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Barry Douglas has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland and the Clandeboye Festival, he continues to celebrate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaining a busy international touring schedule. Barry opened the 17/18 season performing Tchaikovsky with the Halle Orchestra, after which he began new collaborations with both the Endellion String Quartet and the Borodin Quartet. He toured in recital in the UK and USA and performed with orchestras across the globe from Canada to Europe to China to Russia. During the 16/17 season Barry performed two full Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto cycles in Ireland with the RTE O...

Tomasz Tomaszewski, 1. Konzertmeister der Deutschen Oper Berlin, wurde in Czechowice / Polen geboren und studierte an der Warschauer Hochschule für Musik bei Prof. Wronski. Nach dem Examen, das er mit Auszeichnung ablegte, setzte er seine Studien am Leningrader Konservatorium bei Prof. Gutnikov sowie in Freiburg bei Prof. Marschner fort und besuchte Meisterkurse bei Druzhnin, Krysa, Fournier, Liebermann, Hiller und Szerny. Mit dem "Polish String Quartet" führten ihn ausgedehnte Konzertreisen durch Europa und Australien. Auch als Solist des "Polish Chamber Orchestra" konzertierte er in den verschiedensten Ländern. Tomasz Tomaszewski, der zahlreiche Preise bei internationalen Wettbewerben erhielt, ist seit 1982 erster Konzertmeister des Or...

Daniel Müller-Schott ranks among the world’s best cellists of his generation and can be heard on all of the foremost international concert stages. He has made his mark by delighting audiences for two decades “a fearless player with technique to burn” (New York Times).

Freddy Kempf is one of today’s most successful pianists performing to sell-out audiences all over the world. Exceptionally gifted with an unusually broad repertoire, Freddy has built a unique reputation as an explosive and physical performer who is not afraid to take risks as well as a serious, sensitive and profoundly musical artist. Freddy has collaborated with conductors such as Dutoit, Petrenko, Davis, Sinaisky, Chailly, Tortelier, Sawallisch, Buribayev and Simonov, and has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious musical institutions including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, La...

Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt在纽约的茱莉亚学院（Juilliard School）师从Aldo Parisot，在德国的吕北克音乐院（Musikhochschule Lübeck）则跟随David Geringas学习，期间，他在巴黎的“国际罗斯特波维奇比赛（International Rostropovitch Competition）”获颁“Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris” 及现代乐奖项，当时的评审团由Mstislav Rostropovitch领军。他另外也在莫斯科的柴可夫斯基大赛 （International Tchaikovsky Competition）以及美国的“国际伦纳德玫瑰大提琴赛（International Leonard Rose Cello Competition）”获得过奖项。

Pianist Julius-Jeongwon Kim is commonly recognized as Korea’s best pianist of the current generation. He has received praise for his poetic sensitivity and energetic display of emotions; his versatile career has led to acclaimed performances on stages worldwide. Having been recognized as a child prodigy in his early days, he won first prizes at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition, the Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, and the Elena Rombro Stepanow International Piano Competition. Moreover, he won various prizes at several other international piano competitions. Since 1999, Julius-Jeongwon Kim has consistently been performing with world-renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Czech Philha...

立陶宛大提琴家和指挥家David Geringas属于现今音乐界的精英。他是Rostropovich的学生, 年柴科夫斯基比赛的金牌得主,现今仍可以回顾他数十年的辉煌职业生涯。 David Geringas曾与全世界顶尖的管弦乐团, 及我们这时代重要的指挥家合作演出。David Geringas在2013年和2014年已被授予「经典回声」奖项 (Echo Klassik)。 在2013年，他获得了20至21世纪最佳室内音乐录制奖

An artist of “innate musicality” with a technical execution that belongs “only to the greatest" /The Guardian/. He has captured the interest of the music world with premiers of works by Kurtág, Ligeti, Schnittke, Gubajdulina, Steve Reich and Ryan Wigglesworth and with his complete recordings of works for violin by Bartók. His 17 solo recordings won major awards in England, France, Belgium, Germany and Hungary.

