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Ahlbeck Glader Edward
Ahlbeck Glader Edward
Ahlbeck Glader Edward
27 Mar 2025
Swedish pianist Edward Ahlbeck Glader recently graduated from Stockholm’s Lilla Akademiens Musikgymnasium, where he studied with Martin Sturfält. Since 2022, he has been a private student of Paolo Giacometti at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. He has also drawn inspiration from the Jiri Hlinka Piano Academy in Norway and pianist Roland Pöntinen. In 2024, […]
Olzer Roberto
Olzer Roberto
Olzer Roberto
16 Jan 2025
Roberto Olzer, a pianist comfortable in both jazz and classical music, possesses a unique musical sensibility and extraordinary expressive power – A. Valiante, Jazzitalia “Olzer’s unique disposition towards music and the intellectual awareness of a cultivated man have undeniably defined him as a jazz musician of admirable expressiveness; this becomes evident in his lucid inventiveness, […]
Génisson Pierre
Génisson Pierre
Génisson Pierre
08 Jan 2025
Clarinetist Pierre Génisson, one of the most renowned representatives of the French wind school, has signed an exclusive contract with Warner Classics/Erato. The first album from this new collaboration, dedicated to Mozart with Concerto Köln, complements an already extensive discography that has been unanimously praised by critics (Diapason d’or, Choc de l’année de Classica, ffff […]
Khandrikov Fedor
Khandrikov Fedor
Khandrikov Fedor
19 Dec 2024
Born in 1992 in St. Petersburg, he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College in St. Petersburg (Pavel Krichashvili’s class) and the St. Petersburg Conservatory (Alexander Mikhailov’s class). He honed his skills with Peter Sadlo, Marinus Komst, Nick Woud, Raymond Curfs, and other percussionists. Winner of national and international competitions. Since 2013, he has been a […]
Schwarz Hanna
Schwarz Hanna
Schwarz Hanna
29 Nov 2024
After studying psychology, Hanna Schwarz began her vocal training at the Hanover Academy of Music, where she also made her operatic debut as Sigrune in Wagner’s Die Walküre. After winning a singing competition in Berlin, she was engaged by the Hamburg State Opera. In 1975, she made her Bayreuth debut, where she achieved an international […]
Kuschnir Boris
Kuschnir Boris
Kuschnir Boris
21 Nov 2024
Boris Kuschnir, born in Kyiv in 1948, studied violin with Boris Belenkij and chamber music with Valentin Berlinskij at the Moscow Conservatory. Influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he collaborated on the late quartets, and David Oistrakh, his career began in 1969 after winning the All-Union Competition in Leningrad, where he performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto […]
Schmidt Wolfgang Emanuel
Schmidt Wolfgang Emanuel
Schmidt Wolfgang Emanuel
07 Nov 2024
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt is considered one of the great German cellists and is also a highly sought-after conductor. A laureate of the Rostropovich, Tchaikovsky, and Leonard Rose competitions, he has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Sinfonia Varsovia, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Houston Symphony, […]
Estelle Revaz
Estelle Revaz
Estelle Revaz
06 Nov 2024
Estelle Revaz performs in numerous countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. She has been invited to festivals such as the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Verbier Festival, the Sion Festival, the Colmar International Festival, and the Pablo Casals Festival, collaborating with musical partners including Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Alexandra Conunova, Raphaëlle Moreau, Tai Murray, […]
Trælnes Arthur
Trælnes Arthur
Trælnes Arthur
06 Nov 2024
Arthur Trælnes was born in Lausanne in 2002. He began learning the violin at the age of 6, and at 16, he joined the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU) in Gyula Stuller’s class, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in 2022. He then joined Alexander Kerr’s class (former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw […]
Neugebauer Zofia
Neugebauer Zofia
Neugebauer Zofia
06 Nov 2024
Zofia Neugebauer was born in Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland, in 1994, and began playing the piano at the age of five. However, her fascination with the subtle possibilities of the flute led her to take up the instrument at the age of ten, and her continued passion for its rich and delicate sound blossomed into a […]
20 YEARS
OF THE verbier festival chamber orchestra
Anniversary concert with Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Gábor Takács-Nagy
20 YEARS
OF THE verbier festival chamber orchestra
Anniversary concert with Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Gábor Takács-Nagy