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The Amatis Trio was founded in Amsterdam in 2014 by German violinist Lea Hausmann, British cellist Samuel Shepherd and Dutch/Chinese pianist Mengjie Han. Only weeks after forming, the trio won the audience prize in Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival- Concours, which quickly led to their debut in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Hall – to which they returned in 2018/19 season as ECHO (European Concert […]

He was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow on April 16, 1921 in Swiss Cottage, London, the son of Nadezhda Leontievna (Benois) and Jonah Freiherr von Ustinow. His father was of one-quarter Polish Jewish, one-half Russian, one-eighth Ethiopian, and one-eighth German descent, while his mother was of one-half Russian, one-quarter Italian, one-eighth French, and one-eighth […]

In 2011, Alain Dufaux  joined the MetaMedia Center (MMC) launched by the Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Valorization (VPIV) at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland). Acting as project manager, his activity was split between the operational tasks of the Montreux Jazz Digital Project, and the numerous innovation projects initiated by the MMC in […]

Born in 1996 in Geneva, Gabriel Esteban grew up in a family of musicians. After studying with François Abeille, he benefited from the teaching of François Guye at the Haute École de Musique de Genève and is currently studying with Giovanni Gnocchi at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. At the same time, he received advice from […]

Nathalie Stutzmann has just been announced as the Philadelphia Orchestra’s new Principal Guest Conductor from season 21/22. The three-year tenure will involve a regular presence in the orchestra’s subscription series in Philadelphia and at its Summer festivals in Vail and Saratoga. Nathalie is also entering the third season of a highly successful tenure as Chief […]

James Garnon trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Edinburgh University. He has performed in over 20 productions at Shakespeare’s Globe, most recently in the main house as Touchstone in As You Like It and in the title role in Pericles in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. He is a Globe Associate Artist and a […]

Born in a Hindu Brahmin family in Northeast India, Tapashi Devchoudhury was introduced to asanas by her father, and the wisdom of Vedic mantras and ancient Hindu philosophies by her mother very early in her life. The ancestral teachings of oriental philosophies and a fascination towards the human consciousness led to her exploring deeper connections […]

He has played as a soloist with a number of orchestras, including the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev, the Polish Radio Orchestra, the Belgrade Philharmonic, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. His passion for chamber music has led him to the world’s most famous festivals, such as […]

The German tenor Gerhard Siegel began his musical career as an instrumentalist and composer. After completing his voice training with Liselotte Becker-Egner at the Augsburg Conservatory, he became an ensemble member of the Stadttheater Trier. Here the stage version of Heinrich Heine’s “Deutschland – ein Wintermärchen”, for which he composed the music, had its world […]

Joshua Weilerstein is the Artistic Director of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. He also enjoys a flourishing guest conducting career throughout Europe and the USA and is known for his clarity of musical expression, boundless enthusiasm, and deep natural musicianship. His enthusiasm for a wide range of repertoire is combined with an ambition to […]