Matthew McDonald was born in Canberra, Australia. He has studied with Max McBride at the Canberra School of Music,  Kees Boersma at the Sydney Conservatorium, Klaus Stoll at the Karajan Academy (the orchestral academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), and Esko Laine at the Hocschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, where he studied for Konzertexamen (soloists diploma). Matthew came to Berlin in 2000 as a student at the Karajan. Following this  Matthew was assistant principal bass of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, principal bass of Ensemble Modern, principal bass of the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, principal bass of the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin and since 2009 principal bass of the Berliner Philharmoniker (Be...

Latica Honda-Rosenberg是现今年轻一代的音乐会小提琴家中最具指标性的代表。1998年在莫斯科举行的柴可夫斯基音乐比赛中获得银牌，为她的国际事业铺平了道路。音乐杂志“The Strad”当时写道：“她的信念与意志会让人马上想到Heifetz。她的音乐和她的演奏是雄辩、具表达力、灵敏和多变的，总而言之：精彩、令人振奋。” Latica Honda-Rosenberg是克罗埃西亚大提琴家和日本歌手的小孩，在德国长大，并在四岁时开始学小提琴。当她9岁时，她在德特摩德音乐学院(Detmold School of Music) 成为了Tibor Varga的学生。之后她接着在马德里索非亚王后高等音乐学院(Escuela Superior de Música...

“Boris Garlitsky is an extremely lively musician of high intelligence and flexibility, with a wonderfully round tone and solid reliable technique … Concert Master of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Garlitsky measures up to every Concert Master of the world’s top orchestras, such as New York, Vienna, Berlin etc., and can play an outstanding role in all leading international orchestras.” These are the words of Kurt Masur, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, with whom Boris Garlitsky worked together throughout many years. And still, Mr. Masur’s words grasp but a part of Boris Garlitsky’s musical richness. Born in Russia, Mar. Garlitsky received his first music lessons from his father, the author of the standa...

Russian born Mikhail Mordvinov showed an extraordinary level of ability at a very early age and was accepted into Moscow ’s renowned Gnessin School of Music at age 6 where he studied under Tatiana Zelikman. He continued his later studies under Professor Vladimir Tropp and graduated with the highest honours. He then enrolled at Hanover ’s University of Music and Drama as a student of Professor Bernd Goetzke. He was first propelled onto the international stage when he won the 12th Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1996) and the 6th Schubert Competition in Dortmund (1997). Having garnered an international reputation he went on to sign a recording contract in 1998, playing works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Mordvinov has since been i...

Latica Honda-Rosenberg是现今年轻一代的音乐会小提琴家中最具指标性的代表。1998年在莫斯科举行的柴可夫斯基音乐比赛中获得银牌，为她的国际事业铺平了道路。音乐杂志“The Strad”当时写道：“她的信念与意志会让人马上想到Heifetz。她的音乐和她的演奏是雄辩、具表达力、灵敏和多变的，总而言之：精彩、令人振奋。” Latica Honda-Rosenberg是克罗埃西亚大提琴家和日本歌手的小孩，在德国长大，并在四岁时开始学小提琴。当她9岁时，她在德特摩德音乐学院(Detmold School of Music) 成为了Tibor Varga的学生。之后她接着在马德里索非亚王后高等音乐学院(Escuela Superior de Música...

Hartmut Rohde是欧洲最杰出、抢手的提琴家之一，风格鲜明的多样性以及华丽的洞察力是他的特色。他对于由历史角度切入古典、浪漫、当代等曲目的诠释尤其有兴趣。Rohde的固定合作室内乐团搭档包括Janine Jansen, Jörg Widmann, Christian Tetzlaff, Kolja Blacher, Paul Meyer, Lars Vogt以及David Geringas。在担任柏林艺术大学教职的同时，他作为知名的莫扎特钢琴四重奏（Mozart Piano Quartet）创办人之一，在全球各地进行密集的巡演。 他曾经在柏林爱乐厅、法国的卡萨尔斯音乐节、杜塞尔多夫音乐厅、奥古斯都堡海顿音乐节（Haydn Festival Schloss Augustusburg）等出演。作为一个提琴家，Hartmut Roh...

