Having worked with such artists as Martha Reeves, Jimmy Witherspoon, Red Rodney, Carleen Anderson and Joe Lee Wilson, Julian is one of the most versatile and sought-after saxophonists in the British Jazz scene.

Tenor Alessandro Fisher was a member of the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme between 2018 and 2021. Studying Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge, where he was a Choral Scholar at Clare College, then continuing his studies at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Click for more…

Pianist Andrew Armstrong has astonished audiences across many continents with his technique and expression which emanates musical passion and delight!

Aron Goldin is a British pianist who brings a wealth of experience performing art-song with many of the finest singers of his generation. He has been praised for his technical flair and artistry at the keyboard, as well as his fresh and imaginative interpretation of music and text across a wide range of repertoire. Opera Today described him as “an eloquent and responsive” pianist, who “beautifully shapes melody” and “provides nuanced drama” in his performances.

Since his debut at the Southbank Centre, British pianist Alexander Soares has garnered a reputation as an artist who combines intensity, clarity and intellect. Since winning the Gold Medal in the prestigious Royal Overseas League Competition in 2015, he has performed in major venues and festivals across the U.K., Europe and the United States, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Praised for his subtle interpretations and refined technical mastery, British pianist Alexander Ullman has impressed audiences and critics worldwide with his deep understanding of the scores he interprets, his elegant touch and crystalline phrasing.

Recently awarded a Borletti Buitoni Trust fellowship, Sicilian cellist and composer Alessio Pianelli brings to the stage the distinctive characteristics of his homeland, where one can still live and breathe the diverse cultures of Sicily, a unique region that was dominated throughout the centuries by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Germanics, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans and Spanish.

Armoniosa was founded in 2012 by the artistic and cultural activities experienced within the Diocesan Institute for Liturgy and Music of the Diocese of Asti, thanks to the ideas of the artistic team, Francesco and Stefano Cerrato, Marco Demaria and Daniele Ferretti.

The Alehouse Sessions – curated and devised by Bjarte Eike – is an ever changing and evolving insight into the music of the English 17th Century tavern. It gives audiences a window into this tumultuous period through Purcell overtures, English sea shanties, and Scandinavian folk songs thrown in for good measure.

Swedish violinist Christian Svarfvar has emerged as one of Scandinavia’s most sought-after concert violinists.
A rising star on the classical music scene, Svarfvar is quickly gaining acclamation for his thoughtful, fearless and expressive performances.

Cai Thomas shows a musical maturity and understanding beyond his years. He recorded his debut album, ‘Seren’, at the tender age of 12, with help from a crowdfunding campaign supported by hundreds of Cai’s followers from around the world.

An intelligent conductor with a strong sense of musicality, Christoph König is widely admired for his clarity, sensitivity and elegant interpretations. He is currently Principal Conductor & Music Director of the Solistes Européens, Luxembourg.

Australian-born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. He is the youngest instrumentalist to have received a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

Chloë Hanslip has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. Prodigiously talented, she made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003, and has performed at major venues around the world.

Dani Howard is a British composer and orchestrator who is fast establishing a reputation across Europe for her music. The Times called her Trombone Concerto ‘An instant classic…lush..rivetting’.

The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam is forging a reputation as one of the most creative and versatile quartets of its generation. With its mission of ‘sharing the heart of music’, the Dudok Quartet is committed to crafting unique and eclectic programmes in order to engage with its audiences in new and imaginative ways.

“Same wavelength, compatible temperament, blind faith – key parameters in chamber music for rousing interpretations.” BR-Klassik, 25/01/14

The European Opera Centre was launched at the end of 1997 following extensive consultation with the European Parliament and the European Commission, which provided consistent support for some twenty years.

Born in Strasbourg, Elizabeth Sombart started studying the piano at seven and gave her first public performance four years later. After receiving the National Piano and Chamber Music First Prize, she left France to study in Buenos Aires with Bruno-Leonardo Gelber and his mother.

