"memorable, musical, and put together by someone who not only knew what he wanted but, to an extraordinary degree for his age and experience, knew how to get it.” - The Telegraph
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Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence at Mariinsky Theater with London Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Ulster Orchestra, Oulu Sinfonia, KMH Symfoniorkester, Urals Youth Symphony Orchestra, Jersey Symphony Orchestra, West Green House Opera and Chelsea Opera Group.
As assistant to Valery Gergiev, Daniel Harding, Gustavo Dudamel, Gianandrea Noseda and Vladimir Jurowski prepearing such orchestras as Rotterdam Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and New Japan Philharmonic amongst others.
Symphony No 7
Mahler
Symphony No 7
Mahler
Il tabarro
Puccini
Il tabarro
Puccini
The Creation
Haydn
The Creation
Haydn
The orchestra, under the baton of Oliver Zeffman, sounded transparent and weightless throughout, supplementing and colouring the story and only releasing their full force at the most important climaxes of the action.
All this was brought together under the expert baton of Oliver Zeffman (the Classical Music nominee for The Times Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2018 South Bank Sky Arts Awards). Zeffman creates a real sense of flow, sensing the work’s architecture brilliantly, allowing the strength of Rubinstein’s music to come through strongly.
Zeffman has definitely made his mark with this show. Ambitious and expert, it won’t be long before be's making his mark on larger stages.
Oliver Zeffman, still in his early 20s, once again scored an operatic success, taking on Benjamin’s meticulous, iridescent, sometimes slow-burning score with complete assurance.
***** – "Zeffman revels in the score’s jagged climaxes and spine-chillingly eerie textures."
conducting was the staggeringly confident and competent Oliver Zeffman - who...despite a cool demeanour on the podium is dynamite in a compact frame.
the Turkish music jangled splendidly under the baton of Oliver Zeffman...and the score emerged with captivating freshness, whether in passages of exquisite, floating delicacy or an epic Act 2 quartet that rode a wave of energy.
a performance of Puccini’s opera to match what one might hear in the most exalted of houses…Try as I might I could not find anything to fault.