Galina Iwanzowa studierte in Kiew und Moskau am Staatlichen Konservatorium „Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski" in der Meisterklasse von Professor Heinrich Neuhaus.Seit 1968 doziert sie an der Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler" in Berlin, wo sie 1989 zur Professorin für Klavier ernannt wurde. Parallel zu ihrer Konzerttätigkeit widmete sie sich besonders der Ausbildung des künstlerischen Nachwuchses. Unter ihren Schülern befinden sich viele Preisträger nationaler und internationaler Klavierwettbewerbe, u. a. Martin Helmchen, Jevgenij Sudbin, Dina Ugorskaja, Beatrisse Berrut sowie die bekannten deutsche Dirigenten Sebastian Weigle und Gabriel Feltz.  

Dmitri Bashkirov wurde 1931 in Tiflis, Georgien, geboren. Er studierte am Moskauer Tchaikowsky-Konservatorium in der Meisterklasse von Prof. Alexander Goldenweiser. Er gewann 1956 den „Grand Prix“ am Marguerite Long Wettbewerb in Paris. Der Pianist hat in den größten Häusern mit zahlreichen berühmten Orchestern gespielt, unter Dirigenten wie Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Mazur, Zubin Mehta, Sir John Barbirolli und Walter Sawallisch. Dimitri Bashkirov ist Professor am Moskauer Konservatorium, Titual-Professor an der Excuela Superior de Musica Reine Sofia in Madrid und Professor an der international Piano Academy Lake Como in Italien. Unter seinen ehemaligen Schülern befinden sich viele Preisträger von wichtigen internationalen Klavier-Wet...

Ab 1965 studierte Viktor Tretiakov an dem Moskauer Musikkonservatorium, in der Klasse von Prof. Jurij Jankelewitsch, der sein Talent herausragend förderte, denn schon im selben Jahr wurde Tretiakov Sieger des Unionswettbewerbes für Violine und erhielt somit ein Diplom ersten Grades. Ein Jahr später gewann der Geiger den ersten Preis und die damit verbundene Goldmedaille im internationalen Tschaikowski-Wettbewerb, was seinen Ruhm beflügelte. 1968 trat Tretiakov erstmals mit der Berliner Philharmonie auf. Es folgten Konzerte im Rahmen der Berliner und Wiener Festwochen und der Salzburger Festspielen, sowie zahlreiche Konzertreisen in die USA und Kanada, unter anderem gemeinsam mit dem New York Philharmonic, dem Chicago Symphony Orchestra,...

Seit 70 Jahren spielt Prof. Haiberg Violine - bis heute. Sein Wunsch ist,auch zusammen mit jungen Lernenden, immer tiefer in die Geigenkunst einzudringen, ein immer tieferes Verständnis für die Wunder einer Partitur aufzubringen. Alle seiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen sind bedeutende Künstler, egal aus welcher Schule sie kommen, und alle besinnen sich auf deren Urväter Rodolphe Kreutzer und Pierre Rode, deren Werke für Prof. Haiberg eine fast tägliche Quelle der Freude sind. Außerordentlich dankbar ist er, daß die meisten seiner ehemaligen SchülerInnen ihr Auskommen in Kulturorchestern oder an Hochschulen gefunden haben, einige wurden sogar zu weltbekannten MusikerInnen. Herr Prof. Uwe Martin Haiberg schloss sein Studium in 1966, mi...

