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Yamandu Costa, the seven-string genius, is considered one of the world’s most outstanding guitarists! He has been appointed Ibero-American Cultural Ambassador and is one of the world’s living wonders. His virtuosity, talent and culture make Yamandú a truly unique and appealing artist. His music is so complete and creative that it reaches beyond the confines […]
She was born in December 1997 in Vilanova i la Geltrú. After studying violin and viola with Sergei Fatkulin, Ana María Valderrama and Luis del Valle, she continued her Baroque violin studies and historical interpretation with Olivier Fourés and Hiro Kurosaki. She performs with several early-music ensembles, such as La Ritirata, Ensemble Jupiter, Looking Back, […]
Born in Duisburg (Germany), he studied organ, orchestral conducting and religious music at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna, Austria. Invitations extended to him to perform at concerts have taken him to organ festivals throughout Europe, Iceland, the United States, South Africa, Russia, Australia, Argentina and Uruguay. As an organ soloist, he […]
Musical director and titular organist of the San Nicolás Church of Valencia, Atsuko Takano received training as a pianist and organist at Ferris University in Yokohama, Japan, obtaining the ‘Prix d’Exellence’ upon completion of her studies. In 2005, she moved to Germany to further her study of organ, clavichord and harpsichord at the University of […]
Pablo Márquez Caraballo is an organist at Valencia Cathedral and teaches harpsichord at the Higher Conservatory of Castellón. He studied composition, organ, harpsichord and early music at the conservatories of Valencia and The Hague with the professors Michel Bouvard, J. Willem Jansen, Pieter van Dijk, Fabio Bonizzoni, Patrick Ayrton and Ton Koopman. The Valencia Music […]
Carlota Mantecón, bailarina y coreógrafa que desarrolla su actividad en el ámbito de la danza, la coreografía y la performatividad. Trabaja en lo escénico, aunque también ha realizado proyectos curatoriales y docentes. Su trabajo se ha presentado en lugares como España, Noruega o Eslovenia. “Sitúo mi mirada en relación entre la materia, el sonido y […]
Titular organist at Saint-Eustache church Paris Organ professor at the National Higher Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris Born in the French Basque Country, Thomas Ospital has been the titular organist at Saint-Eustache Church in Paris since 2015. Between 2016 and 2019, Radio France appointed him the first organist in residence to play the […]
The meditative focus and rare stillness of Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babayan’s keyboard artistry prompted the Hamburger Abendblatt to liken him to “one of those Japanese calligraphers who contemplate the white page before them in silence until, at the exact right moment, their brush makes its instinctive, perfect sweep across the paper”. Babayan himself has observed […]
Praised as a “powerhouse of a player,” (Limelight Magazine) pianist Sergey Belyavsky is known for his vast and diverse repertoire, with an emphasis on compositions from the 19th and 20th centuries. He is described as demonstrating “an extraordinary expressive intelligence,” (Bachtrack) and has been called “one of the best pianists in the world today.” […]
Born in Barcelona, Alba Ventura debuted as a concert soloist when she was 13 years old with the Cadaqués Orchestra conducted by Sir N. Marriner in San Sebastian and at the National Music Auditorium in Madrid. Her career as a soloist has flourished since then, with invitations to perform at venues such as the Wigmore […]