Guest Artists

As a soloist and chamber musician, he has given concerts and recitals in most European and American countries, in Hong Kong and Japan. In summer 2008 he was Artist in Residence at the Murten C…

In 2019, aged 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to win the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, where he also won the Grand Prix, which has only been awarded three t…

David Desimpelaere has been principal double bass with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester since 2018. He has held the same position with the “Orchestra della Svizzera italiana” in Luga…

For some years now, French pianist David Fray has been one of the world stars of the younger generation. Born in Tarbes (southern France) in 1981 to a German teacher and a Kant-and-Hegel schol…

Edgar Moreau, born in 1994, won second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (2011) at the age of just 17 and previously won the Young Soloist Prize at the Rostropovich …

As a concertmaster, he has appeared with many leading orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.

Heiner Reich has made a name for himself as an accomplished cellist and stylistically confident musician whose repertoire ranges from baroque to modern.

Violinist Janine Jansen regularly works with the world’s most prestigious orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. A…

Lisa Schatzman gave her first solo performance with an orchestra at the age of six as the youngest pupil of the Hungarian violinist Tibor Varga. Her studies led her to Hagai Shaham at the Rubi…

With her impressive musical expressiveness and technical perfection, at the age of only 18, María Dueñas has quickly established herself as one of the most sought-after artists of her generati…

Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Martha Argerich began her first piano lessons at the age of five with Vincenzo Scaramuzza. Considered a child prodigy, it was not long before she was performi…

Born in Chambéry, Capuçon began playing the cello at the age of five. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris with Philippe Muller and Annie Cochet-Zakine, and later with H…

Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard is Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He also holds titles as Conductor Laureate of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, having served as Chief…