BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Awards 2008
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Alina Ibragimova violin (Russia)
With repertoire encompassing baroque, classical and contemporary works, Alina Ibragimova's recent engagements have included her BBC Proms debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth, Mendelssohn with the Philharmonia and Sir Charles Mackerras, Sibelius with the BBC Scottish Symphony... |
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Daniela Lehner mezzo soprano (Austria)
Born in Austria, Daniela Lehner studied in Vienna, Salzburg and the GSMD in London. A committed recitalist, she has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Musikhalle Hamburg, De Singel Antwerp, the Klavier Festival Ruhr, Kölner Philharmonie, as well as the Aldeburgh Festival, Chichester Festival and Oxford Lieder Festival. Prizes include a Georg Solti Scholarship, Rotary Prize, Prize of the Académie Musicale de Villecroze and First Prize in the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition. She received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2008.... |
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Shenyang bass-baritone (China)
24-year-old bass-baritone Shenyang was the winner of the 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World and a 2008 winner of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. He won First Prize at the International Opera Competition in Verona, the 2007 Verona Orfeo Competition, and the 2005 Verona Don Giovanni Competition. Born in Tianjin, China, Shenyang studied with Professor Ping Gu at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.... |
BORLETTI-BUITONI TRUST Fellowships 2008
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Andreas Brantelid cello (Denmark)
Andreas Brantelid, born in 1987, is one of Scandinavia's leading cellists of his generation. He is the first Scandinavian ever to win First Prize in the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition (2006) and in the Paolo International Cello Competition (2007)... |
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Allan Clayton tenor (UK)
Allan Clayton was a choral scholar at St John's College, Cambridge, before postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded an inaugural Sir Elton John Scholarship and a John Lewis Award. He was also awarded a Maidment Scholarship, administered by the MBF, a Star Award from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, and The Queen's Commendation for Excellence 2007.... |
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Veronika Eberle violin (Germany)
21 year-old Veronika Eberle has established a reputation as one of the most promising violin talents to emerge from Germany in recent years. Highlights among concerto appearances in the 2009/10 season include debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mozarteum Salzburg (Mozartwoche) and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.... |
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Leonard Elschenbroich cello (Germany)
Twenty-two year-old cellist Leonard Elschenbroich has recently caught the attention of today's greatest international conductors. Subsequent invitations for orchestral debuts include: Valery Gergiev and Basel Symphony, Semyon Bychkov with WDR Symphony... |