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Grammy nominee and 2014 International Opera Awards Male Singer of the Year, Stuart Skelton is one of the finest heldentenors on the stage today, critically acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty and intensely dramatic portrayals.
Stuart has appeared in many of the world’s most celebrated opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, Paris Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dresden Semperoper and the Vienna State Opera. His roles include the title roles in Lohengrin, Rienzi, Parsifal, Dmitrij, Otello and Peter Grimes as well as Florestan in Fidelio, Laca in Jenufa, Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer, The Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, Max in Der Freischütz, Canio in Pagliacci, Gherman in The Queen of Spades, and Siegmund in Der Ring des Nibelungen.
He continues to be in demand on concert stages around the world, having appeared with such orchestras as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich Radio Symphony Orchestras, London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Orchestras of Scotland and Wales and the Symphony Orchestras of Sydney, Melbourne, Western Australia and Tasmania. He has also appeared at the Edinburgh and Lucerne Festivals, and in the BBC Proms.
Throughout his career Stuart has been fortunate enough to work with many acclaimed conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Jiři Bèlohlavek, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Christoph Eschenbach, Asher Fisch, Edward Gardner, Daniele Gatti, Phillipe Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Lorin Maazel, David Robertson, Sir Simon Rattle, Donald Runnicles, Simone Young and Jaap van Zweden.
It is the Grimes of the young Australian Stuart Skelton — surely the finest on a London stage since the celebrated Jon Vickers — who sets the seal on the evening. – Sunday Times
The tenor made his debut at Teatro alla Scala in the 2017-18 season in Fidelio conducted by Myung-Whun Chung in a production directed by Deborah Warner. Stuart Skelton’s robust concert calendar included performances of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Asher Fisch and the Milwaukee Symphony, Adam Fischer and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the London Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Centre; Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with Sir Andrew Davis and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and with Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Mr Skelton also joined the Dallas Symphony in the farewell performances of Jaap van Zweden in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, appeared in recital at the Melbourne Recital Centre with pianist Richard Peirson, followed by concert performances and recording of Tristan und Isolde with Western Australian Symphony Orchestra under Asher Fisch.
Stuart’s 2018/19 season saw him make his Royal Opera House debut as Siegmund in Der Ring des Nibelungen conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano and return to the Metropolitan Opera as Otello under Gustavo Dudamel and again as Siegmund in Die Walküre und Phillipe Jordan.
Siegmund featured again in London with the London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski and again with Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle.
Mr Skelton returned to Otello with the Berlin Philharmonic at the Baden Baden Festival under Maestro Zubin Mehta before making his Budapest Wagner Festival debut as Siegmund under Adam Fischer.
Stuart continued his close relationship with David Robertson and Sydney Symphony in concert performances of Peter Grimes and with Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony, in a performance of Das Lied von der Erde at the BBC Proms.
Upcoming appearances include Act II of Tristan und Isolde with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniel Harding, Die Walküre with the Netherland’s Radio Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden, and collaborations with Karina Canellakis in Act 1 of Die Walküre with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Orchestra de la Radio France. 2019/20’s season also sees Stuart return to Teatro Real, Madrid for Robert Carsen’s Die Walküre, San Francisco Symphony for Act 1 of Die Walküre under Simone Young, Bergen Philharmonic for performances and recording of Peter Grimes under Edward Gardner and a return to the Vienna State Opera as Parsifal.
Mr Skelton recently released his first solo Album, Shining Knight, with works by Wagner, Griffes and Barber and Tristan und Isolde, both recorded with West Australian Symphony Orchestra under Asher Fisch.
Stuart Skelton is the finest Laca I have ever heard. – Financial Times
In 2016 Stuart made his role debut as Tristan in production of Tristan und Isolde with the Baden-Baden Festspiel with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle, followed on by a new production of the same opera at the English National Opera under Ed Gardner and then again in the MET’s season-opening production of Tristan und Isolde also conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Skelton returned to his native Australia for Tristan und Isolde in concert with Nina Stemme and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra under Marko Letonja, a Wagner Arias concert with West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Asher Fisch, rounding out his Australian tour with concert performances of Parsifal Act II with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Simone Young.
2017 saw Stuart return to the Opera National de Paris in the title role of Lohengrin, the Bavarian State Opera as Laca in Jenufa and the Deutsch Oper Berlin as Siegmund, make his debt with the Cincinnati Symphony in Mahler´s Das Lied von der Erde and a return to the Bergen Philharmonic for concert performances of Peter Grimes and Otello. Stuart also made a return to Mahler´s Das Lied von der Erde with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, under Esa-Pekka Salonen and Sir Andrew Davis and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, as well as concert performances of Die Walküre with the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Making a welcome return to the BBC Proms, Stuart appeared as Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio with the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena. Renewing his frequent collaborations with Edward Gardner, Stuart once again appeared as Peter Grimes with the Bergen Filharmonic at The Edinburgh International Festival. Stuart rounded out his year with performances of Siegmund with the Salzburg Easter Festival production of Die Walküre with the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden, in Beijing and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with St Louis Symphony Orchestra and long time collaborator David Robertson.
