Blog Archives
‘The Sixteen are brilliant at lifting us to another world.’ The Telegraph Whether interpreting a simple medieval hymn or expressing the complex musical and emotional language of a contemporary choral composition, The Sixteen does so with qualities common to all great ensembles. Warmth of tone, rhythmic precision and impeccable tuning are essential to the blend. […]
‘Portuguese artist Rodrigo Leão is a highly gifted musician and arranger, famous for making the smallest melodies sound enormous and important’. ─Brigitte Magazine (Germany) Rodrigo Leão was among the musicians and composers of the extraordinarily successful Portuguese ensemble Madredeus, of which he was a member for nearly 10 years before embarking on a solo career. However, […]
Praised by The Daily Telegraph for ‘his beautifully light touch and lyrical grace’ and labelled ‘one of the more original thinkers of his generation’ by Gramophone, Federico Colli has been rapidly gaining worldwide recognition for his compelling, unconventional interpretations and clarity of sound. Following his many early successes, one being the Gold Medal at the […]
Born in Germany, Sarah Kim is an Australian organist of Korean origin, who is now based in Paris. She began her musical studies (piano and violin) at an early age in Cologne and had her first organ lessons with Miriam Gaydon at the age of eleven in Sydney. After finishing high school, she studied organ […]
Johannes Berger began receiving instruction on several keyboard instruments during his childhood. At 11 years of age, he was admitted into the circle of students of Munich-born organ teacher Franz Lehrndorfer. After graduating from secondary school, he studied organ, harpsichord and sacred music at the Higher School of Music in Munich. He was greatly influenced […]
One of the most influential brass players of our time, now a soloist, conductor, and pedagogue, Ian Bousfield has been at the top of his profession for over 40 years, having formerly been principal trombone of the Vienna Philharmonic and the London Symphony, in an orchestral career spanning 30 years. As a soloist, he has […]
The French-Uruguayan playwright and theatre director Sergio Blanco, who spent his childhood and adolescence in Montevideo and now makes his home in Paris, has devoted his career to the stage after completing studies in Classical Philology and theatre directing at the Comédie Française. Throughout his distinguished path, his plays have earned repeated recognition and a […]
The South Carolina Gospel Choir is the expanded reformation of the F.O.C.U.S. Gospel Singers, a group that collaborated on recordings with renowned artists such as God’s Property, Trin-i-tee 5:7, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Karen Clark Sheard, Byron Cage, Natalie Wilson, New Direction, Alvin Slaughter, Hezekiah Walker, Sha’ Simpson, Tye Tribbett & G.A. […]
The dance of the Accrorap Company and Kader Attou is generous. It seeks to break down barriers, to cross frontiers. The international collective adventure and the notion of meeting are at the centre of the artistic reflection. The history of the company begins in 1989, at the circus school in SaintPriest. Kader Attou, Mourad Merzouki, […]
In their twenties, Pilar, Romina, and Esteban crossed paths in Alejandro Catalán’s acting classes in Buenos Aires. That encounter sparked their collaboration, leading to their first joint production, ‘Algo de ruido hace’ (2007). They soon rehearsed and premiered ‘El tiempo todo entero’ (2010), welcoming Susana Pampín to the ensemble. With this production, they travelled through […]
Writer and Stage Creator: In 2005, alongside Itsaso Arana and Violeta Gil, he founded La Tristura, an artistic collective to which she has remained committed. Through this company, she has developed an extensive project focused on research and theatrical creation. Among their significant productions are ‘Future Lovers’, ‘CINE’, and ‘Renacimiento’. His practice investigates the limits […]