Nicholas Collon: 'We live in the era of iPod shuffle'

Bright, young and full of ideas, the Aurora Orchestra meld classical music with anything from jazz to tango to Nico Muhly. Nick Shave meets their dynamic leaderIt's one thing to launch an orchestra; it's quite another to make it a success at a time when orchestras are having to cope with cuts. But such is the achievement of 28-year-old Nicholas Collon, founder of the Aurora Orchestra and one of our most dynamic young conductors. Last year, Collon's seven-year-old group won best ensemble at this ...

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