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Boris Giltburg

Boris Giltburg is lauded across the globe as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter. Critics have praised his “singing line, variety of touch and broad dynamic palette capable of great surges of energy” (Washington Post) as well as his impassioned, narrative-driven approach to performance. Giltburg regularly plays recitals in the world’s most prestigious halls, including Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Carnegie Hall, New York; Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg; Konzerthaus, Vienna; Rudolfinum, Prague; Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall, London. Giltburg is widely recognised as a...

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Angela Hewitt

Angela Hewitt occupies a unique position among today’s leading pianists. With a wide-ranging repertoire and frequent appearances in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, Americas and Asia, she is also an award-winning recording artist whose performances of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters. In 2020 she received the City of Leipzig Bach Medal: a huge honour that for the first time in its 17-year history was awarded to a woman. In March 2024, Hewitt embarked on her latest major project entitled ‘The Mozart Odyssey’, comprising the...

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Kleio Quartet

Juliette Roos: violin Katherine Yoon: violin Yume Fujise: viola Eliza Millett: cello First Prize and Commission Prize winners at the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition 2023, the Kleio Quartet are quickly establishing themselves as an internationally-recognised quartet. They formed at the Seiji Ozawa International Chamber Academy in 2019 and consist of Juliette Roos (violin), Katherine Yoon (violin), Yume Fujise (viola) and Eliza Millett (cello). They have performed in major international venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Victoria Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal...

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Ébène Quartet

Pierre Colombet: Violin Gabriel Le Magadure: Violin Marie Chilemme: Viola Yuya Okamoto: Cello « The way scents seem to transition into sounds, echoes resonate from the depths of space, and the Four intertwining attentively, only to then grab hold vigorously and expand vivaciously – it was exhilarating.”Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 2023 » Over the past two decades Quatuor Ébène has explored everything from Beethoven and Bartók to Astor Piazzolla and Wayne Shorter.The ensemble’s telepathic understanding, artistic daring and musical individuality make for...

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Jerusalem Quartet

Jerusalem Quartet

“Passion, precision, warmth, a gold blend: these are the trademarks of this excellent string quartet” New York TimesJerusalem Quartet: Alexander Pavlovsky (violin), Sergei Bresler (violin) Ori Kam (viola) Kyril Zlotnikov (cello) Since the ensemble’s founding in 1993 and subsequent 1996 debut the Jerusalem Quartet has become a regular and beloved guest on the world’s great concert stages with a wide repertoire and stunning depth of expression, which carries on the string quartet tradition in a unique manner. The ensemble has found its core in a warm, full, human sound and...

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Camerata Chamonix

La Camerata du Mont-Blanc

The Camerata du Mont-Blanc, an instrumental ensemble formed in the string octet format, came into being in October 2016. It is made up mainly of musicians from international orchestras such as the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie for 3 of them, the Royal Philharmonic London or the Orchestra of Wales, and former students of the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève, who share a passion for music and for our mountains where they live all year round. Based on the model of the Salzburg Soloists or the Virtuosi of the Berlin Philharmonic, the composition of the group has changed little over 7 musical...

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