra
In 1955, a young Peter Sculthorpe visited Canberra. The story has it that, upon seeing the rolling topography of the Great Dividing Range and the Brindabellas for the first time, he was inspired to sketch this terrain on a 360-degree graph, forming the basis for a new piece for solo violin: Irkanda I. Writing music to follow the shape of these contours, the beautifully undulating opening melody must surely feel familiar to those who’ve spent any time in the nation’s capital. Jessica Cottis.
Fostering a new generation of women conductors in opera
Conductor Jessica Cottis reports on a pioneering initiative at the Royal Opera House In July this year the Royal Opera House, the Royal Philharmonic Society and the National Opera Studio launched an important new initiative to support and ensure an equitable future for female conductors.
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