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Young Latvian pianist Daumants Liepins is one of the piano world’s most exciting new talents. In 2019 he took First Prize along with the Public and Orchestra prizes at the prestigious Maria Canals International Piano competition in Barcelona, and was awarded the Verbier Festival’s Vendôme Prize. He then topped Pianist magazine’s list of ‘Pianists to Look Out For in 2020’. Already firmly established as a core artist in his home country, he opened the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra’s 2020/21 season with Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto. Concerto appearances beyond his home shores meanwhile have included with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Georgian National Symphony Orchestra. He currently studies at the Ingesund School of Music at Karlstad University, Sweden, with Professor Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist.
La mezzo-soprano tchèque Magdalena Kožená s’est fait connaître en 1995 en remportant le Sixième Concours International Mozart à Salzbourg. Depuis lors, elle s’est produite sur les scènes de concert et d’opéra les plus prestigieuses du monde, collaborant avec des chefs d’orchestre de renom tels que Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner et Bernard Haitink. Parmi ses partenaires de récital figurent les pianistes Daniel Barenboim, Mitsuko Uchida et Yefim Bronfman, avec qui elle a enregistré son album Nostalgia en 2021 pour Pentatone. Ses collaborations avec des instruments d’époque incluent des projets avec le Venice Baroque Orchestra et l’Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Les récompenses prestigieuses attribuées à sa vaste discographie comprennent le titre d’Artiste de l’année décerné par Gramophone (2004), l’Echo Klassik, le Record Academy Prize Tokyo et le Diapason d’or. En 2003, elle a été nommée Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Boasting an unrivalled and multi award-winning discography, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter’s versatility has seen her work with legendary artists ranging from the late greats of Carlos Kleiber, Claudio Abbado and Giuseppe Sinopoli to Elvis Costello, Brad Mehldau and Rufus Wainwright III.
An ever-evolving repertoire has played a key role in sustaining Swedish-born von Otter’s international profile, from an early position as the superlative Oktavian (Der Rosenkavalier) of her generation giving performances around the world, including at Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris and The Metropolitan Opera, to her more recent acclaimed creation of Leonora in the world premiere of Thomas Adès’ The Exterminating Angel, performed at both Salzburger Festspiele and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Other recent highlights include Countess Geschwitz in Christoph Marthaler’s production of Lulu at Staatsoper Hamburg, Madame de Croissy (Dialogues des Carmélites) at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, The Old Lady (Candide) at Komische Oper Berlin in Barrie Kosky’s new production, Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande) for Opéra National de Paris, and Leocadia Begbick (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Following earlier success at the Salzburger Festspiele as Cornelia (Giulio Cesare), von Otter returned there in the 2019 edition as L’Opinion Publique in Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers; as Waltraute (Götterdämmerung), she has appeared under Sir Simon Rattle at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; and at Finnish National Opera, she has most recently created the leading role of Charlotte Andergast in the world premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund’s Höstsonaten, based on the iconic Ingmar Bergman film, to unanimous critical acclaim.
Anne Sofie von Otter is one of today’s most recorded artists with an incomparable discography built across a career now spanning more than three decades at the very top of her profession. A lengthy and exclusive relationship with Deutsche Grammophon produced a wealth of acclaimed recordings as well as a collaboration with pop legend Elvis Costello on For the Stars. Her first recording with Naïve Classique, Love Songs, with renowned jazz pianist Brad Mehldau was released in 2010 and her double CD, Douce France, received a Grammy Award in 2015 for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. Von Otter immortalized many of her operatic characters on disc: Oktavian with Bernard Haitink and the Staatskapelle Dresden and on DVD with Wiener Staatsoper under the late Carlos Kleiber, Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) under James Levine, Idomeneo, La clemenza di Tito, Alceste and Orfeo ed Euridice under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Handel’s Ariodante, Hercules and Giulio Cesare under Marc Minkowski, and Ariadne auf Naxos under the late Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Equally recognized for her exemplary work in both concert and recital, Anne Sofie von Otter’s career has taken her around the globe as a regular presence in the world’s most important venues and her expansive discography of Lieder ranges from classics by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf and Mahler, through lesser known compilations from Cecile Chaminade, Korngold, Peterson-Bergen and Stenhammar. Von Otter was part of two very special events which were streamed worldwide: Das Lied von der Erde with Jonas Kaufmann, the Berliner Philharmoniker and the late Claudio Abbado to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death; and in specially-commissioned new arrangements by Aulis Sallinen of Sibelius’ songs with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Von Otter’s 20/21 season includes returns to the operatic stages of Bayerische Staatsoper as Marcellina in Christof Loy’s highly-regarded production of Le nozze di Figaro conducted by Constantinos Carydis and Ivor Bolton – as well as a special Gala concert as part of their summer Opernfestspiele, also under Carydis – Royal Swedish Opera in a concert performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Passion de Simone with Christian Karlsen, and Malmö Opera for a series of Christmas concerts. Anne Sofie joins Orchestre National de France and Dalia Stasevska for New Year’s concerts in both Paris and Aix-en-Provence, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Martin Fröst for a world premiere by Mikael Karlsson, and Drottningholms Barockensemble in Handel’s Solomon. In recital, Anne Sofie continues to perform with long-time collaborator Bengt Forsberg and guitarist Fabian Fredriksson at the Ghent and Naantali Festivals, Musée d’Orsay, and Mogens Dahl. At the 2021 Menuhin Festival Gstaad, von Otter performs her acclaimed Shakespearian programme of words and music alongside Roderick Williams and Julius Drake, and brings her special project “Ich wollt ich wär ein Huhn” to Bamberg’s Lied und Lyrik Festival, featuring music from the Weimar Cabaret era and originally devised together with Barrie Kosky for its premiere at Komische Oper Berlin last season.
