Piano biography: The composer György Ligeti described Pierre-Laurent Aimard as the leading interpreter of contemporary music - because his playing combines technical perfection and poetic feeling. According to his own statement, the Lyon-born pianist was “magnetically attracted” to new music from an early age. Studying with Yvonne Loriod, the wife [...]
Andrés Hernández Alba, Wolfgang Sehringer, Christian Wernicke, Tillmann Reinbeck Biography: “...but whoever puts his ear to its surface declares that he will soon hear its busy roaring.” (Jorge Luis Borges, from El Aleph) The four musicians of the Aleph Guitar quartets enthusiastically promote the music of our time. Work in intensive collaboration with composers, sound engineers and acousticians
Biography: ENSEMBLE ALGORITMOMario Caroli, fluteRoberta Gottardi, clarinetFlavio Tanzi, drumsCiro Longobardi, pianoMarco Rogliano, violinGabriele Croci, violaClaude Hauri, cello The ENSEMBLE ALGORITMO was founded in 2002 by Marco Angius with young musicians who are dedicated to contemporary music and in the international scene were already established. The reception activity of the ensemble received the highest recognition from the "Amadeus 2007" record price as an admission of the
Biography: Arcos Chamber Orchestra The New York Arcos Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2005 by the well-known saxophonist and conductor John-Edward Kelly and the concertmaster Elissa Cassini. In memory of Bartók's ability to unite the past and the future in music that speaks directly to the heart, the Arcos Chamber Orchestra builds an artistic bridge from European sources
Composer Biography: Laurie Altman, born in 1944, grew up in New York City. He attended the Mannes College of Music in New York, where he studied with William Sydeman and Lester Trimble and received his master's degree in composition. Laurie Altman has received numerous awards and fellowships, including: Mason Gross Fellowship, Lincoln Center Composers Forum Award, Woodrow Wilson
Biography: "gripping, expressive, multi -layered" (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and with a "communicating ensemble sound" (new music newspaper), the Amaryllis quartet (Gustav Frielinghaus - Lena Sandoz - Mareike Hefti –yves Sandoz) regularly in his concerts So one of the most interesting string quartets in his generation. The Amaryllis Quartet has taken concert tours, among others. In the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Tonhalle Zurich,
Flute Biography: Clara Andrada de la Calle has been principal flute with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2005. She studied in Salamanca, at the Geneva Conservatory with Emmanuel Pahud and at the London Royal College of Music with Jaime Martín. As an orchestra musician she played, among other things, with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Valery
Composer biography: Mark Andre, born in Paris in 1964, studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (DEA on the topic "Le compossible musical de l'Ars subtilior"), at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris with Claude Ballif and Gérard Grisey (Premier Prix de Composition) and with Prof. Helmut Lachenmann at the University of Music in Stuttgart (Großes
Piano Biography: Igor Andreev is an internationally active concert pianist, organizer, accompanist and piano assistant at the universities of the arts in Bern and Lucerne. Born in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg), Russia, Igor Andreev discovered his passion for the piano at the age of five and was supported at the St. Petersburg Conservatory at a young age. He continued his studies
Conductor Biography: MARCO ANGIUS recorded his first success in 2000 with the world premiere of the Studi per l'intonazione del mare for 100 flutes, 100 saxophones and soloists by Salvatore Sciarrino. He conducted important orchestras (including Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Turin (Rai Nuova Musica), Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, Orchester de Chambre de