Russian born Mikhail Mordvinov showed an extraordinary level of ability at a very early age and was accepted into Moscow ’s renowned Gnessin School of Music at age 6 where he studied under Tatiana Zelikman. He continued his later studies under Professor Vladimir Tropp and graduated with the highest honours. He then enrolled at Hanover ’s University of Music and Drama as a student of Professor Bernd Goetzke. He was first propelled onto the international stage when he won the 12th Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1996) and the 6th Schubert Competition in Dortmund (1997). Having garnered an international reputation he went on to sign a recording contract in 1998, playing works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Mordvinov has since been i...

从小接受Sir Yehudi Menuhink的指导，Kirill Troussov一般被公认为是该世代最杰出的小提琴家之一。他不仅和多个知名的管弦乐团合作，更是许多重要古典音乐节的常客。他在上个乐季的精彩经历包括：在巴黎代替Gidon Kremer演出、协同维比尔音乐节管弦乐队（Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra）的亚洲巡演、BBC Proms上的出色表现、以及担任国际赛事的评审。Kirill Troussov在尔茨堡音乐夏令营（International Summer Academy Mozarteum）教授大师班，并且被中国的爱丽丝与爱伦诺．勋菲尔德弦乐比赛 （Schoenfeld International String Competition）再度邀请担任评审。

Celebrated for her brilliant qualities as a first class cellist, Xenia Jankovic carries out a worldwide career as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Born into a family of Serbian and Russian musicians, Xenia debuted with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at age nine. From the beginning of her career, her teachers of most important influence were Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Fournier, André Navara, György Sebök and Sándor Végh. The public and critics alike have enthusiastically acclaimed Jankovic’s recitals in world famous concert halls as well as her concerts as soloist with orchestras such as The London Philharmonic, Budapest Philharmonic, Ljubljana Philharmonic Orchestras and the Madrid Radio, RSO Berlin and Copenhagen Ra...

Krzysztof Wegrzyn, the Founder and Honorary President of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover was born in Gdansk, Poland. He studied in Warsaw, Freiburg and London. His musical personality has been strongly influenced by Wolfgang Marschner, Yfrah Neaman and Dorothy DeLay. He was the winner of the Karol Szymanowski- and Rodolfo Lipizer Competitions and was a laureate at another renowned international competitions (Spohr, Montreal). His concert activities have taken him around the world and he has made numerous recordings for radio, television and CD. His broad repertoire also features works by Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Nono, Schnittke, Pärt and Penderecki. Krzysztof Wegrzyn served as concertmaster of the Hanover State Ope...

Dmitri Bashkirov wurde 1931 in Tiflis, Georgien, geboren. Er studierte am Moskauer Tchaikowsky-Konservatorium in der Meisterklasse von Prof. Alexander Goldenweiser. Er gewann 1956 den „Grand Prix“ am Marguerite Long Wettbewerb in Paris. Der Pianist hat in den größten Häusern mit zahlreichen berühmten Orchestern gespielt, unter Dirigenten wie Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Mazur, Zubin Mehta, Sir John Barbirolli und Walter Sawallisch. Dimitri Bashkirov ist Professor am Moskauer Konservatorium, Titual-Professor an der Excuela Superior de Musica Reine Sofia in Madrid und Professor an der international Piano Academy Lake Como in Italien. Unter seinen ehemaligen Schülern befinden sich viele Preisträger von wichtigen internationalen Klavier-Wet...

Viviane Hagner gehört zu den profiliertesten Musikerinnen ihrer Generation. Die Berliner Morgenpost schwärmte: „…eine sorgsame und gleichzeitig brillante Geigerin. Ihr Spiel versteht, Nachdenklichkeit und Leuchtkraft aufs Eindringlichste zu mischen.“ Seit ihrem Debut als Dreizehnjährige mit dem Israel Philharmonic Orchestra unter Zubin Mehta ist sie bei den großen Orchestern der Welt zu Gast, wie den Berliner Philharmonikern, den New Yorker Philharmonikern, dem Chicago Symphony Orchestra oder dem Leipziger Gewandhausorchester.

