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His early professors include Leonid Kerbel, Leon Souroujon and Igor Oistrakh.
In 1997, Sascha made his Carnegie Hall debut in a Gala for the Rainforest Foundation, performing Saint-Saens “Carnaval des Animaux” alongside artists such as Maxim Vengerov, Victoria Mullova and Martha Argerich.
At the age of twelve, the course of his musical education led him to the Purcell School in London where his professors were Macej Rakowski and Evgueny Grach. Sascha has had the privilege of receiving musical guidance from star musicians such as Julian Rachlin, Maxim Vengerov, Felix Andrievsky, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Vadim Gluzman, Edvard Grach, Nam-Yun Kim and Dmitri Sitkovetsky.
Sascha performed solo and chamber music works at prestigious venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace, Brussels Conservatoire, Prague Castle and the British Embassy in Paris. Moreover, Mr. Maisky has performed on several occasions in trio with his father Mischa and sister Lily.
Having completed his studies in England with honors, Sascha has now moved to Vienna where his Professor is Boris Kuschnir.
Born in Switzerland in 1999, harpist Tjasha Gafner studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Nancy Allen after completing her master’s degree as a soloist with Letizia Belmondo at the Haute École de Musique de Genève. In 2024, she completed her master in pedagogy at the Haute École de Musique de Genève with Sandrine Chatron.
She is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions, including first places at the Felix Godefroid International Harp Competition (Belgium, 2012), Suoni d’Arpa (Italy, 2014) and the Martine Géliot International Harp Competition (France, 2016). In 2021, she won the Max D. Jost Prize, as well as the Leenaards Cultural Grant. Within ten years she has received more than 20 awards.
Since the age of ten, she has performed in Germany, France, Hong Kong, and many other countries, and has appeared as a soloist with the Kammerorchester der Bayrischen Philharmonie, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and the London Mozart Players. She regularly performs with various ensembles on an international level and also contributes to the expansion of the harp repertoire with her own transcriptions.
For her outstanding performances, she was awarded both first place and the audience prize at the 72nd International Music Competition 2023 in Munich.
First prize winner of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America (USA) competition in 2015, BBC New Generation Artist (2017-2019), « Révélation Instrumentale » of the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2019, and winner of Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival (2023), Thibaut Garcia, has gradually established himself as one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation.
The Franco-Spanish guitarist was born in 1994 in Toulouse where he obtained his guitar prize in the class of Paul Ferret, before continuing his training at the CNSMD of Paris in the class of Olivier Chassain, while benefiting from the advice of Judicaël Perroy.
Thibaut Garcia now plays in the most important concert halls and festivals throughout the world: Wigmore Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, Salle Bourgie in Montreal, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Grands Interprètes in Toulouse, Festival Musiq’3 in Brussels, Berlin Philharmonie, Teatros del Canal, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Bachfest Leipzig Auditorium de Bordeaux, Seine Musicale, Grand Théâtre de Provence…
Since his concerto debuts with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in 2016, Thibaut Garcia returned in 2023 for the creation of El Bihr by Benjamin Attahir. He has also collaborated with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the BBC orchestras, the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Bordeaux, the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen, the Silesian Philharmonic, the Münchner Symphoniker, the Orchestre National d’Ile de France, the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Saint Etienne, the Orchestre National de Metz, the Orchestre National de Lyon…
Highlights of the 2024-2025 season, are concertos with the Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and returns to the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (as the « WEMAG Soloist » prizewinner), the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Palau de Musica Barcelona, and also debuts at the Philharmonie Luxembourg. He is curating « Guitarmania » at the Philharmonie de Paris in April, where he showcases his instrument and its ambassadors for a week.
In chamber music, Thibaut Garcia also performs with Edgar Moreau, Raphaël Sévère, Elsa Dreisig, Marianne Crebassa, Lucienne Renaudin-Vary, Anastasia Kobekina, the Quatuor Arod… He also forms duets with Philippe Jaroussky (A sa guitare), Félicien Brut (Vol de Nuit), and Antoine Morinière (Goldberg Variations).