The European Opera Centre was launched at the end of 1997 following extensive consultation with the European Parliament and the European Commission, which provided consistent support for some twenty years.

Esther Birringer began playing her first pieces on the piano at the age of three. Her extraordinary talent was recognized very early and she made her debut as a soloist with orchestra at the age of six.

Elicia Silverstein is rapidly garnering praise on the international stage for her nuanced, bold and insightful performances of repertoire ranging from the 17th to the 21st century. Named a 2018 BBC Music Magazine Rising Star, Silverstein is equally at home as a performer on historical and modern instruments, as a soloist with orchestra, giving recitals and playing chamber music.

Dubbed the “Godfather of Czech Jazz” and described as “one of the best contemporary pianists,” Emil is a highly accomplished and sought-after jazz pianist and composer based in his native Czechia. He has performed with many greats, including Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Nicola Benedetti, Benny Bailey, Oscar Peterson’s bassist George Mraz, and Billy Hart, to name a few.

Since August 2014, Emmanuel Leducq-Barome has been appointed chief conductor and musical director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of Saratov Philharmonie named after Alfred Schnittke (Russia).

Ensemble ÉMIGRÉ is a professional ensemble that brings together musicians and scholars to create inovative programmes of vocal and instrumental chamber music. It has a special interest in exploring music connected to migration and human mobility.

The Norwegian violist Eivind Ringstad (b. 1994) is today featured as one of the most prominent violists of his generation. He made his breakthrough after winning the Eurovision young musicians 2012 and has since performed at major festivals and concert venues around the world.

Born to Cuban and Jamaican parents, Ellinor D’Melon started to learn the violin aged just two. Today at only twenty, ‘she is one of those rare players who gives the impression that her command – both technical and musical is total ‘ (The Irish Times). She has the 1st prizes at Henryk Wieniawski competition, Debut Berlin and Novosibirsk competitions.

The Exon Singers is recognised as one of the UK’s leading chamber choirs. It has become renowned for its dynamic and expressive performances of music from the Renaissance to the present day.

Fanny Azzuro’s piano opens up her world and, with her keyboard, she follows all the paths which allow her to unlock her craving for repertoires, encounters and experiences.

Fenella Humphreys, winner of the 2023 BBC Music Magazine Premiere award & the 2018 BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Award, has won critical admiration and audience acclaim with the lyrical grace and intensity of her playing.

Born in 1983 in Moscow, Russia, Grigory began his musical studies at the age of 5. He took up the Double-Bass at his 11 years, and later was accepted to the Academic Musical College to the class of the honored artist of Russia A. Meshcherinov.

Recipient of a 2010 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award, Gabriele Carcano is a pianist equally at home in recital, as a soloist with orchestras and in chamber music. Praised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a “sculptor of sound”, Gabriele is the winner of numerous awards.

Twenty-seven year old violinist Giovanni Guzzo is rapidly rising as one of the most versatile performers of his generation. Born in Venezuela to parents of Italian and Venezuelan heritage, he has captivated audiences around the world with his unique and passionate approach to his performances.

London born singer and lyricist Imogen Ryall grew up in a theatrical environment with both parents having careers as actors. By 17, Imogen made her singing debut at the Chichester Jazz festival, afterwhich she began her education at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

First-generation Romanian-American pianist Irina Meachem regularly accompanies voice recitals and coaches opera singers.
Hailed as “a gifted collaborative pianist” (Voce di Meche), Irina regularly performs with her husband, baritone Lucas Meachem in recitals.

British pianist Ivana Gavrić has attracted considerable praise for her interpretations of Janáček, Liszt, Schubert, and more recently Grieg. She has performed at Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, KKL Lucerne, Gilmore Festival Rising Star Series, as well as at concerts in Asia and North America.

Tenor Jesús León studied at the UCLA Opera Studio, at the Solti Accademia di Bel Canto, at the Boston Opera Institute and was a member of the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera. In Italy he trained under the guidance of the legendary soprano Mirella Freni, who granted him the Nicolai Ghiaurov scholarship.