Tomasz Tomaszewski, 1. Konzertmeister der Deutschen Oper Berlin, wurde in Czechowice / Polen geboren und studierte an der Warschauer Hochschule für Musik bei Prof. Wronski. Nach dem Examen, das er mit Auszeichnung ablegte, setzte er seine Studien am Leningrader Konservatorium bei Prof. Gutnikov sowie in Freiburg bei Prof. Marschner fort und besuchte Meisterkurse bei Druzhnin, Krysa, Fournier, Liebermann, Hiller und Szerny. Mit dem "Polish String Quartet" führten ihn ausgedehnte Konzertreisen durch Europa und Australien. Auch als Solist des "Polish Chamber Orchestra" konzertierte er in den verschiedensten Ländern. Tomasz Tomaszewski, der zahlreiche Preise bei internationalen Wettbewerben erhielt, ist seit 1982 erster Konzertmeister des Or...

立陶宛大提琴家和指挥家David Geringas属于现今音乐界的精英。他是Rostropovich的学生, 年柴科夫斯基比赛的金牌得主,现今仍可以回顾他数十年的辉煌职业生涯。 David Geringas曾与全世界顶尖的管弦乐团, 及我们这时代重要的指挥家合作演出。David Geringas在2013年和2014年已被授予「经典回声」奖项 (Echo Klassik)。 在2013年，他获得了20至21世纪最佳室内音乐录制奖

从小接受Sir Yehudi Menuhink的指导，Kirill Troussov一般被公认为是该世代最杰出的小提琴家之一。他不仅和多个知名的管弦乐团合作，更是许多重要古典音乐节的常客。他在上个乐季的精彩经历包括：在巴黎代替Gidon Kremer演出、协同维比尔音乐节管弦乐队（Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra）的亚洲巡演、BBC Proms上的出色表现、以及担任国际赛事的评审。Kirill Troussov在尔茨堡音乐夏令营（International Summer Academy Mozarteum）教授大师班，并且被中国的爱丽丝与爱伦诺．勋菲尔德弦乐比赛 （Schoenfeld International String Competition）再度邀请担任评审。

Pianist Julius-Jeongwon Kim is commonly recognized as Korea’s best pianist of the current generation. He has received praise for his poetic sensitivity and energetic display of emotions; his versatile career has led to acclaimed performances on stages worldwide. Having been recognized as a child prodigy in his early days, he won first prizes at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition, the Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, and the Elena Rombro Stepanow International Piano Competition. Moreover, he won various prizes at several other international piano competitions. Since 1999, Julius-Jeongwon Kim has consistently been performing with world-renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Czech Philha...

Nicolas Koeckert was born in Munich into a well known musical family. The young violinist has played on important international stages for many years, performing a large share of the repertoire of violin concerti and important chamber works, from Baroque to contemporary, in partnership with great musical figures. Already winner of the first Prize at the Novosibirsk International Competition for Young Violinists, and recipient of the Culture Prize of Novosibirsk, Nicolas Koeckert became the first German prizewinner at the famous International Tschaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2002. In the same year he was recognised for his outstanding achievements as a violinist by the State of Bavaria, from whom he was awarded an artistic sponsorship. ...

Latica Honda-Rosenberg是现今年轻一代的音乐会小提琴家中最具指标性的代表。1998年在莫斯科举行的柴可夫斯基音乐比赛中获得银牌，为她的国际事业铺平了道路。音乐杂志“The Strad”当时写道：“她的信念与意志会让人马上想到Heifetz。她的音乐和她的演奏是雄辩、具表达力、灵敏和多变的，总而言之：精彩、令人振奋。” Latica Honda-Rosenberg是克罗埃西亚大提琴家和日本歌手的小孩，在德国长大，并在四岁时开始学小提琴。当她9岁时，她在德特摩德音乐学院(Detmold School of Music) 成为了Tibor Varga的学生。之后她接着在马德里索非亚王后高等音乐学院(Escuela Superior de Música...

