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Icelandic violinist Hulda Jónsdóttir has been playing the violin since the age of 4. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Music from The Juilliard School in New York where her teachers were Robert Mann, David Chan and Laurie Smukler. Since 2018, Hulda has lived in Copenhagen, where she serves as Assistant Principal Second […]

Born in Dublin to a family of musicians, Aoife Ní Bhriain has established herself as a richly versatile musician, expert in both classical and folk music. Thanks to her musical heritage combined with her classical studies she has collaborated and performed with musicians such as pianist Eliso Virsaladze, fiddle player Martin Hayes, jazz guitarist Wolfgang […]

In 2022 Jonathan Leibovitz was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions held at Wigmore Hall. A top prizewinner at major competitions in Israel and Europe, including 1st Prize at the prestigious Crusell Competition in Finland and a Special Prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition […]

Sam Hird studies at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London for a Master of Performance with baritone Peter Savidge. Recent engagements include baritone soloist in a special RCM concert to celebrate the life of composer Joseph Horovitz, L’Ambasciatore in Respighi’s opera La Bella Dormente nel Bosco, and Jesus in Bach’s St John Passion […]

Yulia Matochkina opens her 2024/25 season with Verdi’s Requiem in Rome with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Daniel Harding. She returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper München as Ulrica Un ballo in maschera and Santuzza in a new production of Cavalleria rusticana. She will also return to ROH Covent Garden as Azucena Il […]

Oleksandr Yankevych began playing the piano at age 10 and graduated with honours at the Music Academy of Bydgoszcz in Poland. Later, he joined the Opera Studio of the Warsaw State Opera and the Opera Studio of the Zurich Opera House before working as korrepetitor and assistant conductor at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. […]

Gerald Karni enjoys a diverse career in music, regularly traveling around the world with leading instrumentalists and conductors. Born in Israel, he began violin at a young age before switching to the viola, which he plays as member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, led by Daniel Barenboim. As a conductor, he has worked with orchestras […]

In February 2023, French conductor Samy Rachid was appointed the new Assistant Conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Andris Nelsons for a two-year term, effective in October 2023. He will debut with the orchestra during the Tanglewood Music Festival 2024, followed by subscription concerts at Symphony Hall during Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2024/25 season. Currently working as Assistant Conductor […]