Jenifer Johnston made her solo recital debut at the Wigmore Hall accompanied by Joseph Middleton and has been broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. She is a founding member of The Prince Consort and has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw and the Aldeburgh Festival.

Joanna Kacperek is an internationally award-winning pianist and has performed in major concert halls in her native Poland as well as in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Ukraine, Canada and Japan.

The award-winning Welsh collaborative pianist and conductor Jocelyn Freeman is lauded for her artistry, innovation, and powers of communication. Recently endorsed with a prestigious Associateship from the Royal Academy of Music, she is an advocate for diversity in a range of artistic endeavours.

Korean-born British violinist Joo Yeon Sir is winner of the prestigious The Arts Club Karl Jenkins Classical Music Award 2014 in association with Classic FM, and the Royal College of Music’s President’s Award presented by HRH The Prince of Wales.

After studying cello and singing in Bremen, Johanna Rose discovered the viola da gamba thanks to Hille Perl and decided to deepen her knowledge of this instrument in Basel, with Paolo Pandolfo in the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

First prize winners of the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition 2010 and the St Martin’s Chamber Music Competition 2013, the Jubilee Quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

Born in 1987 in Arles, France, Julien began learning the piano at the age of 5. He was taught by Erik Berchot and Rena Shereshevskaya at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot and in 2013 began working with Maria João Pires at the Cité de la Musique in Paris.

Karim Said came to the public’s attention in 2009, playing concertos with the late Sir Colin Davis and the English Chamber Orchestra in London’s Barbican Centre and at the BBC PROMS with Daniel Barenboim and his West Eastern Divan.

Karim has a brand new album arriving this May which explores the two Viennese schools and the evolution of music in europe with works by iconic composers: Beethoven, Mozart, Schoenberg & Webern! Keep an eye out for this delightful collection of piano works!

Festival regulars, critically acclaimed and winners of multiple awards, Kuss Quartet are a dynamic and experienced ensemble. From fresh interpretations of classic repertoire to premiering new works, their playing is a tour de force on the world stage.

Praised for her ‘breathtaking musicality’ (Amsterdamse Cellobiennale) Lidy Blijdorp is a rising star on the classical music scene. The Dutch cellist is a versatile and passionate player with enormous narrative power. Her debut album Journeyers is out in April 2020.

Verve, passion and full-blooded commitment are the characteristics which the German violinist Lea Birringer is most often associated with. Plenty of attention to detail coupled with high conceptual standards characterise the violinist’s playing, while she ‘seemingly casually unleashes fireworks on the violin’  (O-Ton).

Grammy® Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem is one of the most accomplished, in-demand singers of the moment, captivating audiences around the world with his “earnest appealing baritone” (The New York Times) and “commanding presence” San Francisco Chronicle.

Lucy is one of the UK’s most exciting and versatile young trumpet artists. Her fresh and original approach seeks to widen the instrument’s repertoire and push beyond both musical and technical boundaries.

All three members of the Lobkowicz Trio are acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians.

Cellist Mikayel Hakhnazaryan is known as a versatile musician in the world of classical music – as a member of the Kuss Quartet, with which he is performing worldwide in all concert halls like the Philharmonie Berlin, Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London, Musikverein Vienna and at festivals as Rheingau Festival, Salzburg and Lucerne, to name a few.

Award-winning Polish pianist, Marcin Fleszar has performed as a soloist with orchestras around Europe. He is currently artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Chapel in Belgium under the direction of Maria João Pires. His upcoming album covers repertoire by Schumann and Rameau.

Mahani is a Steinway artist and cultural ambassador for Easter Island.  She is the winner of numerous international piano competitions and the most renown pianist of her generation in Chile. A native of the legendary Easter Island (a UNESCO archaeological site), Mahani is her island’s only professional classical musician. She debuted as a pianist at the age of nine when she accompanied the Chilean pianist Roberto Bravo on a series of concert tours.

As a multifaceted performer – in a recital, as a soloist with orchestra or as the passionate chamber musician she is – Maria’s engagements have taken her to such prestigious venues as Jahrhundert Halle, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, De Doelen, Flagey, Bozar, the Barbican, St.

