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Artist News Gigs & Festivals
John Williams pulls out of Royal Albert Hall performance
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 25 October 2018
John Williams has pulled out of a concert celebrating his career as a soundtrack composer at the Royal Albert Hall this Friday. The venue cited a “last minute illness” and said that Dirk Brossé would conduct the London Symphony Orchestra for the show instead.
In a statement, Williams’ management said: “John is so sorry that an illness prevents him from conducting Friday’s concert, and he’s grateful to his friend Maestro Dirk Brossé for taking the podium in his place. He so wishes he could be with everyone, and the knowledge that 5000 of his friends will be joining together to celebrate his music is a great comfort to him as he recovers. He wishes everyone a very joyous evening of music”.
Williams had also been scheduled to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at two shows in Austria early next month. Those performances have been cancelled entirely.
