Jaroslav Tůma was born and raised in Prague. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory and Academy of Musical Arts, where he now teaches organ and organ improvisation. While still a student he won numerous prizes in various international competitions including those in Linz, Prague, and Leipzig. Alongside his work as an organist he plays on…
One of the most extraordinary talents I have come across. What impresses, in a special way, is the maturity of sound, the capacity for understanding and the speed of learning, which are absolutely out of the ordinary”: thus Salvatore Accardo, her teacher, reports of her. “She cannot be considered a child prodigy because she adds…
Originally from Saarland, she began her early basic musical and instrumental training in transverse flute, choirs and orchestras. After finishing her studies and graduating in Social Pedagogy in Benediktbeuren, she embarked on singing studies at the academy of higher studies, in addition to early, sacred and operatic music. His name becomes known in numerous concerts…
Born in 1964 in Schongau, Lower Bavaria, she began the study of music under Anton Guggemos in the Wieskirche, and continued her sacred music studies in Regensburg between 1984 and 1987. He completed the study of singing in Regensburg and Saarbrucken. Since 1992, alongside her work in various vocal “ensembles,” she has been engaged in…
Born in Seoul, South Korea and studied in Germany with Prof. Zakahar Bron. She has won awards and prizes in numerous international competitions. She has given concerts with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong-Kong Philharmonic, and the Seoul Philharmonic. He is a jury member of the Wieniawski Youth Competition, the Moscow International Competition and the…
Winner of the Alexander Gibson Youth Conductor’s Award in 2000, Tom Seligman studied with Martyn Brabbins at the Royal Scottish Academy after his studies at Cambridge University. He has right acclaimed productions of The Rake’s Progress and The Beggar’s Opera in Edinburgh, and was Joseph Swensen’s assistant at the Salzburg Festival and BBC Proms, London.…
Lorenzo Signorini was born in Thiene (VI) in 1952. He completed his musical studies at the conservatory ” B. Marcello ” in Venice, graduating in organ and organ composition and in prepolyphony. Teacher of organ and organ composition since 1978, he is currently full professor at the conservatory ” A. Pedrollo ” in Vicenza. He…
Presented in the press as a “devilish violinist” and as “an original, authentic artist,” young German violinist Linus Roth is on the best path to achieving an important career. Anne-Sophie Mutter, who has supported him with her Foundation, commended him with the words, “the young artist has developed into an undisputed musical sensibility and virtuosity.”…
She was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland, to a famous family of Polish musicians. In 1970 she completed her studies with honors at the Warsaw Academy of Music, where she studied with Stanislaw Kawalla and Tadeusz Wronski. He has won numerous international prizes, including the “Queen Elizabeth Competition” in Brussels, the “Jacques Thibaud ” in Paris…
Helmut Lachenmann said of him, “The wonderful cellist Claudio Pasceri impressed me so much because of his musicality and sovereign mastery on his instrument, as well as his expertise in today’s music.”
After graduating from the Prague Conservatory, class of Dagmar Zárubová, and the Prague Academy of Art and Acting, class of Ivan Štraus, he continued his studies in various foreign institutions: first in Utrecht with Keiko Wataya, later in Lübeck under Shmuel Ashkenasi. At present he is in the last stage of master’s studies under Stefan…
Domenico Nordio has performed in many prestigious halls (Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Pleyel in Paris, St.Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Barbican Center in London and Suntory Hall in Tokyo), with important orchestras, such as the London Symphony, the National de France, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Orchestra…
Born in Sendai, Japan from an early age, she learned music from her grandmother and mother. Since 1989 he has studied Tadao Sawai and Kazue Sawai. While studying at Sophia University in Tokyo, she toured the world (Austria, Ukraine, Russia, Switzerland, Germany and France and Central and South America) as a member of the Sawai…
Oliver Kern was born in 1970 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, where he began studying piano when he was only 5 years old. At a very young age, he embarked on artistic activity, distinguishing himself in the German music scene with brilliant results in international piano competitions. He graduated with honors in piano, conducting and choir…
Born in 1980 in Brixen, South Tyrol, in 2007 she graduated in composition with M. Lichtfuss from Innsbruck Conservatory, subsequent courses and studies with Alessandro Solbiati, series of master classes, including master classes in Darmstadt. In 2004 he received his “PGI” violin study and law degree, in 2005 his psychology degree in Innsbruck. He is…
After a sold-out concert in London’s famous Wigmore Hall in March 2002, the “Strad” wrote: “…the highlight of the concert season! Underpinned by a brio and audacity, which other quartets rarely display, the Henschel Quartett’s performance was as close to perfection as it was above suspicion. Magical!” The “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” after the quartet’s most…
After winning the Critics’ Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1990, Pietro De Maria received First Prize at the Dino Ciani International Competition – Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1990) and at the Géza Anda in Zurich (1994). In November 1997 he was awarded the Mendelssohn Prize in Germany for his performance of…
Born in 1992 in Schio, he began studying cello at the age of seven under the guidance of Prof. Nicoletta De Vito. Since 2006 he has been a student of Prof. Stefania Cavedon at the Istituto Musicale Veneto Città di Thiene. Since 2006 he began studying and still studies with Maestro Julius Berger, under whose direction he has performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Korea, the Czech Republic, as a duo and in the ensemble “Cello Passionato.”
Bernhard Buttmann received his artistic training in organ, conducting and evangelical liturgical music at the conservatory in his hometown of Munich. After taking the Meisterklasse with Hedwig Bilgram, he continued his studies with perfectionism with Michael Schneider, Flor Peeters and Albert de Klerk. From 1985 until 2002 Bernhard Buttmann was “Kirchenmusiker” at the Christuskirche in…
He was born in 1946 in Steingaden in lower Bavaria. He lives in Wildsteig, a picturesque mountain village near the Wieskirche basilica in the province of Weilheim-Schongau. He received his first organ lessons during Gymnasium from the then Kapellmeister of Freising Cathedral Prof. Max Eham. After graduating from high school he was urged to academic…
