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Laloum Adam
Laloum Adam
Laloum Adam
25 Nov 2019
Adam Laloum received an international recognition by winning 1st Prize at the prestigious Clara Haskil Piano Competition. In 2017, he won the Victoires de la Musique in the category “Instrumentalist of the Year”. Adam has the opportunity to perform in concerto with some prestigious orchestras and conductors such as the Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev, the Orchestre de Paris/Cornelius […]
Prégardien Christoph
Prégardien Christoph
Prégardien Christoph
25 Nov 2019
Precise vocal control, clear diction, intelligent musicality and an ability to get to the heart of everything he sings all ensure Christoph Prégardien’s place among the world’s foremost lyric tenors. Especially revered as a Lieder singer, he kicks off the 2019/2020 season with concerts at the Schubertiade Hohenems and the Oxford Lieder Festival. He then performs […]
Abduraimov Behzod
Abduraimov Behzod
Abduraimov Behzod
25 Nov 2019
Behzod Abduraimov performs with renowned orchestras worldwide including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Concertgebouworkest and with prestigious conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Lorenzo Viotti, James Gaffigan, Jakub Hrůša, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Gustavo Dudamel. In recital Behzod has appeared a number of […]
Achúcarro Joaquín
Achúcarro Joaquín
Achúcarro Joaquín
25 Nov 2019
Joaquin Achúcarro has been described by the Chicago Sun Times as “The Consummate Artist”. His impeccable and modelic artistic career has earned him a reputation of the highest degree both nationally and internationally. Born in Bilbao, he won in his student days a number of International Prizes in Spain, France, Italy and Switzerland, but it […]
Pires Maria João
Pires Maria João
Pires Maria João
25 Nov 2019
Born on 23 July 1944 in Lisbon, Maria João Pires gave her first public performance at the age of 4 and began her studies of music and piano with Campos Coelho and Francine Benoît, continuing later in Germany, with Rosl Schmid and Karl Engel. In addition to her concerts, she has made recordings for Erato […]
Kanneh-Mason Isata
Kanneh-Mason Isata
Kanneh-Mason Isata
25 Nov 2019
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire, with her recital programmes encompassing music from Haydn and Mozart, via Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, Chopin and Brahms, to Gershwin and beyond. In concerto, she is equally at home in Felix Mendelssohn and Clara […]
Peretyatko Olga
Peretyatko Olga
Peretyatko Olga
25 Nov 2019
Born in St Petersburg, Olga Peretyatko began her career in the children’s choir of the Mariinsky Theatre, before studies in Berlin and training with the Opera Studio at the Staatsoper Hamburg. Her victory in the Operalia competition propelled her to the forefront of the stage, a position she has held ever since. The soprano is […]
Say Fazil
Say Fazil
Say Fazil
25 Nov 2019
With his extraordinary pianistic talents, Fazil Say has been touching audiences and critics alike for more than twenty-five years, in a way that has become rare in the increasingly materialistic and elaborately organised classical music world. Concerts with this artist are something different. They are more direct, more open, more exciting; in short, they go […]
Tsujii Nobuyuki
Tsujii Nobuyuki
Tsujii Nobuyuki
25 Nov 2019
The Observer called him “the definition of virtuosity”: Japan’s Nobuyuki Tsujii, who has been blind since birth, has won admiration wherever he goes since winning the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. He has performed with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Filarmonica della Scala and the Sinfonieorchester […]
Semenchuk Ekaterina
Semenchuk Ekaterina
Semenchuk Ekaterina
25 Nov 2019
Ekaterina Semenchuk is one of the most sought-after mezzo-sopranos, known for her exceptional range and unparalleled technique. Born in Minsk, she made her stage debut at the Mariinsky Theatre while still studying at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St Petersburg, and her career has since seen her perform at all the major houses across the world. […]
20 YEARS
OF THE verbier festival chamber orchestra
Anniversary concert with Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Gábor Takács-Nagy
20 YEARS
OF THE verbier festival chamber orchestra
Anniversary concert with Martha Argerich, Lahav Shani, Gábor Takács-Nagy