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Maki Namekawa is a leading figure among today’s pianists, bringing to audiences’ attention contemporary music by international composers. As a soloist and a chamber musician equally at home in classical and repertoire of our time, she performs regularly at international venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center New York, Musikverein Vienna, Barbican Center and […]

With roots and upbringing spanning Yemen, Israel and the United States, Achinoam Nini aka Noa, is a singer, songwriter, poet, composer, percussionist, speaker, activist and mother of three children.Together with her longstanding musical collaborator Gil Dor, accomplished musician and co-founder of the Rimon School of music, Noa has released 15 international albums and graced many […]

Mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately has been highly visible in Britain since being designated a BBC New Generation Artist from 2013 to 2015. Unusually versatile, she has performed opera, choral music, and lieder, and her repertory ranges from Gilbert and Sullivan to contemporary works. Born Catherine Whately in London in 1983, she was the daughter of actor […]

Ian Sullivan is the Principal Timpanist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra. He is also the timpanist of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, The Knights, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and at the Tanglewood Music Center. He has […]

Born 1952 in Israel. Gil played piano as a child. In 1963 he started taking guitar lessons with Menashe Bakish, one of Israel’s foremost classical guitar masters. In 1974, Following 3 years of mandatory service in the IDF central command entertainment unit, Gil married Neta Adan* and together they moved to the US, where he […]

Veniamine Borissovitch Smekhov, born on August 10, 1940, in Moscow, is a Russian actor, director, writer, documentary filmmaker, and television host. In 1957, he was admitted to Vladimir Etush’s class at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Graduating in 1961, his career began at the Samara Drama Theatre. The following year, he joined the Moscow Drama […]

Praised as “revelatory” (New York Times) with “breathtaking virtuosity” (The Observer), Ksenija Sidorova is the leading ambassador for the classical accordion. Both a unique and charismatic performer, Ksenija is passionate about showcasing the vast capabilities of her instrument. Her repertoire spans from Bach to Piazzolla, from Efrem Podgaits and Václav Trojan, to Erkki-Sven Tüür and George Bizet, as […]

Since moving from Canada to Germany, Shawn has performed with many professional orchestras and chamber music ensembles, various contemporary-music and jazz groups as well as leading my own musical projects, gathering valuable musical experiences along the way. Until recently, he held the position of instructor for big band and combos at the Hochschule für Musik […]

Magnus Lindgren’s constant search for new musical paths, combined with an extraordinary talent, has given him a position in Swedish musical life that is received with respect and fascination all over the world. Winner of several awards such as Grammis, Swedish Radio Award for Swedish Jazz Album of the Year, Orkesterjournal Gold Record, etc. and […]