"Tovey is the man in the spotlight who has galvanized an entire city with his personality and talent... Read More...— By Eric Friesen,
Montecristo Magazine Spring 2011
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"Boston Symphony Orchestra gets ‘Porgy and Bess’ in before Hurricane Irene hits, and before ART’s controversial production... At its heart was the British conductor Bramwell Tovey, in his BSO debut, conducting with a sure hand and a clear affection for this score’s roiling amalgam of classical, jazz, and vernacular traditions, invented or otherwise..." Read More...— By Jeremy Eichler,
The Boston Globe
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Miro Cernetig recounts meeting Bramwell Tovey backstage at the Orpheum and relates the story of how the Maestro stood in at a wedding... Read More...— Miro Cernetig,
Canada.com
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Hannah Lebus describes her experience playing with the National Youth Brass Band at the BBC Proms Read More...— Hannah Lebus,
BBC Proms 2012
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"Tovey then took on a masterwork of musical humor, Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," leading the audience by the hand through the piece at the piano from beginning to end. He is a more mischievous teacher than, say, Leonard Bernstein was but just as illuminating, and his deliberately paced performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic brought out as much detail as the sound system would allow." Read More...— Richard S. Ginell,
Los Angeles Times
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Bramwell Tovey talks with BCLiving Magazine about living on Vancouver's westside... Read More...— Carol Crenna,
BCLiving Magazine August 2012
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"Just as the creation of an opera requires the coming together of many artistic forces, the spark that leads to its conception can arise from a confluence of events..." Read More...— Marsha Lederman,
The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada.
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