The Croatian cellist Monika Leskovar (Kreutztal, Germany, March 15th 1981) started to play violoncello at the age of six in the class of Dobrila Berković Magdalenić at the Music School Elly Bašić in Zagreb. Aged 13 she gained public interest having won the first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Sendai, Japan in 1995. […]
Called “the Paganini of the Harmonica” by The Los Angeles Times, ROBERT BONFIGLIO has dazzled audiences at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Gewandhaus, Teatro Colón, Teatro Massimo, Teatro Amazonas, Kennedy Center, Boston Symphony Hall, Lincoln Center and throughout the world with his ability to play : Harmonica Concertos and turn right around and “sizzle” on the […]
The violinist Sergey Malov from St. Petersburg is considered as versatile as he is virtuoso: he plays violin, viola, baroque violin and cello da spalla – the instrument on which Johann Sebastian Bach himself probably played his cello suites. His repertoire ranges from early Baroque music to Johann Sebastian Bach, from classical and romantic violin […]
Peter Laul was born in 1977 in Leningrad. In 2000 he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Alexander Sandler). Has won prizes at the European Piano Competition Bremen (1995 – 3rd prize and special prize for the best performance of a work by Bach; 1997 – 1st prize and special prize for the best performance of a sonata by Schubert) and the Scriabin International Piano […]
“Since Glenn Gould’s visit to Moscow and Van Cliburn’s victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition in the heat of the Cold War, never has a foreign pianist provoked such frenzy.” Olivier Bellamy, THE HUFFINGTON POST The incredible gift, artistic vision and creative freedom” of Lucas Debargue was revealed by his performances at the Tchaikovsky International Competition […]
Stanko Madic was born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1984. His violin studies began at the age of 6 with prof. Robert Toshkov, and continued with prof. Dejan Mihailovic. At the age of only 14 he became a student at the Belgrade Music Academy in the class of prof. Mihailovic as a first ranking student on […]
Leo Rondón (*Venezuela) is a cuatrista, arranger and producer of the Ávila Quartet, a Venezuelan music quartet, as well as cuatrista with Ensemble L’Arpeggiata, in addition to his solo project Leo Rondón Project. He won third place in the Siembra del Cuatro 2007, second place in 2012 at the national level, as well as second […]
Born in Granada, Marina Heredia has been singing since childhood. At thirteen years old she had her first recording experience with Malgré la nuit, a flamenco album for children. She could then be heard singing in Granada tablaos accompanying dancers and guitarists, until she replaced Carmen Linares in a María Pagés show at the Granada […]
Pacho Flores was awarded First Prize in the “Maurice André” International Contest, the most renowned trumpet Contest in the world, as well as First Prize in the “Philip Jones” International Contest and First Prize in the “Cittá di Porcia” International contest. Trained in the marvelous Orchestra System for Youth and Children in Venezuela, he received […]
Press and critics describe and say, Dragan is one of the most original artistic personalities of his generation. Recognized as a Serbian cello school ambassador, Dragan is the founder of Viva Cello ensemble, festival Ravanelius, co founder of Rubikon quartett and program director of Cello Fest in Belgrade. Born in Serbia at the age of […]