Krzysztof Wegrzyn, the Founder and Honorary President of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover was born in Gdansk, Poland. He studied in Warsaw, Freiburg and London. His musical personality has been strongly influenced by Wolfgang Marschner, Yfrah Neaman and Dorothy DeLay. He was the winner of the Karol Szymanowski- and Rodolfo Lipizer Competitions and was a laureate at another renowned international competitions (Spohr, Montreal). His concert activities have taken him around the world and he has made numerous recordings for radio, television and CD. His broad repertoire also features works by Lutoslawski, Ligeti, Nono, Schnittke, Pärt and Penderecki. Krzysztof Wegrzyn served as concertmaster of the Hanover State Ope...

International Masterclass by Blackmore International Music Academy   Born in the heart of Siberia, Natalia Prishepenko started her musical education with her mother, Tamara Prischepenko, a famous USSR teacher and her mentor until today. She performed in many venues and won many international competition in the ex-USSR (Wienlawski and All Union competitions) before entering Lübeck’s Musikhochschule in 1989, staying until the end of her studies with David Geringas. In the following years, she won many famous competition prizes (Paganini in 1990, Tokyo in 1992 and Queen Elisabeth in 1993). She therefore became internationally known and started touring as a solist in many places around Europe, Russia and Japan. During 18 years (from 1994 ...

Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt在纽约的茱莉亚学院（Juilliard School）师从Aldo Parisot，在德国的吕北克音乐院（Musikhochschule Lübeck）则跟随David Geringas学习，期间，他在巴黎的“国际罗斯特波维奇比赛（International Rostropovitch Competition）”获颁“Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris” 及现代乐奖项，当时的评审团由Mstislav Rostropovitch领军。他另外也在莫斯科的柴可夫斯基大赛 （International Tchaikovsky Competition）以及美国的“国际伦纳德玫瑰大提琴赛（International Leonard Rose Cello Competition）”获得过奖项。

Als Preisträger bei den größten internationalen Violinwettbewerben (Tschaikowsky, Königin-Elisabeth und Indianapolis) erregt Marco Rizzi viel Aufsehen und wird besonders für die Qualität, die Kraft und die Stärke seiner Interpretationen geschätzt. Er erhält auf Empfehlung von Claudio Abbado den„Europäischen Musikförderpreis“. Marco Rizzi tritt regelmäßig in den größten Musikzentren Europas und Amerikas auf unter der Leitung von nahmhaften Dirigenten und mit prestigereichen Orchestern. Er ist  Widmungsträger zahlreicher zeitgenössischer Werke von Komponisten wie u.a. A. Corghi, L. Francesconi, F. Vacchi, C. Galante und U. Leyendecker. Einspielungen für die Deutsche Grammophon, Amadeus, Nuova Era, Dynamic, Warehouse, e...

Seit 70 Jahren spielt Prof. Haiberg Violine - bis heute. Sein Wunsch ist,auch zusammen mit jungen Lernenden, immer tiefer in die Geigenkunst einzudringen, ein immer tieferes Verständnis für die Wunder einer Partitur aufzubringen. Alle seiner Kolleginnen und Kollegen sind bedeutende Künstler, egal aus welcher Schule sie kommen, und alle besinnen sich auf deren Urväter Rodolphe Kreutzer und Pierre Rode, deren Werke für Prof. Haiberg eine fast tägliche Quelle der Freude sind. Außerordentlich dankbar ist er, daß die meisten seiner ehemaligen SchülerInnen ihr Auskommen in Kulturorchestern oder an Hochschulen gefunden haben, einige wurden sogar zu weltbekannten MusikerInnen. Herr Prof. Uwe Martin Haiberg schloss sein Studium in 1966...

Boris Petrushansky`s highly original creativity and vivacious personality have gained him wide recognition as a concert pianist.Born in 1949 in Moscow, he started playing piano at the age of five, supported by a strong musical family, and had among his teachers the eminent Heinrich Neuhaus. After studying with Lev Naumov, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1975, having already distinguished himself in major international competitions, for example at Leeds in 1969, Munich in 1971, and Terni in 1975, where he won first prize. Ever since the summer of 1975 when he gave two unforgettable recitals at the “Festival dei due Mondi” at Spoleto and the “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” Festival (substituting Richter), Petrushansky has no...

