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With his immediately recognisable sound and tremendous versatility, Matthieu Saglio has become one of the most passionate cellists of his generation. Classically trained, he was among the first to play cello in a flamenco setting with his group Jerez-Texas, performing in 25 countries over 20 years. Along with this, Matthieu is often involved in very […]
The Van Kuijk Quartet has received several international accolades, among them the first prize Best Beethoven and the Best Haydn at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. At the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, it won first prize and an audience award. The quartet is also a laureate of the Aix-en-Provence Festival Academy. […]
Emotion. Tradition is enhanced with just the right amount of risk. Versatility. All these things are part of Camané’s artistic persona. He needs no presentation because he is unquestionably considered to be ‘the voice’ of fado. With rare musical sensitivity, Camané continues to show the world that he is a unique voice in the art […]
With a career spanning over three decades, Mário Laginha is usually associated with jazz. Be that as it may, he has built a much broader musical universe that encompasses Brazilian, indigenous, African, pop and rock elements, in addition to his grounding in classical music. Although he has one solo album to his credit, Canções e […]
Fernández Aguirre was born in Barakaldo (Biscay). A disciple of Félix Lavilla, he specialises in accompanying singers in Vienna and Munich and has Wolfram Rieger as his mentor. He is a regular pianist for singers such as Carlos Álvarez, Lisette Oropesa, Ismael Jordi, Sabina Puértolas, Javier Camarena, Carmen Solís, David Alegret, Marina Monzó, Jose Antonio […]
The German public broadcaster MDR has described Ensemble Diderot as ‘the ensemble for Baroque chamber music’ and the magazine Gramophone praised it for its ‘warm tonal brilliance and razor-sharp definition’. In recent years, the ensemble has taken its place among the most important European chamber-music groups that play exclusively with period instruments. French music magazine […]
Trentini is a Uruguayan actress, director, playwright, and singer. She has premiered ten shows that were organised under her direction at different festivals in Latin America and Europe. She holds a Master’s in Theatrical Creation from the Carlos III University of Madrid (directed by Juan Mayorga) and graduated from the Montevideo School of Dramatic Art, […]
Conductor of the Murcia Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Girona Youth Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Vigo430 Orchestra, and Resident Assistant Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain. Finalist in the Berlin Philharmonic’s Assistant Conductor and Kirill Petrenko Competition, winner of three Conducting Competitions in Spain, and semi-finalist in the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition […]
Assistant Music Director at the Bilbao Opera (ABAO) during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons, where she worked with Lorenzo Passerini, Ivan López-Reynoso, Giacomo Sagripanti and Jordi Bernacer. She has conducted the Symphony Orchestra of Navarra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Basque Country; she has been the assistant director of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of […]
‘Come here for a moment, guys!’ said the technical drawing teacher at the end of the class. The students Alfonso and Daniel approached slowly, fearing a good scolding because the teacher had caught them in the middle of class trying to juggle. ‘Stop clowning around and call this number,’ he told them, to the surprise […]
Ana combines her work as an actress with musical diffusion, participating as a creator and narrator in the socio-educational programmes of the main Spanish symphonic orchestras, as well as in orchestras of other institutions, such as the Teatro Real, the Spanish National Dance Company, the National Ballet, the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia, the […]
Musicians Maria Fomina, Aleksandra Martinoska, Nikita Gerkusov, Ludmila Kharitonova, Laura Szabo, and Ion Storozhenko are united by the fact that they all belong to the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, an orchestra with its season at the prestigious Musikverein of Vienna and a resident orchestra at the Festspielhaus of St. Pölten and the Grafenegg Festival. Their bond is […]