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…
Leonora Armellini was born in Padua in 1992. At the age of four she began studying piano with Prof. Laura Palmieri, under whose guidance she obtained her Piano Diploma with a grade of ten with honors and honorable mention, in September 2004, when she was only twelve years old.She has participated in master classes with…
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…
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…
The Cantori Gregoriani is a male-voice vocal group dedicated exclusively to the study and dissemination of Gregorian chant. Made up entirely of specialists, the ensemble bases its performance proposal on semiological investigation, that is, the study of ancient manuscript sources dating back to the 10th-11th centuries. The interpretative proposal of the group intends to highlight,…
He graduated in singing from the A. Vivaldi Conservatory of Alessandria under the guidance of D.Saccardi and A.Monacò, then studied with F.Mattiucci, G.Valdengo, M.L.Groppi, G.Ravazzi, S.Lowe.He carries out intense concert activity with a repertoire ranging from opera to musicals, from sacred music to chamber music, from the historical twentieth century to contemporary expressions.Awarded and finalist…
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…
Born in Warsaw in 1993, Ryszard Groblewski began his training at the age of 7. He continued his further education under Piotr Reicher at the Warsaw Academy of Music, benefiting from the teachings of Kim Kashkashian, Atar Arad, Pamela Frank, Miriam Fried et Ralf Gothoni. A participant in numerous competitions (Portschach, Essen, Beld), he won…
Giampaolo Bandini is today considered among the best guitarists of his generation.Brilliantly graduated at only nineteen years old, he owes his musical training to Maestro Giovanni Puddu. On the chamber music side, he trained at the prestigious Imola Piano Academy with musicians such as Pier Narciso Masi, Alexander Lonquich, Dario De Rosa, Maureen Jones and…
Fiorella Benetti Brazzale, born in Asiago in 1934, after graduating in piano with Silvio Omizzolo, organ and organ composition with Wolfango Dalla Vecchia, perfected her skills in Belgium with Flor Peeters and in Paris with Gaston Litaize. She has taken master classes in prepolyphonic music and Gregorian chant, ancient music and instruments, and harpsichord. Animated…
Born in 1954 in Augsburg, he studied at the “Musikhochschule München” with Walter Reichhard and Fritz Kiskalt, then at the “Mozarteum” in Salzburg with Antonio Janigro (from 1979 to 1982 he worked as his assistant).
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.”
Anna Grendene was born in 1989 and began studying cello at the age of 14 with Prof. Stefania Cavedon. He is currently attending the Vicenza Conservatory of Music. His musical and chamber music training refers to M° L. Braga, S. Redaelli, G. Saccari, L. Simoncini, A. Pecelli and F. Sartorelli.He is a member of the…
Christian Bertoncello was born in 1989 in Bolzano in a family of musicians. When he was only 6 years old he began playing the cello under the guidance of Giorgia Postinghel. Four years later he was studying at the conservatory “C. Monteverdi” with Prof. Giuseppe Momo and Nicola Baroni. After graduating at a very young…
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, José Gallardo began piano lessons at the age of five at his hometown conservatory. He then continued his studies with Prof. Poldi Mildner at the Music Department of the University of Mainz, where he graduated.
Born in Thiene (VI), she began her musical studies at the “E.F. Dall Abaco” Conservatory in Verona and graduated in singing from the ” C. Pollini ” of Padua under the guidance of Ms. Rognoni. She attended master classes with maestros C. Miotello, A.Cicogna, V.Spatola, P. Fornasari . She has collaborated with masters G.Bisanti, P.Comparin,…
She graduated from Sunhwa School of Art, Sunhwa High School of Art and Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, she initially studied in Seoul with Prof. Hae-Guen Kang, later with Julius Berger at Musikhochschule des Saarlandes and Musikhoschschule Mainz, and with Thomas Demenga at Musikhochschule Basel.