International Masterclass by Blackmore International Music Academy   Born in the heart of Siberia, Natalia Prishepenko started her musical education with her mother, Tamara Prischepenko, a famous USSR teacher and her mentor until today. She performed in many venues and won many international competition in the ex-USSR (Wienlawski and All Union competitions) before entering Lübeck’s Musikhochschule in 1989, staying until the end of her studies with David Geringas. In the following years, she won many famous competition prizes (Paganini in 1990, Tokyo in 1992 and Queen Elisabeth in 1993). She therefore became internationally known and started touring as a solist in many places around Europe, Russia and Japan. During 18 years (from 1994 ...

Seine reiche Erfahrung mit dem großen klassischen Repertoire und die stilistische Vielseitigkeit in eigenen Arrangements verbinden sich bei Eckart Runge zu einem künstlerischen Gesamtbild. So schrieb der Tagesspiegel: ‚Dieser Grenzgänger der Klassikszene hat zauberische Wandlungsfähigkeit jenseits aller Schubladen und Etiketten.‘ Dreißig Jahre Eckart Runge prägte durch alle Besetzungswechsel hindurch das charakteristische Profil des Artemis Quartetts, mit dem er weltweit konzertierte. Die Diskographie des Ensembles, exklusiv bei Warner classics/Erato, wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, ua viermal mit dem ECHO-Klassik und dem Diapason d’Or. Komponisten wie Jörg Widmann, Mauricio Sotelo, Lera Auerbach, Thomas Larcher und Eduard Demet...

Croatian cellist Monika Leskovar (born Kreutztal, Germany, 1981), studied with Dobrila Berković-Magdalenić at Elly Bašić Music School in Zagreb and later with Valter Dešpalj. In 1996 she became a student of David Geringas at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where - since 2006 - she is an assistant. In masterclasses she worked together with Mstislav Rostropovitch and Bernard Greenhouse. Winner of several prizes at international cello competitions - International Tchaikovsky for Young Musicians (Sendai, 1995), Antonio Janigro (Zagreb, 1996), Rostropovich (Paris, 1997), Eurovision Grand Prix (Vienna, 1998), Roberto Caruana “Stradivari” (Milano, 1999), International ARD (Munchen 2001), 5th Adam (New Zealand, 2003). S...

Celebrated for her brilliant qualities as a first class cellist, Xenia Jankovic carries out a worldwide career as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. Born into a family of Serbian and Russian musicians, Xenia debuted with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at age nine. From the beginning of her career, her teachers of most important influence were Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Fournier, André Navara, György Sebök and Sándor Végh. The public and critics alike have enthusiastically acclaimed Jankovic’s recitals in world famous concert halls as well as her concerts as soloist with orchestras such as The London Philharmonic, Budapest Philharmonic, Ljubljana Philharmonic Orchestras and the Madrid Radio, RSO Berlin and Copenhagen Ra...

An artist of “innate musicality” with a technical execution that belongs “only to the greatest" /The Guardian/. He has captured the interest of the music world with premiers of works by Kurtág, Ligeti, Schnittke, Gubajdulina, Steve Reich and Ryan Wigglesworth and with his complete recordings of works for violin by Bartók. His 17 solo recordings won major awards in England, France, Belgium, Germany and Hungary.

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...

Seine reiche Erfahrung mit dem großen klassischen Repertoire und die stilistische Vielseitigkeit in eigenen Arrangements verbinden sich bei Eckart Runge zu einem künstlerischen Gesamtbild. So schrieb der Tagesspiegel: ‚Dieser Grenzgänger der Klassikszene hat zauberische Wandlungsfähigkeit jenseits aller Schubladen und Etiketten.‘ Dreißig Jahre Eckart Runge prägte durch alle Besetzungswechsel hindurch das charakteristische Profil des Artemis Quartetts, mit dem er weltweit konzertierte. Die Diskographie des Ensembles, exklusiv bei Warner classics/Erato, wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, ua viermal mit dem ECHO-Klassik und dem Diapason d’Or. Komponisten wie Jörg Widmann, Mauricio Sotelo, Lera Auerbach, Thomas Larcher und Eduard Demet...