Thibaut Garcia has been a Warner Classics/Erato artist since 2016. After Leyendas in 2016, Bach Inspirations in 2018, Aranjuez in 2020 (Choc de Classica, Diapason d’Or, Gramphone Editor’s Choice), his album À sa guitare in duet with Philippe Jarrousky was released in autumn 2021. In autumn 2023 is released his album El Bohemio¸ devoted to the composer Agustin Barrios Mangoré.
Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, renowned for her dramatic sensibility and innovative artistry, has spent over 30 years at the forefront of contemporary music. She has developed close collaborations with luminaries such as John Zorn, Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, and Krzysztof Warlikowski. A tireless advocate for modern music, Hannigan has premiered nearly 100 new works and collaborated with composers like Boulez, Ligeti, and Abrahamsen.
Beginning her career as a soprano, she gained recognition for tackling challenging roles before transitioning to conducting at age 40. Now, she regularly leads major orchestras including the Concertgebouw, Cleveland Orchestra, and Montreal Symphony, while maintaining relationships with festivals like Aix-en-Provence and Spoleto. Recent highlights include her acclaimed dual role in Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine, where she sings and conducts, and world premieres such as Golfam Khayam’s I am not a tale to be told.
In the 2024/25 season, she will return to lead orchestras including the London Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, and Iceland Symphony, while also embarking on a vocal recital tour with Bertrand Chamayou. In 2026, she will assume the role of Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Hannigan’s recordings have garnered international acclaim. Her album Crazy Girl Crazy won the 2018 Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal album, alongside an Edison and Juno Award. Her recent works include Hannigan Sings Zorn and collaborations with Juilliard and the Royal Academy of Music. A passionate mentor, she founded Equilibrium Young Artists and Momentum: Our Future Now to support emerging musicians.
Her numerous accolades include the Order of Canada, Gramophone Magazine’s Artist of the Year (2022), and Denmark’s Léonie Sonning Music Prize. Hannigan resides in Finistère, France, connecting her Atlantic coast home to her roots in Nova Scotia.
Iason Marmaras is a keyboard player, singer, and the founder and leader of the ensemble os orphicum. He was awarded a Master’s degree on Harpsichord (2012) under Fabio Bonizzoni and Ton Koopman; and a Bachelor’s degree in Early Music Singing (2011) under Barbara Pearson, Kees Jan de Koning, Jill Feldman, Michael Chance and Peter Kooij; at the Royal Conservatoire in Den Haag, the Netherlands.
Iason has performed as a continuo player, singing soloist, ensemble- and choir-singer under such musicians as Jos van Veldhoven, Jos Vermunt, Peter van Heyghen, Charles Toet, Jan Kleinbussink, Jaap ter Linden, Peter Kooij, Harry van der Kamp and Fabio Bonizzoni. In 2009 he sang Lesbo in Handel’s Agrippina under Hernán Schvartzman, and in 2011 he sang Amor in Monteverdi’s l’Incoronazione di Poppea under Markellos Chrysikopoulos. He is also an increasingly sought-after vocal coach, and the regular accompanist of soprano Stefanie True and counter-tenor Jan Kullmann.
Even before his formal acquaintance with the harpsichord, he was an avid continuo-player and improviser on the piano, and he still regards continuo-playing and improvisation as vital though largely neglected parts of musicianship today. His universal love for music has led to his avid (and increasing) interest in ensemble-leading and direction, and he has organised and directed numerous concerts during the years of his study, also following instruction in conducting with Hernán Schvartzman and Marine Fribourg.
Felix Moseholm, born on 9 September 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of the exciting young voices on the double bass today. The list of artists he has worked with includes Samara Joy, Brad Mehldau, Sean Mason and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra feat. Wynton Marsalis.
