Visiting artists

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 1944 in Lisbon, Maria João Pires gave her first public performance at the age of 4 and began her studies of music and piano with Campos Coelho and Francine Benoît, continuing later in …

Born in 1987 in Georgia, French-Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili discovered the piano at the very early age of just three years old. She gave her first performance with the Tbilisi Chambe…

The Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin is one of the outstanding musicians of his generation.He is admired by audiences and critics all over the world for his virtuoso and expressive playing and in…

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…

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…

With a wide-ranging repertoire spanning from baroque to contemporary music and performed on both modern and period instruments, Anastasia Kobekina has established herself as one of the most ex…

Hailed by the Times as a “remarkable cellist” and described by Gramophone as “sheer perfection,” Kian Soltani’s playing is characterized by expressive depth, indi…

Recent highlights include the title role in Cavalli’s LaCalisto at Teatro alla Scala, Ginevra (Ariodante) at the Royal Opera House, Mozart’s Zaide at Teatro dell’Opera di Rom…

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.

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…

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

Bass Jan Martiník completed his vocal studies with Eliška Pappová at the University of Ostrava. He is a laureate of national and international competitions, including song prize winner at R…

Charles Dutoit is artistic director and principal conductor of London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor laureate of The Philadelphia Orchestra, a title honoring an artistic collaborati…

James Gaffigan was principal conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra until June 2021, where he played a key role in shaping the orchestra’s profile over the ten years of his tenure, …

Fabien Gabel has enjoyed an international career at the highest level, performing with orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, …

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.