Artist A to Z
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Jermolaj Albiker violinBerlin born violinist Jermolaj Albiker was given his first violin lessons at the age of six and presently he is studying with Rainer Kussmaul at the University of Music in Freiburg. He has received additional artistic guidance in master courses with Lewis Kaplan, András Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Guy Braunstein, Tabea Zimmermann and Thomas Brandis. ... |
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Nicolas Altstaedt celloNicolas Altstaedt received a 2009 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and was unanimously awarded the Credit Suisse Young Artists Award 2010. As part of this prestigious award he will be soloist of the Vienna Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival 2010.... |
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Emma Bell sopranoTrained at the Royal Academy of Music and National Opera Studio and continues to study with Joy Mammen. Winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Prize (1998), she was a BBC New Generation Artist (1999). In 2002 she joined the Komische Oper, Berlin, where she has sung Pamina, Micaëla, Countess Almaviva, Alcina and Mimì.... |
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Jonathan Biss pianoTwenty four year-old American pianist, Jonathan Biss, is already working at the highest level with a flourishing international reputation through his orchestral and recital performances in North America and Europe. He has performed with most major U.S. orchestras, including... |
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Erik Bosgraaf recorderHailed as one of the most gifted and versatile recorder players of the new generation, Erik Bosgraaf has a colourful past in a rock band and as an oboe player. He believes that good music is... |
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Andreas Brantelid celloAndreas 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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Khatia Buniatishvili pianoBorn on 21 June 1987 in Tbilisi, Khatia Buniatishvili grew up in Georgia. She was introduced to the piano by their mother. Her talent was soon recognized when and she made her debut with orchestra the age of six.... |
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Gautier Capuçon celloBorn in Chambéry in 1981, Gautier Capuçon was five years old when he began to study the cello. He studied in Paris and with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. During 1997 and 1998, as a musician of the European Community Youth Orchestra ... |
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Gabriele Carcano pianoBorn in Turin in 1985, Gabriele Carcano began to study the piano when he was eight and graduated from the Conservatory G. Verdi in Turin aged 17. He continued his studies with Andrea Lucchesini.... |
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Cuarteto Casals string quartetCuarteto Casals was founded in 1997 at the Escuela Reina Sofia in Madrid under Professor Antonello Farulli and has quickly become recognized as one of Europe's most distinguished string quartets. This Spanish ensemble has garnered extensive critical acclaim... |
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Allan Clayton tenorAllan 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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David Cohen celloDavid Cohen was born in Belgium in 1980. He attended the Brussels Conservatoire before coming to England in 1994 to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School for four years. He was subsequently awarded a four-year scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music... |
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Ronan Collett baritoneRonan Collett read music at Pembroke College, Cambridge where as an undergraduate he sang as a baritone choral scholar with St. John's College Choir. He subsequently studied with Noelle Barker and Iain Ledingham as a postgraduate on the Royal Academy of Music's opera programme, ... |
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Simon Crawford-Phillips & Philip Moore piano duoSimon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore have been playing together as a piano duo since 1995, when they met as students of Hamish Milne at the Royal Academy of Music. During their studies they won 1st prize at the 1997 International Schubert Competition in the Czech Republic ... |
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Quartetto di Cremona string quartetThe Quartetto di Cremona, formed in 2000, has made its mark on the international chamber music scene. Starting at the Stauffer Academy of Salvatore Accardo in Cremona and continuing at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, they continue to study with Hatto Beyerle. The Quartetto has played to critical acclaim in the most important venues and Festivals in Europe and overseas.... |
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Colin Currie percussionColin Currie has established a unique reputation for his charismatic and virtuosic performances of works by today's leading composers, and appears with many of the world's most important orchestras.... |
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David TrioThe David Trio is one of most interesting of Italy's rising generation of ensemble players. The Trio made its international debut in April 2004 winning First Prize at the J. F. Haydn International Chamber Music Competition in Vienna.... |
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O Duo percussion duoDescribed by The Daily Telegraph as ‘brimming with style and panache’, O Duo have made their BBC Proms debut, won a Special Commissioning Award from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and been appointed Artistic Directors of the Children’s Classic Concerts series in Scotland.... |