Felix musical background is rooted in an early encounter with the classical cello repertoire. After playing the cello for 10 formative years he was encouraged to make the switch to double bass by his granduncle Erik Moseholm (bass player w. Don Byas, Eric Dolphy etc.)
At age 18, after a few years of playing professionally in Denmark, Felix decided to move to New York fueled by curiosity and a desire to learn about American culture and music in its birthplace.
In New York, Felix received mentorship by Gerald Cannon and George Coleman among others, while earning his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Juilliard (2018-2023). He quickly integrated into the local scene as he began performing regularly in and around the city while keeping up with his schoolwork at Juilliard.
Today Felix appears on multiple recordings, the latest being Sean Masons “The Southern Suite”, released October 27th, 2023. He can also be seen playing on Isaiah J. Thompson’s NPR Tiny Desk concert on YouTube. From NYC, where Felix is still based, he maintains a busy performance schedule both locally and on tour.
Felix Moseholm is a recipient of The Horace Parlan Talent Award, Irene Diamond Scholarship, Augustinusfonden along with other awards and honors.
Viktoria Postnikova was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. From the age of three, she amazed those around her with her ability to reproduce on the piano, with both hands and by ear, the works she heard her mother teaching her pupils. From then on, there was little doubt that she had a vocation as a musician.
She was admitted to the Moscow Central School of Music, and at the age of seven gave her first public performance with an orchestra. In the following years, she studied at the Moscow Conservatory in Jakob Flière’s class. The numerous prizes she won in international competitions (Leeds International Piano Competition in England, Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Vianna da-Motta Competition in Lisbon, Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow) established her reputation in both the Soviet Union and Western Europe.
Viktoria Postnikova performs in virtually all the major musical centres of Europe, Asia and America (where she has been compared in the press to Vladimir Horowitz). She has played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Amsterdam Concertgebauw, the BBC Orchestra in London, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de France, and all the most prestigious orchestras in Russia and Japan, under conductors such as Sir Adrian Boult, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Kurt Masur, and of course Gennady Rojdestvensky.
Her countless recordings include the only complete piano works by Tchaikovsky currently in existence, Tchaikovsky’s three concertos with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Mussorgsky’s complete solo piano works, Prokofiev’s five concertos, as well as concertos by Busoni, Brahms, Chopin and many others.
Her unrivalled repertoire includes almost 80 concertos for piano and orchestra.
In addition to her activities as a soloist and recitalist, Viktoria Postnikova devotes herself passionately to chamber music. Her chamber music career includes concerts in Switzerland, France, England and Moscow with artists such as Yehudi Menuhin and Julia Varad.
Jorge Rossy is internationally recognized as one of the most influential drummers of his generation. His work as a sideman includes over 180 recordings with renowned jazz musicians such as Brad Mehldau, Ethan Iverson, Kevin Hays, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Joshua Redman, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. He has also toured with jazz greats like Charlie Haden, Wayne Shorter, Lee Konitz, Carla Bley, and Joe Lovano.
In addition to his drumming, Rossy is known for his distinctive voice on vibes, marimba, and piano, as well as his unique sound as a composer and bandleader. Since his first album, Jorge Rossy Trio Wicca (2006), he has recorded over 30 albums as a leader or co-leader, receiving critical acclaim from publications such as Jazz Times, Downbeat, and All About Jazz.
In 2015, Rossy made his debut as a vibes and marimba player with Stay There (Pirouet), leading a stellar band. He has since toured and recorded with various configurations of his band, the Jordi Rossy Vibes Quintet, and several co-led projects such as Passport Quartet, Rossy & Kanan Quartet, and Fox + Chris Cheek. His second vibes quintet album, Beyond Sunday (Jazz&People), was released in 2018, followed by his first vibes trio album, Puerta, on ECM in 2021.
Rossy’s bands have included top-tier musicians such as Jeff Ballard, Robert Landfermann, Joe Chambers, Al Foster, Adam Cruz, Billy Hart, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman, Chris Cheek, Mike Kanan, Kevin Hays, Doug Weiss, and many others. Together, they create a distinctive sound filled with intimate collaboration and deep musical connection.
