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Clarinettist, conductor and Sony Classical recording artist, Martin Fröst is known for pushing musical boundaries and has been described by the New York Times as having “a virtuosity and a musicianship unsurpassed by any clarinettist — perhaps any instrumentalist — in my memory”. Widely recognised as an artist who constantly seeks new ways to challenge […]

‘A voice that can stop time, pure and rich and open and consummately expressive’ is how the Financial Times described Chinese soprano Ying Fang as Ilia in Peter Sellars’s production of Mozart’s Idomeneo at the 2019 Salzburg Festival. Mozart also featured prominently in her 2020/21 season as she made house debuts at Dutch National Opera […]

Universally acclaimed as both conductor and pianist, and renowned for the breadth of his repertoire and the depth of his interpretations, Christoph Eschenbach belongs firmly to his native Germany’s intellectual line of tradition, yet combines this with a rare emotional intensity. Currently Musical Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, his previous appointments include musical directorships at […]

Quatuor Ébène began its rise to fame in 2004 as winner of the ARD Music Competition, following studies with the Quatuor Ysaÿe in Paris, and also Gábor Takács, Eberhard Feltz and György Kurtág. Today it is internationally fêted for its distinctive, charismatic playing, and the complexity of its oeuvre, including its trademark jazz and pop […]

Discovered at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015, Lucas Debargue is today one of the most sought-after young pianists in the world and continues to impress with the originality of his musical talent. His encounter with Rena Shereshevskaya at the age of 10 marked the beginning of his commitment to a career […]

Alexandra Conunova won in 2012 the first distinction of the Joseph Joachim of Hanover’s international violin competition : impressed by her master technique and her sensitivity, the jury unanimously commended her virtuosity. In 2015 ; while she was rewarded at the Singapour’s International Competition, she reached the final step of the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in […]

Leonardo García-Alarcón, originally from Argentina, moved to Europe in 1997 to study at the Geneva Conservatory under harpsichordist Christiane Jaccottet. His journey into Baroque music began with Gabriel Garrido, and soon after, he founded his ensemble Cappella Mediterranea. In 2010, he became the artistic director of the Namur Chamber Choir and formed the Millenium Orchestra […]

An artist greatly in international demand, Mariana Flores has established herself as one of the most versatile and passionately engaged singers of her generation, as much at ease in Baroque and Mozartian repertoire as in the popular music of Argentina and of Latin America in general. A native of Argentina, she began her studies at […]

Although her resemblance to Catherine Deneuve can’t be denied, it is indeed the spirit of Jacqueline Maillan—the great French comedic actress who excelled in playing exuberant, strong and powerful women in vaudeville—that inhabits Catherine D’Oex. A regular performer at the famous drag cabaret Chez Maman in Brussels, she boldly and freely sings ‘le grand répertoire […]

With an innate musicality and overwhelming talent, Seong-Jin Cho has established himself worldwide as one of the leading pianists of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. His thoughtful and poetic, assertive and tender, virtuosic and colourful playing can combine panache with purity and is driven by an impressive natural sense […]