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Veronika Eberle violin21 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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Elias String Quartet string quartetFormed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, the Elias String Quartet became Junior Fellows and then Associated Quartet at the RNCM.... |
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Leonard Elschenbroich celloTwenty-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... |
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Aronowitz EnsembleAronowitz Ensemble was formed out of the desire of seven outstanding young international artists to explore and perform chamber music together in the highly adaptable combination of string sextet... |
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Mahan Esfahani harpsichord24 year-old Iranian-born early keyboards specialist Mahan Esfahani is fast gaining international recognition as a soloist and collaborative artist on the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ in both early and contemporary... |
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Vilde Frang violinBorn in Oslo in 1986, Vilde Frang studied from 1993-2002 at the Barratt-Due Institute of Music in Oslo. Since 2003, she studies with Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule für Musik, Hamburg. She also regularly works with Ana Chumachenko.... |
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Martin Fröst clarinetSwedish clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst is one of the most charismatic and multi-talented instrumentalists performing today appearing regularly in the leading music centres and major orchestras worldwide. In August 2007, he gave his Salzburg Festival debut in two performances of the Mozart concerto with the Mozarteum Orchestra and Giovanni Antonini. ... |
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Sol Gabetta celloSol Gabetta was born in 1981 in Cordoba, Argentina. In 2004 Sol Gabetta was awarded the prestigious Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, which included a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Valery Gergiev at the Lucerne Festival in September 2004... |
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Nino Gvetadze pianoNino Gvetadze won the Second Prize, Press Prize and Audience Award at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition 2008. She has received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2010.... |
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Pavel Haas Quartet string quartetSince winning the Paolo Borciani competition in Italy in 2005, the Pavel Haas Quartet has performed at the world's most prestigious concert halls, receiving great acclaim from audiences and critics alike.... |
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Viviane Hagner violinMunich-born violinist Viviane Hagner has won exceptional praise for her highly intelligent musicality and passionate artistry. Since making her international debut at the age of 12, and a year later participating in the legendary ‘joint concert’ of the Israel and Berlin Philharmonics (conducted by Zubin Mehta in Tel Aviv), Viviane Hagner has acquired a depth and maturity in her playing that is reflected in her serene stage presence.... |
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Marie-Elisabeth Hecker celloBorn in 1987 in Zwickau, Germany, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has been the recipient of many awards and prizes, including first prize at the Rostropovich Competition in Paris in 2005 and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2009.... |
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Martin Helmchen pianoMartin Helmchen was born in 1982 in Berlin. He can already look back on an impressive career which he embarked on after winning the famous “Concours Clara Haskil“ in Vevey, Switzerland in 2001.... |
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Tine Thing Helseth trumpetTine Thing Helseth, born in 1987, started to play trumpet at the age of seven and is already one of the leading trumpet soloists of her generation.... |
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Joshua Hopkins baritonePrize winner at the prestigious ARD Musikwettbewerb, Joshua Hopkins' operatic engagements of the 2007-08 season include La bohème and Billy Budd with Houston Grand Opera, Die Zauberflöte at Arizona Opera and The Rape of Lucretia at Central City Opera.... |
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Alina Ibragimova violinWith 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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Ieva Jokubaviciute pianoKnown for her deep musical and emotional commitment to a wide range of repertoire, Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute’s ability to communicate the essential substance of a work has led critics to describe her playing as possessing ‘razor-sharp intelligence and wit’ (The Washington Post.... |
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Andrew Kennedy tenorAndrew Kennedy studied at King's College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London. He was also a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Andrew Kennedy has won numerous prizes and awards including the 2005 BBC Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize... |
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Soovin Kim violinAmerican violinist Soovin Kim is increasingly sought after for the character, nuance, and excitement of his performances as concerto soloist, chamber musician and recitalist, both in the U.S. and abroad. Particularly known for his breadth of repertoire, Soovin Kim typically takes on everything from Bach to Paganini to the big romantic concertos to new commissions within a single season.... |
