Based in Elbląg, northern Poland, the city’s chamber orchestra is one of Poland’s youngest ensembles of this kind. Founded in October 2007, it brings together young, talented graduates of the Music Academy in Gdańsk, prizewinners of solo and chamber music competitions, most of whom had started their musical education in the State Music Schools in […]
Paweł Kotla studied symphony and opera conducting with prof. Ryszard Dudek and prof. Bogusław Madey at Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in his native Poland. He completed his postgraduate studies in musicology and performance practice at Oxford University. He also took part in international masterclasses in Vienna, Siena, Innsbruck, Bressanone and with the legendary […]
The Polish violin virtuoso Janusz Wawrowski graduated from the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied under professor Mirosław Ławrynowicz. Later he mastered his skills under professor Yair Kless and Salvatore Accardo. Wawrowski has performed at the Berliner Philharmoniker, Musikverein in Vienna, Piotr Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, De Doelen […]
A leader in the Slovak musical scene, Jozef Lupták is a graduate of the Performing Arts College (VŠMU) in Bratislava and the Royal Academy of Music in London . He is also a laureate and winner of national and international music competitions. His career as a soloist has brought him to play with conductors including […]
Klára Kolonits is a dramatic coloratura soprano born in Budapest. Her engagements for 2016/2017 season included Lucia di Lammermoor premiere in Budapest, Bel Canto gala concerts, Bellini’s I Puritani with Riccardo Frizza and Verdi’s Attila in Nürnberg, in Peter Konwitschny’s staging. On the concert stage she performed, among others, Verdi’s Requiem in Yekaterinburg with Dmitry […]
The Vienna Chamber Symphony is an ensemble of highly talented musicians performing in Vienna. The group brings to its audiences a vast musical repertoire from classics to 19th century to contemporary compositions, often performing works by (unjustly) forgotten and overlooked composers – bringing out the very best of the Ensemble members. Members usually perform as a […]
The pianist and composer Jonathan Powell studied with Denis Matthews and Sulamita Aronovsky. He has established an international career as a soloist, his programmes ranging from standard Classical and Romantic repertoire to contemporary and little-known 20th century works. He has performed widely in Europe, as well as in Russia and the US; he has also appeared on national radio of many […]
Il Cuore Barocco (The Baroque Heart) is a independent Slovak ensemble of active professional musicians that performs music from earlier eras in a historically informed manner. It uses replicas of original instruments, period temperaments and pitches, and copies of original manuscripts and prints. Primary sources as well as modern musicological research inform their practice. The […]
Milan Paľa‘s unique style of playing is unmistakable and experts justifiably rank him among the world’s top performers of the younger generation. During his studies at the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica, at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, […]