Croatian cellist Monika Leskovar (born Kreutztal, Germany, 1981), studied with Dobrila Berković-Magdalenić at Elly Bašić Music School in Zagreb and later with Valter Dešpalj. In 1996 she became a student of David Geringas at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where - since 2006 - she is an assistant. In masterclasses she worked together with Mstislav Rostropovitch and Bernard Greenhouse. Winner of several prizes at international cello competitions - International Tchaikovsky for Young Musicians (Sendai, 1995), Antonio Janigro (Zagreb, 1996), Rostropovich (Paris, 1997), Eurovision Grand Prix (Vienna, 1998), Roberto Caruana “Stradivari” (Milano, 1999), International ARD (Munchen 2001), 5th Adam (New Zealand, 2003). S...

Boris Petrushansky`s highly original creativity and vivacious personality have gained him wide recognition as a concert pianist. Born in 1949 in Moscow, he started playing piano at the age of five, supported by a strong musical family, and had among his teachers the eminent Heinrich Neuhaus. After studying with Lev Naumov, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1975, having already distinguished himself in major international competitions, for example at Leeds in 1969, Munich in 1971, and Terni in 1975, where he won first prize. Ever since the summer of 1975 when he gave two unforgettable recitals at the “Festival dei due Mondi” at Spoleto and the “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” Festival (substituting Richter), Petrushansky has...

Wenzel Fuchs comes from a region where traditional wind music is highly valued. The Innsbruck native, scion of a musical family, was already playing the clarinet as a child in various wind ensembles. After first studying in Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, he went to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he had the opportunity of playing as a substitute with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Vienna Volksoper, then moving to the Austrian Radio (ORF) Symphony Orchestra and in 1993 to the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his work in the orchestra, Fuchs is active as a soloist and chamber player in, among other groups, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic Wind Soloists, Philharmoni...

Wenzel Fuchs comes from a region where traditional wind music is highly valued. The Innsbruck native, scion of a musical family, was already playing the clarinet as a child in various wind ensembles. After first studying in Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, he went to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he had the opportunity of playing as a substitute with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Vienna Volksoper, then moving to the Austrian Radio (ORF) Symphony Orchestra and in 1993 to the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his work in the orchestra, Fuchs is active as a soloist and chamber player in, among other groups, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic Wind Soloists, Philharmoni...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...

Wenzel Fuchs comes from a region where traditional wind music is highly valued. The Innsbruck native, scion of a musical family, was already playing the clarinet as a child in various wind ensembles. After first studying in Kitzbühel and Innsbruck, he went to the Vienna Musikhochschule, where he had the opportunity of playing as a substitute with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He began his professional career as principal clarinettist of the Vienna Volksoper, then moving to the Austrian Radio (ORF) Symphony Orchestra and in 1993 to the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his work in the orchestra, Fuchs is active as a soloist and chamber player in, among other groups, the Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Philharmonic Wind Soloists, Philharmoni...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...

Roman Patkolo was born in 1982 in Žilina (Slovakia) in to a musician family. With 13 years he began to study the double bass and 1 year later he was accepted as a student to the Conservatory of Music in Žilina. In the same year he won the national competition of the conservatories in Pressburg and began to study at the University of music in Munich, under Prof. Klaus Trumpf. 1999-2011 he was  a scholarship holder of the circle of friends Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. 1999 he won the ISB competition in Iowa City, USA (category under 18) and in 2000 the J. M. Sperger competition in Woldzegarten, Germany. In 2001 he received the European Prize of Cultur in Berlin as a soloist and later the European Quartett Prize in Luzern. The other priz...