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Kuss Quartet string quartetThe Kuss Quartet was founded in 1991 at the Hanns-Eisler Academy in Berlin and has played in its current formation since October 2001. The Kuss Quartet's teachers include the Alban Berg Quartet, Walter Levin of the LaSalle Quartet... |
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Daniela Lehner mezzo sopranoBorn 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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Dimitri Maslennikov celloDimitri Maslennikov was born in St Petersburg and divided his musical education between Russia and France. At twelve years old, he won the international young soloists contest in Moscow and the Czech international contest Concertino Praha in 1992.... |
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Lavinia Meijer harpLavinia Meijer graduated with distinction with her Bachelors (Utrecht Conservatory) and her Masters (Amsterdam Conservatory) under the guidance of Erika Waardenburg. Her prizes include first prize at the Dutch Harp Competition (1997 and 2004) and at the Prinses Christina Competition (1997),... |
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Trio Mondrian piano trioIn 2007 the Trio won first prize at the prestigious International Chamber Music Competition in Trieste, Italy, as well as receiving the "Young Award" and Special Prize for its interpretation of a Brahms trio.... |
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Henk Neven baritoneA graduate from the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the New Opera Academy, baritone Henk Neven made his professional debut in 2004 at the Opéra National de Paris in Capriccio and at the Staatsoper Berlin in Carmen under Daniel Barenboim... |
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Alexei Ogrintchouk oboeAlexei Ogrintchouk is one of the most outstanding oboists performing today and he is still in his twenties. A graduate of the Gnessin School of Music and the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Maurice Bourgue, he combines astounding technique with virtuosity and lyricism.... |
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Ramón Ortega Quero oboeRamón Ortega Quero received training from Miguel Quirós at the conservatory of his native city of Granada. Quero became a member of the Andalusian Youth Orchestra as a twelve-year-old.... |
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Francesco Piemontesi pianoFrancesco Piemontesi was born in Locarno, studied in Lugano and Hannover and participated in masterclasses with Alexis Weissenberg and Cécile Ousset. He is the recipient of numerous international prizes, including the Chopin Competition in... |
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Anna Polonsky pianoAnna Polonsky is an accomplished soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared with the Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov, the Buffalo Philharmonic under JoAnn Falleta, the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia,... |
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Christian Poltéra celloChristian Poltéra was born in Zurich in 1977. After working with Nancy Chumachenco and Boris Pergamenschikow, he studied with Heinrich Schiff in Salzburg and Vienna. Besides his appearances as a soloist with numerous renowned European orchestras, he dedicates himself intensively to chamber music, playing with partners such as Leonidas Kavakos, Gidon Kremer, Julius Drake, Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, Leif Ove Andsnes, Mitsuko Uchida, the Auryn, Guarneri, Artemis and Zehetmair Quartet. Furthermore, he works regularly with the pianists Kathryn Stott and Polina Leschenko.... |
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Jerusalem QuartetOne of the most dynamic and exciting young quartet currently performing, the Jerusalem Quartet is in great demand throughout the world. In 2006, to mark the Shostakovich centenary, the Jerusalem Quartet will be performing quartet cycles for Amsterdam Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall,... |
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Navarra Quartet string quartetIn 2008 the Navarra Quartet won the Outstanding Young Artist Award at the MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, in partnership with the International Artist Managers' Association. They were selected for representation by YCAT in 2006 and in 2007 received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. Formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music under the guidance of the late Dr Christopher Rowland, the Quartet were Junior Fellows at the RNCM and postgraduate students of the Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne.... |
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Royal String QuartetShortlisted by the Royal Philharmonic Society as one of the three most outstanding chamber groups to appear in the UK in 2006, the Royal String Quartet was established in 1998 and has since gained a reputation as one of the world's most interesting and dynamically developing string quartets of the young generation. The Royal String Quartet has received numerous awards at competitions, including 1st Prize and the Grand Prix in Casale Monferrato (2000), 2nd Prize in Kraków (2003), Special Jury Prize in Kuhmo, Finland (2004) and 3rd Prize in Banff, Canada (2004).... |
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Shenyang bass-baritone24-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.... |
