Christoph Poppen is a conductor, solo violinist, chamber musician and teacher. He is Music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Principal Conductor of the Kölner Kammerorchester, Artistic Director of the Marvão International Music Festival, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. He has been Guest Conductor with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, […]
Born in New York to Korean parents, Tim Park began to play the cello at the age of eight. He graduated from the Juilliard School, into which he was accepted at age 11, and continued to study with Aldo Parisot at Yale University, David Geringas at the Hochschule für Musik Lübeck, at the Hochschule für
Matan Noussimovitch was born in Haifa in 1990, and graduated from the Tel Aviv University Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, where he studied under Dr. Lilach Levanon. He is an alumnus of the Jerusalem Music Centre’s David Goldman Programme for Outstanding Young Musicians, a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships, and was an Aviv Competition winner.
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Haran Meltzer is Principal Cello of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he has performed as a soloist under the baton of Zubin Mehta. He has also appeared with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Israel Camerata Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble and Ashdod Symphony Orchestra. As a student, he received scholarships from the
Alexander Melnikov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Naumov. He has been awarded numerous prizes, including at the International Robert Schumann Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Koninklijk Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Philadelphia Orchestra, and many other orchestras under conductors including Mikhail Pletnev, Teodor Currentzis
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Bulgarian pianist Plamena Mangova’s career developed after she won top prizes at the Paloma O’Shea (Spain) and Queen Elisabeth (Belgium) Competitions. Her teachers include Marina Kapatsinskaya and Dmitri Bashkirov at the Reina Sofia School in Madrid, and she is a graduate of the Queen Elisabeth College of Music in Brussels. Mangova has performed in prestigious
Mark Karlinsky studied with Anna Rosnovsky at the ‘Musicians for Tomorrow’ School founded by Maxim Vengerov, and continued with Irina Etigon, a former student of David Oistrakh, and with Michaela Martin at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. He has participated in the Jerusalem Music Centre’s David Goldman Programme for Outstanding Young Musicians, and has received
Ivan Karizna is known for his poetic interpretations and powerful stage presence. Sir András Schiff has described him as ‘one of the finest cellists of his generation.’ Karizna grew up in the Russian school before joining the Conservatoire de Paris at the age of 17. He studied there with Jérôme Pernoo, and later at Germany’s
Born to Croatian-Japanese parents, Latica Honda-Rosenberg studied with Tibor Varga and Zakhar Bron. In 1998, she won the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, paving the way for an international career which has won her accolades for the strength, eloquence and expressiveness of her playing. She made her debut as a soloist at
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Hailed as one of today’s most innovative musicians, American baritone Thomas Hampson has received numerous honours. His operatic repertoire of more than 80 roles, and his discography of more than 170 albums, have gained awards such as the Grammy, Edison, and Grand Prix du Disque. Hampson’s 2023/24 season included Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with Klaus Mäkelä
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