Stuart has twice been honoured with the Sir Robert Helpmann Award, once for his performance of Siegmund in the State Opera of South Australia’s 2004 production of the The Ring Cycle, and again in 2010 for Best Male Performer in a Lead Role for his portrayal of Peter Grimes for Opera Australia. He received a 2010 Green Room Award for A Streetcar Named Desire and is a two-time Olivier Award nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for his performances as Peter Grimes and Tristan with the English National Opera.
Roman Borisov, the youngest participant, won First Prize at the Kissinger KlavierOlymp in October 2022. The jury praised his “highly musical, intuitive and structure-conscious interpretations” of works by Liebermann, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Prokofiev, along with his impressive stage presence. His early musical education began when a nursery schoolteacher introduced him to legendary piano teacher Mary Lebenzon at the Novosibirsk Conservatory at age four, a mentorship that lasted until 2020. Borisov drew early attention, winning a Spivakov Foundation scholarship and the Krainev Youth Competition in 2019.
Following numerous performances in the 2019/2020 season, including in Hamburg, Berlin, and the Piano Festival Ruhr, Borisov moved to Berlin after finishing secondary school. In January 2022, he began studying at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory under Prof. Eldar Nebolsin. His previous engagements include performances with orchestras such as the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lorraine, the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the ORF Symphony Orchestra. Borisov has performed solo at venues like the Philharmonie Essen, Bordeaux, Zürich, and Bad Kissingen.
Following numerous performances in the 2019/2020 season, including in Hamburg, Berlin, and the Piano Festival Ruhr, Borisov moved to Berlin after finishing secondary school. In January 2022, he began studying at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory under Prof. Eldar Nebolsin. His previous engagements include performances with orchestras such as the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lorraine, the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the ORF Symphony Orchestra. Borisov has performed solo at venues like the Philharmonie Essen, Bordeaux, Zürich, and Bad Kissingen.
His performance of Rachmaninoff at the Piano Festival Ruhr in 2021 was featured in its annual CD release. In September 2022, Borisov recorded Mozart Piano Concertos K. 413 and K. 415 with the ORF Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Howard Griffith, for a full Mozart concerto recording series to be released in June 2023 by Alpha.
The 2023/24 season includes Borisov’s debuts at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen and at the Konzerthaus Wien, as well as concerts with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester under Kent Nagano and other esteemed orchestras. He will also perform solo recitals at the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Bremen Music Festival, and the Brucknerhaus Linz. His repertoire includes works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Brahms, Chopin, and Beethoven.
Born in Tokyo and spent her early childhood in Siena, Italy, Sayaka has started studying the violinat age of 5. From 1995 until 2000, she studied at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana under Uto Ughi and Riccardo Brengola. At the age of 13, she went to Germany for a year to study with Saschko Gawriloff. In 1998, she moved to Germany to study at Hochschule für Musik Köln under Zakhar Bron and graduated in 2004.
In 1997, she made her debut at Lucerne Festival and Musikverein in Vienna with Rudolf Baumgartner. Two years later, she took the First Prize at the 1999 Paganini Competition. Zubin Mehta has been her strong supporter. When Shoji auditioned for him in 2000, he immediately changed his schedule in order to make her first recording with the Israel Philharmonic possible in the following month, then invited her to perform with Bavarian State Opera and Los Angeles Philharmonic. Since then many prominent orchestras have invited Shoji, including Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and WDR Symphony Orchestra.
Sayaka appears regularly as a recitalist and chamber musician at festivals such as Verbier, Annecy, Ravenna, Prague Spring, Settimane Musicale di Chigiana, Beethovenfest Bonn and Rencontres Musicales d’Evian. She recently gave a recital debut at London’s Wigmore Hall which included a new commission solo violin work by Toshio Hosokawa. In 2014, She also toured with Menahem Pressler and their collaboration was documented in a live recording. Sayaka and pianist Gianluca Cascioli have completed recording of all Beethoven’s Sonatas for Piano and Violin in 2015.
Sayaka plays the 1729 Recamier Stradivarius – kindly loaned to her by Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd.
Multiple prize-winning French pianist, David Kadouch has become a regular guest artist with some of the most important international orchestras, recital series and festivals. A laureate of the Beethoven Bonn Competition in 2005 and Leeds International Piano Competition in 2009, he also took the 2009 Verbier Festival Prix d’Honneur. In 2010 David was called “Young Talent Revelation” by Les Victoires de la Musique, and in 2011 he was named “Young Artist of the Year” by the International Classical Music Award committee.
