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Blacher Kolja
Blacher Kolja
Blacher Kolja
12 Jun 2024
Kolja Blacher studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Dorothy DeLay and with Sandor Vegh in Salzburg. He has performed as soloist all over the world, with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, NDR Symphony, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, and Baltimore Symphony, and with conductors including Kirill Petrenko, Vladimir Jurowski, […]
Sung Jae-Chang
Sung Jae-Chang
Sung Jae-Chang
28 May 2024
Jae-Chang Sung received a bachelor’s degree in the trumpet from Seoul National University and also graduated from the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden where he studied with Håkan Hardenberger and Bo Nilsson. Inspired by such achievements, he successfully pursued a Meisterklasse in the trumpet with the highest honours after studying with Prof. Hannes Laübin […]
Ideta Ria
Ideta Ria
Ideta Ria
24 May 2024
It is rare to find a marimba player in the world who pursues the possibilities of this instrument so deeply. When you listen to her delicate and pleasantly fluctuating tremolo, the concept of the marimba as a percussion instrument is instantly overturned. She is the most sought-after marimba player in the world today, captivating audiences […]
Ivanov Yossif
Ivanov Yossif
Ivanov Yossif
24 May 2024
Acclaimed as “a player of impressive authority and presence” (The Strad) and “one of the top violinists of tomorrow” (Diapason), Yossif Ivanov, has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting violinists of his generation. At the age of 16 he was awarded First Prize at the Montreal International Competition, and two years later […]
Marin Ion
Marin Ion
Marin Ion
19 Apr 2024
A fascinating personality of the international music scene, Ion Marin is one of few conductors to work on the highest level in both the symphonic and operatic domains. He has conducted virtually all the great European orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre […]
Boissière Hervé
Boissière Hervé
Boissière Hervé
15 Apr 2024
Hervé Boissière is a producer, broadcaster, and promoter of music, mainly classical, for over 30 years. He began his career as a stage manager at the Marionnettes de Bourgogne in Beaune, where he was born on September 12, 1966. There he discovered the magic of live performance, the artists, the backstage, the tours, the audiences. […]
Ballabio Luca
Ballabio Luca
Ballabio Luca
08 Apr 2024
Luca Ballabio obtained a Master’s Degree in Orchestra Conducting at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, studying under Marc Kissoczy and Arturo Tamayo. He focused on opera through courses with Riccardo Muti and Daniel Oren. As assistant conductor to Sesto Quatrini from 2018 to 2020, he contributed to productions at the Lithuanian National Opera […]
Brovtsyn Boris
Brovtsyn Boris
Brovtsyn Boris
08 Apr 2024
Boris Brovtsyn, a fourth-generation musician, is renowned as a versatile violinist in high demand worldwide. He has an extensive repertoire of over fifty violin concertos and hundreds of chamber works, frequently premiering new pieces. Brovtsyn is a regular at “Les Grands Interprètes” in Geneva and Spectrum Concerts Berlin, where he has performed every season since […]
Fei Wu
Fei Wu
Fei Wu
22 Mar 2024
Wu Fei studies with Ben Johnson at the Royal College of Music (London) where he has sung the roles of Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Grimoaldo in Rodelinda, and Armand Brissard in Der Graf von Luxemburg. In 2019, he took part in the International Vocal Artists Academy of Payerbach, led […]
Iselin Nathanaël
Iselin Nathanaël
Iselin Nathanaël
13 Mar 2024
Nathanaël Iselin, a French conductor based in Scandinavia, secured the First Prize and Orchestra Prize at the Eighth International Jorma Panula Conducting Competition. In 2023, he served as Conductor in Residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and earned Second Prize at the German Conducting Award, conducting the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Gürzenich-Orchester. His notable achievements include […]
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