Florian Götz initially studied school music and trumpet in Stuttgart before studying singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Paula Anglin and Mark Packwood, from which he graduated with honours. This was followed by further studies at the...

Violinist Dmitry Smirnov is described as having an “exuberant artistic personality and wonderful sound, so flexible and sensitive”. Dmitry’s finesse and flexibility extends to a wide range of forms and genres, including solo, chamber, early, contemporary and...

The vocal ensemble ‘LauschWerk’ consists mainly of active and former members of the Audi Youth Choir Academy who have decided to pursue a professional singing career. Under the direction of Martin Steidler, the ensemble, which is made up of different numbers of...

Tenor Martin Platz received his musical training at the Würzburg University of Music. He studied singing with Martin Hummel and choral conducting with Prof Jörg Straube. He also received many important impulses from Magret Honig and Tilman Lichdi. Martin Platz is a...

Nadia Boulanger, the grande dame of 20th. Century musical life, characterized Dirk Joeres as “a consummate musician with charismatic presence on stage”.  Born in Bonn, Joeres studied piano, conducting and composition in Berlin, Cologne, London and Paris, receiving...

"Crystal-clear classical splendour ... rare philharmonic magic moments" Musikvereinssaal Vienna, Wiener Zeitung Under the direction of conductor Dirk Joeres, the Westdeutsche Sinfonia Leverkusen (WSL) - the hand-picked best-of ensemble of the major North...

Kristian Bezuidenhout has established himself as one of the most versatile and exciting musicians of our time, both as a keyboard player and conductor.  Born in South Africa in 1979, he began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music...

Mari Kodama is consistently praised for her virtuosity in a wide range of repertoire, including orchestral, chamber and solo works by composers of all periods. She is also known for her natural musicality, tonal expressiveness with a clear form, and as a benchmark...

Conductor, Bar Avni is the First Prize winner of the 2024 La Maestra competition in Paris, a Prize awarded to her by an illustrious jury chaired by Natalie Stutzmann. Avni was the clear winner and swept the board at the competition, also winning The Orchestra Prize,...

Alexandra Dovgan was born in 2007 into a family of musicians and began her piano studies at the age of four and a half. At five, her talent emerged when she passed the highly competitive selection process to join the Academic Central Music School of the Moscow State...