Michaela Srumova was born in Prague and studied solo singing at the Prague Conservatory with Prof. Olga Jiráková. During her studies, she completed the summer master classes in early music in Valtice. After completing her studies, she successfully participated in the Emma Destinova International Singing Competition in České Budějovice. At the Contemporary Music Marathon in[…]
Born in Vienna, cellist Florian Berner has been a guest performer in all of the world’s music centres for over two decades: concert tours have taken him to Carnegie Hall in New York, the Cité des Arts in Paris, the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, the Berlin Philharmonic, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the Schubertiade,[…]
Othmar Müller was born in 1963, studied in Vienna and the US. As founding member of the Artis-Quartet, he appears regularly in important centers of music around the world and plays an annual series of concerts at the Musikverein in Vienna since 1988. The quartet recorded more than 30 CDs, many of those received prestigious[…]
András Szalai was born in 1985 in Budapest. He graduated in classical cimbalom performance and composition from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and is a prizewinner of several national and international cimbalom competitions. His artistic focus lies in performing early music arrangements, 20th-century music, and contemporary solo and chamber works. Over the past twenty[…]
As a highly talented student, Asja Valcic, already at 18 completed the music academy in her home city of Zagreb. She followed that with studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold. She has given solo performances among others under the direction of Zubin Mehta and Kazushi Ono;[…]
Variable in style, beautiful in sound and innovative, that and much more can be said about the music of Klaus Paier. The Austrian artist (*1966) has chosen jazz, improvisation, and especially the accordion as a fascinating life task. The musician already today can look back onto a remarkable wealth of works, although he is just[…]
Vinícius Gomes de Oliveira Sousa is a rising Brazilian violinist with an active career across both his home country and Europe. He has held prominent orchestral leadership roles, including concertmaster of the Guarulhos Chamber Orchestra and the Campos do Jordão International Winter Festival, as well as associate concertmaster of the São Caetano Symphony Orchestra. An[…]
István Várdai grew up in a family of musicians in Pécs. He studied at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, the Vienna Academy of Music as well as the German Kronberg Academy. He was honoured with several prestigious international prizes: in 2008, he won first prize at the Geneva International Music Competition, along with three[…]
‘They play with one mind, beauty of sound, intonation, precision and wonderful musical ideas and expression’.Geraldine Walther – Takács Quartet Quartetto Adorno made an international name for itself by winning the Third Prize (with First not awarded), the Audience Prize and the Special Prize for the best performance of Silvia Colasanti’s contemporary piece in the[…]
The Sárközy Collective is an extraordinary ensemble of exceptionally talented, award-winning young musicians who offer a unique musical experience without genre boundaries. Rooted in classical music, enriched by gypsy music, jazz, and folk traditions, their performance captivates audiences from the very first note to the last. Led by the Hungarian Junior Prima and Liszt Award-winning[…]