Stephen Kovacevich is one of the most searching interpreters, never afraid to take both technical and musical risks in order to achieve maximum expressive impact. As a pianist he has won unsurpassed admiration for his playing, non-more than from Leopold Stokowski who wrote: “You do with your feet what I try to do with my Philadelphia Orchestra”.
Born in Los Angeles, Stephen Kovacevich laid the foundation for his career as concert pianist at the age of eleven. After moving to England to study with Dame Myra Hess, Stephen made his European debut at Wigmore Hall in 1961. Since then he has appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestras and conductors including Hans Graf, Bernard Haitink, Kurt Masur, Simon Rattle and Georg Solti. In addition, he has forged many longstanding professional relationships, most notably with Colin Davis with whom he made numerous outstanding recordings, including the legendary Bartok Piano Concerto No.2 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Recent and upcoming recital highlights include an extensive tour of the Far East, recitals in Paris, Berlin, Boston, Zagreb, Dublin and Cardiff, alongside two live BBC Radio 3 broadcasts from St George’s Hall, Bristol and Wigmore Hall. His recent concerto highlights include a triumphant return to Montreal Symphony Orchestra (under David Zinman), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (with Sylvain Cambreling), Malaysian Philharmonic (Jacek Kaspszyk), Orchestre de chambre de Paris (John Nelson) and Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Vladimir Ashkenazy). Stephen recently performed to a sell-out audience for his recital at the International Piano Series at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in London. In addition, Stephen is a regular soloist at the Verbier and Lugano festivals.
Stephen is a committed chamber musician who has collaborated with Jacqueline du Pré ( with whom he recorded their celebrated recording of Beethoven’s Sonatas No. 3 and 5), Martha Agerich, Steven Isserlis, Nicola Benedetti, Nigel Kennedy, Lynn Harrell, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Kyung-wha Chung, Truls Mørk, Emmanuel Pahud, Anna Larsson, Alina Ibragimova, Philippe Graffin, Joseph Suk and the Amadeus, Belcea and-Cleveland Quartets.
Stephen Kovacevich has enjoyed an illustrious long-term relationship with recording companies Philips and EMI. To celebrate his 75th birthday, Decca has released a Limited Edition 25 CD Box Set of his entire recorded legacy for Philips. In 2008 Stephen Kovacevich recorded Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations exactly 40 years after his first recording of the work. This Onyx recording won him the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Editor’s Choice Award and the ‘Top Choice’ by Gramophone Magazine in September 2015, to quote: “his seasoned yet fearless mastery reveals something new with each hearing”.
Stanislav Kochanovsky, chef d’orchestre de la NDR Radiophilharmonie de Hanovre à partir de la saison 2024/25, est l’une des personnalités artistiques les plus intéressantes de notre époque. Il se passionne aussi bien pour la musique symphonique que pour l’opéra, et dans ces deux domaines, il a fait sensation sur la scène musicale internationale ces dernières années. En tant que chef invité, il a dirigé des orchestres prestigieux tels que le Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, l’Orchestre symphonique de Vienne, l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Israël, l’Orchestre de Paris, l’Orchestre philharmonique d’Oslo, l’Orchestre de l’Académie nationale Sainte-Cécile, l’Orchestre symphonique NHK du Japon, la Philharmonie de Dresde, le National Symphony Orchestra de Washington, le Cleveland Orchestra et le Philharmonia Orchestra de Londres, entre autres.
Au cours de sa carrière, il a également dirigé les principaux orchestres de son pays natal, notamment la Philharmonie de Saint-Pétersbourg, l’Orchestre national de Russie, l’Orchestre philharmonique national de Russie, la Philharmonie de Moscou et l’Orchestre du Mariinsky.
