Andrew Webb-Mitchell

Composer Andrew Webb-Mitchell’s new Symphonic Poem Night of Sevens received world premiere at Changsha Concert Hall on September 1st, 2019 under the baton of conductor Volker Hartung and the Cologne New Philharmonic. The work is inspired by the traditional Chinese folk story The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Having lived and worked in China for many …

Andrew Webb-Mitchell’s Violin Concerto ‘Arin Mirkan’ received its world premiere in Cologne on 29th April, 2018.  The Concerto performed by Russian-American violinist Elisabeth Basoff-Darskaja and the New Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Volker Hartung. Arin Mirkan was a commander in the YPJ who sacrificed herself during fighting in Kobane on October 5 2014.  When talking …