David Kadouch’s 2017-18 season includes performances with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival, and gives a solo recital at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Kadouch also makes orchestral appearances in Hong Kong and at the Lucerne Festival Academy. His recent performances include Schumann’s Piano Concerto in Mulhouse (France), Bach’s Concerto for Three Pianos in D Minor at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and recitals in Istanbul, Aix en Provence, and Liege.
Other recent appearances for David Kadouch included concertos with Orchestre Lyon, under Leonard Slatkin; the Tonhalle Orchestra (Zürich), led by David Zinman; the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Orchestre National de Lille, Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic; at the Verbier Festival, with Charles Dutoit, and the Contemporary Music Festival of Lucerne, led by Pierre Boulez. His appearances with Daniel Barenboim included performances in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
Mr. Kadouch made his New York recital debut in 2010 with a performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has also appeared in recital at the Louvre in Paris, the Verbier Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr (Germany), Gstaad Festival, Montreux Festival, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, and Jerusalem Festival. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with such ensembles and artists as the Quiroga Quartet, Ebène Quartet, Ardeo Quartet, Radovan Vlatkovic, Frans Helmerson, Nikolaj Znaider, Antoine Tamestit and Renaud Capuçon. He has also performed Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major with Itzhak Perlman at Carnegie Hall.
David Kadouch’s recordings include a live release of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) with the Cologne Philharmonic on the Naxos label; a recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Medtner’s Sonata and Taneiev’s Prelude on the Mirare label, a recording of Schumann’s Piano Sonata and Piano Quintet with Ardeo Quartet on Decca, and a recording of Shostakovich’s complete preludes on the TransArt Live label. He also appears with Daniel Barenboim in the Maestro’s DVD series, “Barenboim on Beethoven”, which features artists in performance and master classes.
Born in Nice, David Kadouch began his studies at the Nice Conservatoire with Odile Poisson. At the age of 14 he entered the Paris Conservatoire where he participated in the classes of Jacques Rouvier. After receiving First Prize with Honors from the Paris Conservatoire he moved to the Reina Sofia School in Madrid in 2003 where he studied solo piano with Dmitri Bashkirov and Chamber Music with Marta Gulyas and Ralph Gothoni.
In a career spanning 25 years, Alexandre Tharaud has become a unique figure in the classical music world and a key exponent of French pianism. His extraordinary discography of over 25 solo albums, most of which received major awards from the music press, features repertoire ranging from Couperin, Bach and Scarlatti, through Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, and Rachmaninov to the major 20th century French composers. The breadth of his artistic endeavours is also reflected in collaborations with theatre makers, dancers, choreographers, writers and film makers, as well as with singer-songwriters and musicians outside the realm of classical music.
Alexandre is a sought-after soloist, appearing with many of the world’s leading orchestras: upcoming highlights include concerto performances with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony. Recent concerto engagements include the Royal Concertgebouworkest, Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, London Philharmonic, and hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt.
As a recitalist, Alexandre Tharaud is a regular guest at the world’s most prestigious venues. This and next season’s highlights include recitals at the Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Sala Sao Paulo and extensive touring in Japan, China and Korea.
Alexandre is an exclusive recording artist of Erato Records. In November 2019, he will release his latest album, Versailles, which pays tribute to composers associated with the courts of the French kings Louis XIV, XV and XVI. Prior to this, in October 2018, he released an album featuring Beethoven’s three final sonatas. His discography reflects an eclectic affinity to many musical styles, with recent recordings including a tribute to singer-songwriter Barbara, a Brahms duo album with Jean-Guihen Queyras (a regular chamber music partner for 20 years), and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Over the course of his career he has made critically acclaimed recordings of Rameau, Scarlatti, Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Italian Concerto, Chopin’s 24 Preludes, and Ravel’s complete piano works.
In 2017, Alexandre published Montrez-moi vos mains, an introspective and engaging account of daily life as a pianist. He had previously co-authored Piano Intime, with journalist Nicolas Southon. He is the subject of a film directed by Swiss film maker Raphaëlle Aellig-Régnier: Alexandre Tharaud, Le Temps Dérobé, and appeared in the role of the pianist “Alexandre” in Michael Hanneke’s celebrated 2012 film Amour.
Franck Cottet Dumoulin has premiered in France with the New Flore ensemble “TaBar” by Magdalena Dlugosz for solo double bass and tape, as well as “Orchester Finalisten” by Karlheinz Stockhausen for solo double bass and tape performed in octophony. He participated in the creation of ” Danse orange ” by Jean-François Charles for double bass, clarinet, percussion and a dancer. He is therefore frequently invited as a soloist in various creations for double bass solo, or in other original formats.