Avec plus de trente opéras à son répertoire, ses récents engagements lyriques incluent La Dame de pique et Eugène Onéguine à l’Opernhaus de Zurich, Iolanta au Maggio Musicale Fiorentino et Prince Igor à l’Opéra national néerlandais d’Amsterdam, collaborant avec des metteurs en scène et chanteurs de renom tels que D. Tcherniakov, B. Kosky, L. Davidsen, M. Goerne, C. Gerhaher, E. Nikitin, V. Sulimsky, I. Abdrazakov, P. Mattei.
Depuis 2017, Kochanovsky est un invité régulier du Festival de Verbier, où il a dirigé des opéras en version concert (Eugène Onéguine, Rigoletto, La Flûte enchantée, Hansel et Gretel) ainsi que des programmes symphoniques avec les solistes Lucas Debargue et Mikhaïl Pletnev.
En plus du répertoire classique, Kochanovsky s’attache à faire vivre des œuvres rarement jouées et des compositions contemporaines, telles que le Requiem de Ligeti, L’Action préludiale Mystère de Scriabine-Nemtin, Psalmus Hungaricus de Kodály, Les Joueurs (opéra inachevé de Chostakovitch), Silence de Miaskovski, la Symphonie n° 21 Kaddish de Weinberg, ainsi que des œuvres de compositeurs contemporains tels que Dean, Fedele, Broström, Tawfiq, Visman, Campogrande, Martinsson, Golijov, Thorvaldsdottir, Tarnopolski, Rääts, Vasks.
Au cours de la saison 2024/25, en plus des programmes, tournées et projets d’enregistrement avec son orchestre de la NDR Radiophilharmonie, il poursuivra ses collaborations régulières avec l’Orchestre de Paris, le Philharmonique de Rotterdam, l’Orchestre de la NDR Elbphilharmonie, l’Orchestre symphonique national danois (DR), l’Orchestre philharmonique de la Radio néerlandaise, l’Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, l’Orchestre du Teatro La Fenice, entre autres.
Stanislav Kochanovsky a étudié à l’École chorale Glinka de sa ville natale, Saint-Pétersbourg, avant d’obtenir son diplôme avec mention du Conservatoire Rimsky-Korsakov, où il a étudié la direction chorale, l’orgue et la direction d’orchestre opéra-symphonique.
Etienne Eichenberger co-founded WISE-philanthropy advisors, the first company in Europe to provide philanthropy advisory services to entrepreneurs and their families, helping them define and implement charitable projects. Since 2006, he has served on the board of Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, and is currently its Chairman.
Elle supervise la totalité des opérations, et a assuré la mise en place du nouveau programme Économie durable. Avant de rejoindre la Fondation, Lynda Mansson a travaillé 13 ans au WWF International, en Suisse. Elle s’est occupée de la gestion et de la direction des stratégies et des opérations mondiales du Réseau WWF, ainsi que de la mise au point d’outils de performance. Elle s’est également occupée pendant cinq ans des questions de leadership et de renforcement organisationnel du WWF. Lynda Mansson a débuté sa carrière en tant que courtière de bourse à San Francisco, avant d’obtenir un MBA de la Walter A. Haas School of Business à l’université de Californie, Berkeley. Lynda est membre du Conseil du réseau Global Footprint Network et présidente du Conseil de Partners for a New Economy et du Fonds Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust (PONT). De nationalité américano-suisse, Lynda Mansson a deux fils adultes.
Karen Zorn, Présidente de la Longy School of Music du Bard College (Boston) est une entrepreneure audacieuse dans le domaine de l’éducation. Elle a établi des partenariats avec le Los Angeles Philharmonic et FundaMusical of Venezuela (El Sistema) pour lancer des programmes d’études et d’engagement communautaire novateurs. Il s’agit notamment du programme Take a Stand et du nouveau Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) en éducation musicale, basé à Los Angeles, ainsi que de l’enseignement dispensé par des étudiants du Longy Conservatory dans les écoles, les centres communautaires, les prisons, les maisons de retraite et autres lieux où les traditions de l’éducation musicale peuvent contribuer à la vie publique. Karen Zorn est également une excellente pianiste de formation classique.
Born in Athens, violinist Leonidas Kavakos had by the age of 21 already won the 1985 Sibelius Competition and the Paganini and Naumburg competitions in 1988. This led to him making the first ever recording of the original Sibelius Violin Concerto, which won the Gramophone Concerto of the Year Award in 1991. Today he is recognised across the world as an artist of rare quality, acclaimed for his matchless technique, captivating artistry and superb musicianship, and the integrity of his playing. He is the Carnegie Hall Perspectives Artist in 2021/22 and is an exclusive recording artist with Sony Classics, who released his eagerly awaited recording of the complete set of Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. He plays the ‘Willemotte’ Stradivarius violin of 1734.