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Julian Steckel celloJulian Steckel was a pupil of Ulrich Voss, Gustav Rivinius and Boris Pergamenschikow and is currently studying with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. Julian Steckel is a prizewinner of the International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Kronberg in August 2004, the International Rostropovich Competition in Paris in November 2005 and the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann 2006 in Berlin.... |
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Christianne Stotijn mezzo sopranoChristianne Stotijn began her musical studies at the Amsterdam Conservatoire. Having won several prizes including 2005/06 ECHO Rising Stars, she was selected for the BBC's New Generation Artists scheme.... |
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Leopold String TrioThe Leopold String Trio is firmly established at the forefront of the international chamber music scene performing regularly at the world's leading venues and music festivals. Since forming in 1991 they have championed the often neglected medium of the string trio with peerless interpretations of the core repertoire while seeking out lesser-known masterpieces and giving premieres of many works by the likes of Kurtag, Henze, David Matthews and Judith Bingham.... |
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Antoine Tamestit violaBorn in 1979, Antoine Tamestit studied with Jean Sulem, Jesse Levine, the Tokyo String Quartet and Tabea Zimmermann. He has won first prizes at the Maurice Vieux, William Primrose and ARD International Competitions, and at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. A keen chamber musician, he performs with artists such as Gidon Kremer, Emmanuel Pahud, Mischa Maisky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Frank-Peter Zimmermann, Christian Poltéra and the Hagen Quartet.... |
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Robin Ticciati conductorRobin Ticciati became Music Director and Artistic Advisor to the Gävle Symphony Orchestra (Sweden) in 2006 and Music Director of Glyndebourne on Tour (GOT) in 2007. A violinist, pianist and percussionist, London-born Robin Ticciati turned to conducting at the age of 15 under the guidance of Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle, while still a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.... |
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Katona Twins guitar duoThe Hungarian born Katona Twins, Peter and Zoltán, have performed throughout the world at venues which include the Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Centre in New York; the Suntory Hall in Tokyo; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London; the Forbidden City in Beijing; Alte Oper in Frankfurt and the Philharmonie in Cologne. The twins studied in Budapest, Frankfurt and at the Royal Academy of Music in London... |
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Adam Walker fluteIn 2009, at the age of 21, Adam Walker was appointed principal flute of the London Symphony Orchestra and received the 'Outstanding Young Artist Award' at the MIDEM Classique Awards in Cannes, in partnership with the International Artist Managers’ Association.... |
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Llŷr Williams pianoDescribed as 'one of the truly great musicians of our time' by Hilary Finch in The Times, young Welsh pianist, Llŷr Williams, has performed with such orchestras as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Mozart Players, Hallé Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. He has performed at the BBC Proms and has given many remarkable performances at the Edinburgh Festival. ... |
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Shai Wosner pianoPianist Shai Wosner has been dubbed by the Financial Times as "an artist to follow keenly". With a diverse repertoire ranging from Bach to Ligeti, he enjoys a growing reputation with audiences and critics alike.... |
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Hyunah Yu sopranoAn American citizen born in South Korea, soprano Hyunah Yu received the prestigious Artist Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. A prize winner in the 1999 Naumburg International Competition and a finalist in the 1998 Dutch International Vocal Competition... |
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Irina Zahharenkova piano / harpsichord / fortepianoIrina Zahharenkova is one of the most outstanding keyboard performers of her generation to emerge from Estonia today. She has won first prizes in such major international piano competitions such as the Leipzig's Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (2006), Italy's Alessandro Casagrande Competition (2006) and Romania's Georges Enesco Competition (2005). ... |
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Ralph van Raat pianoPianist and musicologist Ralph van Raat was born in 1978 and studied the piano with Prof. Ton Hartsuiker and Prof. Willem Brons at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and Musicology at the University of Amsterdam. ... |
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Jörgen van Rijen tromboneBesides his work as the principal trombonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jörgen van Rijen has become a frequently requested soloist with a special commitment to promote his instrument and develop new repertoire for the trombone. He has played recitals in most European countries, as well as the United States, Japan and Australia and has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.... |
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Quatuor Ébène string quartetMastery, elegance, density, complicity, spirit, are words that regularly come back about the Quatuor Ébène, now considered one of the very best young quartets worldwide. In the upcoming seasons the quartet will take part in a Haydn cycle at London's Wigmore Hall in 08/09 with the Emerson, Hagen and Arcanto Quartets. ... |