In 2008, he created a jazz duo with pianist Moncef Genoud, in 2009 the intuitive music duo Corde Sensible with Jean-Marie Reboul and in 2011 a duo with organist Nicolas Hafner. Today he performs regularly with the Michel Tirabosco Trio that he created in 2002 with pan flutist Michel Tirabosco and pianist Jean-Marie Reboul .
Franck Cottet Dumoulin has a passion for contemporary music, modern jazz, improvisation, and especially for intuitive music which has become his main and daily “quest”. The double bass also gives him the joy and privilege of being invited to many concert halls: in Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Zurich, Siena, Rome, Munich, Liège, Amsterdam, Delft, Krakow, Moscow, Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nice, Monte-Carlo, etc…
Franck Cottet Dumoulin’s career before his encounter with the double bass was just as eclectic at the Conservatories of Lyon, Annecy, Nice, Lausanne and Geneva: Choral and orchestral conducting, trumpet player, trombonist, analysis and writing classes (harmony, counterpoint, fugue) and consequently composition.
He studied musicology at the University of Lyon where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree and a teacher diploma (CAPES). During 5 years, he also directed a Big Band of which he was the initiator.
Adèle Charvet is one of the most sought-after French mezzos of her generation, with a career spanning opera, concert, and recital at many of Europe’s leading institutions. Recent seasons have included appearances at the Opéra Comique, Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra national du Rhin, Opéra royal de Versailles, Glyndebourne Festival, and the Verbier Festival, as well as performances at the BBC Proms and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Her repertoire ranges from Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Charlotte (Werther), and Ascagne (Les Troyens) to title roles such as Carmen and Ariodante, alongside regular collaborations with ensembles including Le Poème Harmonique, Le Consort, I Gemelli, and Les Musiciens du Louvre. In the 2025/26 season, she presented a programme devoted to Joséphine Baker at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Adèle Charvet was awarded the Prix Yves Paternot in 2017.
This season Ema Nikolovska joins the Berlin Staatsoper International Studio, where she will initially cover and perform roles in Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute and Babylon (Jorg Widmann).
On the concert platform she takes the role of Tangia in Gluck’s Le Cinesi with Les Musiciens du Louvre, and gives recitals at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger-Frühling Festival, Salzburg Mozartwoche, Schubertíada Barcelona and Berlin Konzerthaus. She collaborates with Malcolm Martineau, Wolfram Rieger, Sir Andràs Schiff and Barry Shiffman, among many others.
Born in Macedonia, Ema grew up in Toronto where she studied voice with Helga Tucker and violin at The Glenn Gould School. She received her Masters at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and completed the Opera Course in 2020.
Juno Award winning singer and composer Kellylee offers a distinctly recognizable sound on her brand new, five-song EP, GREENLIGHT.It is the sound of resilience.While we’ve all been in survivor mode for the better part of the pandemic, it’s been particularly trying for the talented Ottawa-based jazz ingenue: Kellylee was still in the throes of recuperating – literally – from a bizarre accident where she was struck by lightning.Just as she was getting back into her groove in March 2020 – even performing a concert in Paris, France just before COVID-19 shut down the world.But that didn’t stop her, nor her creativity. With the assistance of co-producer, multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist Michael Shand, drummer Ian Wright, and bass player Mark Godfrey, Kellylee has magically woven her first tapestry of new music since 2015’s Come On, her inspired versatility delivering raw connective emotion connectivity on such gems as the jazzy mental health anthem “Not Today,” the soulful “Green Light” and the revealing “Everything.””It was time,” she states. “I missed writing and I missed making things. I wanted to make music and write about what was happening in my life.”Recorded during lockdown via video while everyone was in isolation, Kellylee offers glimpses of vulnerability on GREENLIGHT that have been commonplace and universal for all of us during these strange times.”Some of the songs I’m singing about are about mental health and supporting people in those moments,” she explains. “A lot of it is about my own life.”It’s a life to which others can relate, a gift that Kellylee realized she possessed when she wrote her very first song prior to the days of 2006’s fight or flight?”I love making music that connects,” says Kellylee. “When I wrote my first song, somebody asked me how I managed to capture what they felt. That really hit me: I knew I had a voice, a platform and ideas that are so personal that people see themselves in my music. “That means a lot to me. I feel blessed that I have that ability and that it’s not completely gone. Writing these new songs, I was shocked at how easy it came back.”Over the past 15 years, Kellylee has been winning over audiences with forays into jazz, R&B, hip-hop, pop and a Juno-award winning tribute to Nina Simone simply entitled Nina. And the good news is that with GREENLIGHT, this electrifying performer, whose masterful and majestic vocalizing and stage mannerism leaves audiences spellbound, is back.The words of Michael Shand, who provided trumpet, keyboards, guitar, vocals and fleshed out the arrangement, say it best:”It’s just refreshing to hear newly written music from Kellylee, because she brings such an honesty and purity to everything that she does.”Amen to that.