Dr. Mark Keane directs the viol consort Fretwork and the Dublin Consort Singers in a special recording for Rubicon Classics of music by John Amner. Read more about the ensemble and the musical director here.

Michael Petrov and Erdem Misirlioğlu are members of the acclaimed Trio Isimsiz.

One of the most recognisable harpsichordists of the young generation, Marcin was winner of the “Polityka” weekly’s Passport Award for 2015. He performs on different types of historical keyboard instruments.

The Norwegian pianist Oda Voltersvik has performed at important venues internationally including Carnegie Hall & Scandinavia House in New York, Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields, the Norwegian Opera House and since 2014; artist in residence for a week at the Edvard Grieg museum in Bergen. As a solo and chamber musician she has held recitals for important concert societies and taken part in festivals internationally.

In 2008 Peter Moore became the youngest ever winner of the BBC Young Musician competition aged 12. Since then, he’s been co-principal trombone of the London Symphony Orchestra and part of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme. He was also nominated as a European Concert Halls Organisation (ECHO) Rising Star during the 2018/19 season.

Pixels Ensemble is a versatile chamber music collective with a shared passion for performing the finest repertoire, from the classical period to the present day.

The British-German tenor was acclaimed by The New York Times following a performance in Carnegie Hall as …easily the best tenor I have heard in a live Messiah. He is celebrated as the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions, his unique dramatic interpretation of this rôle confirming his status as one of the world’s most sought-after performers

Sophie Rosa enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader.

Ian Buckle maintains a varied freelance career working as soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, orchestral pianist and teacher.

Stephen Waarts’ innate and individual musical voice is establishing him as a firm favourite with audiences. With a voracious appetite for repertoire, Stephen has already performed over thirty standard, as well as rarely performed, violin concertos and is a passionate chamber musician.

The French concert cellist Sébastien Hurtaud was born in La Rochelle, France. Influenced by his family consisting of artists and skippers, the focus of Sébastien’s career has been on classical music and traveling around the world to discover new cultures and new composers, and to imbuing his interpretation of cello works from past centuries with this knowledge and experiences.

Pianist Sonya Bach has won the hearts of audiences and critics alike appearing on the most prestigious concert stages of Europe, North America and Asia.

Thomas is the founder and artistic director of the charity Music and Theatre for All, former Guest Artistic Advisor to the York Early Music Festival, was Belknap Fellow at Princeton University, New Jersey in 2017, and is proud to sing and play with Bjarte Eike’s Alehouse Boys.

The Trio Isimsiz was formed in 2009 at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, under the guidance of Louise Hopkins, Carole Presland and Alasdair Tait.  They were selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2013, and in 2015  won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition.

Ulf Schneider und Jan Philip Schulze verbindet seit vielen Jahren eine fruchtbare Zusammenarbeit. Immer wieder entwickeln sie gemeinsam für ihre Konzerte bemerkenswerte Inhalte. Eine besondere Vorliebe haben sie für thematisch orientierte Projekte. Ihre Entdeckerfreude kennt dabei keine Grenzen. So gestalten sie häufig Konzertprogramme mit einem besonderen, vielfach ausgefallenen oder unbekannten Repertoire.

Hailed as ‘the new voice of Russia’ and the star of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Venera Gimadieva has quickly become one of the most sought-after lyric coloratura sopranos in Europe.

Wilde Roses – led by singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and passionate researcher Anna Tam and featuring singer and medieval wind performer Emily Baines, and medieval plucked string and percussion performer Arngeir Hauksson – are musically and visually inspired by the medieval and renaissance world. Our repertoire is drawn from illuminated manuscripts, courtly song books, Elizabethan broadside ballads and the folk tradition.

Yuval Zorn’s work as a conductor and pianist embraces a wide repertoire and his performances have gained him critical acclaim for their sensitivity, energy and richness of detail. His first solo album LANDSCAPES is out now.