Francisco Coll unable to conduct opera premiere himself
Spanish composer Francisco Coll, who served as composer-in-residence at Camerata Bern in 2018 and wrote several works for Sol Gabetta and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, has been the victim of a hit-and-run accident.
In a personal message, Coll writes, according to the online magazine Slipped Disc, that he must step down from the management of his opera due to a recent mild transient ischemic attack. Enemy of the people at the Teatro Real in Madrid. However, he is recovering well and hopes to return to the podium once he has made a full recovery.
Coll served as composer-in-residence with Camerata Bern in 2018–19, a position that culminated in the world premiere of the double concerto Illuminated Pleasures with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta as soloists and the composer himself as conductor. A violin concerto for Kopatchinskaja, commissioned by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the NTR Zaterdag Matinee and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, was premiered in February 2020. His Cello Concerto was premiered in 2022 with Sol Gabetta at the Philharmonie de Paris conducted by the composer and had its UK premiere at the BBC Proms 2024 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tianyi Lu.
