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Born in Aachen, Germany on March 26, 1998, Simon quickly developed musical interest. Inspired by his father’s drumming and his mother’s singing he had a strong connection to all kinds of music right from the start. It didn’t take long for him to abandon children’s music and dive into the world of his fathers record […]

Brilliant young male soprano Bruno de Sá already has a string of glowing reviews to his name, his extraordinary voice and rare musicianship astonishing professionals, critics and public alike. While still a student in his native Brazil, he made his first professional appearance in 2013 as Der Knabe in Weill’s Der Jasager (Cultural Centre SESC Belenzinho, São […]

‘The pianist Ferenc Rados was born in 1934 in Budapest as son of the violinist and violin teacher Dezső Rados. The young Rados attended the Béla Bartók Specialist Music School as István Antal’s pupil between 1952 and 1956, and from the 1956/57 academic year till 1959 studied with Pál Kadosa at the Music Academy. After […]

Hailed as “the most promising of today’s up-and-coming song recitalists” (Financial Times), baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated by audiences and critics alike for a voice that “belongs to the last of the old great masters of song’ with ‘an almost infinite range of colours” (Suddeutsche Zeitung), “exacting attention to text” (New York Times), and artistry […]

Teodor Currentzis was born in Greece, where he began studying music. In 1994, he entered St. Petersburg State Conservatory to study under the legendary professor Ilya Musin. Together with his ensembles, Teodor Currentzis regularly tours Europe and the world with performances in numerous prestigious venues including Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonic, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonie de […]

South African pianist James Baillieu, winner of prestigious international song and Lied competitions, has partnered with leading singers and instrumentalists around the world. His programming skills have proved their worth at festivals in the UK and Australia, including the Wigmore Hall, at the request of its artistic director. His recordings range from Lieder to the complete works for piano and […]

Stanislav Kochanovsky, Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover as of the 2024/25 season, is one of the most interesting artistic personalities of our time. His heart beats for both symphonic music and opera. And with both genres, he has caused quite a stir in the international music world in recent years. His guest […]

“Super-soloist” is the way France Musique introduced Dmitry Masleev when he made his debut with the Orchestre National de France at the beginning of 2020, playing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, the work that helped launch his international career, when he won the 2015 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. Diapason described the same […]

Adam Newman began his musical studies aged 7, learning a variety of instruments including violin and piano before focusing on the viola aged fourteen. He proceeded to study at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music with Louise Lansdown. Newman graduated with first class honours from the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with […]

Born in 1999 in Lausanne, Çiğdem Tunçelli began her studies at the age of 5 at the Conservatoire de Lausanne with Tina Strinning. In 2012, she entered in the pre-college section in the class of François Sochard. She pursued in the class of Prof. Stuller and started her Bachelor degree at the Haute Ecole de […]