Established as a major star across both operatic and concert stages, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote is regarded as one of the great artists of our time. Coote has performed major roles on stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Salzburg Festival. Equally acclaimed on the concert stage, she has performed with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, The Hallé and The Concertgebouw.
The 24/25 season will see Coote perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra, before returning to the operatic stage in The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg’s Così fan tutte (Dorabella); followed by two productions of Semele (Juno) for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Royal Ballet and Opera.
Engagements in the 23/24 season included Storge Jephtha at the Royal Opera House; Mahler Symphony No. 3 with Robin Ticciati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Beethoven Symphony No. 9 and Mass in C Minor with Dinis Sousa and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra; and Mahler Symphony No. 3 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Driven by her passion for exploring and challenging gender stereotypes in characterisation, Coote is renowned for her interpretations of some of opera’s most important male and female roles. She brings that same philosophy to her work on the recital platform, an essential extension of Coote’s musical life. Committed to audience development and redefining genre barriers, last season Coote premiered her latest project, ‘The Rebellious Recital’: a song recital including works by Mahler, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Bach and John Lennon at the Wigmore Hall.
In 2018, she was awarded an OBE for services to music.
Born in Baku in 1995, Maharram Huseynov began studying singing in the class of Svetlana Mirzoeva at the Rostropovich Music School in Baku. At the Osimo Academy of Lyric Art she studied with Lella Cuberli and Raina Kabaivanska. In 2016, he attended the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro with Alberto Zedda. He perfected his studies at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala with Renato Bruson. He also participates in master classes with Galina Vishnevskaya, Tom Kraus, Bernadette Manca di Nassa, Ildar Abdrazakov and Juan Diego Florez.
His early stage debuts include the roles of Morales in Carmen; Rector in Mese Mariano by Giordano at the Teatro La Nuova Fenice, Don Alvaro in Il Viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Demon in San Guglielmo Duca d’Aquitania by Pergolesi under the direction of Christophe Rousset at the Pergolesi Spontini Festival in Jesi; and at the Rieti Festival as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia under the direction of Fabio Biondi.
In the next seasons, he will act as Dandini in La Cenerentola at the Rossini Theater, in Don Giovanni for the OperaCamion project of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. In the role of Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, he toured with the Teatro San Carlo from Naples to Dubai.
On the stage of the Teatro alla Scala, he participated in the Accademia production of Ali Baba E I 40 Ladroni in the role of Ours-Kan, directed by Paolo Carignani and staged by Liliana Cavani. As Dulcamara in l’Elisir d’Amore for young people, later re-released at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Under the direction of Valery Gergiev, he debuted as the Lutheran Pastor in Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina. Alongside Ambrogio Maestri, he played the role of Poet in Salieri’s Prima La Musica Poi Le Parole and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, directed by Woody Allen. Like Monterone in Rigoletto, he sings alongside Leo Nucci, under the baton of Daniel Oren.
His latest engagements include Colline in la Bohème at the Modena and Piacenza theatres, and his debut at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, where he appeared in several operas, including the role of Figaro in le Nozze di Figaro; Colline in la Bohème; Angelotti in Tosca; Conte Monterone in Rigoletto; Jake Wallace in the Girl from the West; Nilakantha in Lakme ; Don Giovanni as Leporello and Masetto, Dulcamara in l’Elisir d’Amore, Alidoro in La Cenerentola and Mandarino in Turandot.
Maharram is the winner of prestigious international competitions, such as the Odessa Sozvezdie Competition (1st Prize, 2008), the Muslim Magomaev Moscow Competition (2nd Prize, 2016), and the Sergei Leiferkus Moscow Competition (finalist, 2019). As a soloist, he has participated in the Mstislav Rostropovic Festival, the Gabala Festival, the Follonica Festival and the Uzeir Hajibeyli Festival. In 2020, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan awarded him the Presidential Award.