Michail Lifits
”An exhilarating affinity for colors!”
These are the words of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in a rave review of the young pianist, Michail Lifits, who is rapidly gaining international attention with his captivating musicality. In highly acclaimed solo recitals in the major concert venues and as an accomplished chamber musician, his “mature sound, seemingly full of wisdom” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) has moved audiences and critics worldwide.
Asi Matathias
Violinist Asi Matathias is already recognized as one of the most celebrated talents of his generation. He made his debut at the age of 14 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta, displaying a musical maturity and inspiration far beyond his years. Since then, he has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras across the globe with such conductors as Eliahu Inbal, Yoel Levi, Lahav Shani, Darrell Ang, Dan Ettinger, Eduard Topchjan, Leon Botstein and Frederic Chaslin.
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Tosca Opdam
Praised for her ‘ravishingly poetic playing’ (BBC Music Magazine) and “enchanting musical personality” (De Volkskrant), Dutch violinist Tosca Opdam has captivated audiences and critics alike with her luminously elegant performances and “gift for storytelling that surpasses mere virtuosity” (Schaffhausen Zeitung).
Tosca Opdam first made headlines when she won the prestigious Oskar Back Violin Competition at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, which led to numerous engagements as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, including sold-out solo recitals at the Concertgebouw and Carnegie Hall. Her performances have taken her all over Europe, the US, South America, Canada, and Asia. As a soloist, Tosca has collaborated with orchestras such as the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, and the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, and has worked with conductors such as Marc Albrecht, Annedore Neufeld, Matthew Rowe, and Clark Rundell.
Gabriel Schwabe
"Hugely impressive and refreshingly straightforward" The Guardian
"fresh-faced, full of vitality..." The Strad
Gabriel Schwabe is a laureate of three of the world‘s most prestigious cello competitions: the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin, the Concours Rostropovich in Paris and the Pierre Fournier Award in London. As a soloist he has worked with important orchestras such as the London Philharmonia, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the NDR Radio Philharmonic, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the DSO Berlin, the Malmö and Norrköping Symphony Orchestras and the NCPA Orchestra Beijing with conductors such as Marek Janowski, Eivind Gullberg-Jensen, Dennis Russell-Davies, Cornelius Meister, Giancarlo Guerrero, Michael Sanderling and Marc Soustrot.
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Victor Stanislavsky
Victor Stanislavsky is hailed as one of the most outstanding young Israeli pianists today. His international career has taken him to many countries in Europe, north and south America, China, South Korea and Australia. In the past concert season, he has given over 70 performances as a soloist, recitalist and a chamber musician to critical acclaim. As an avid chamber musician he has collaborated with such artists as violinists Christian Tetzlaff and David Garrett, cellist Gary Hoffman and Soprano Chen Reis. His major festival appearances include “Ravinia” (Chicago), “Meet in Beijing”, “Shanghai piano Festival” and the “Israel Festival”.
Dana Zemtsov
Dana Zemtsov is one of the most promising viola soloists of her generation. Gramophone Magazine has celebrated her playing as being “so perfectly tuned, so varied in color and with such considerable distances in the intervals between the notes, that you would be forgiven for thinking it sounded more like a chamber orchestra”.
Dana regularly performs in concert halls such as the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, St. Petersburg Philharmonia, The Opera House in Tel Aviv, and Carnegie Hall in New York. She has played chamber music with Janine Jansen, Giovanni Sollima, Martin Frost, Anna Fedorova, Ilya Gringolts, Boris Berezovsky, and many others. As a soloist, Dana has performed with symphony orchestras in the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, US, Brasil, Mexico, Ukraine and Estonia, under the baton of Leif Segerstam, Otto Tausk, Daniel Raiskin, Massimo Quarta, Marco Parisotto, and Fabio Mechetti. In 2011, she participated in the ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ tour in Germany, together with the most promising young talents of Europe.
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Founded in 1987, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra (CCO) is made up of members from the world famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. For many decades we have been performing all over the world with prominent soloists and conductors. In recent years, the CCO has collaborated with such national and international soloists as Liza Ferschtman, Nicolas Altstaedt, Ronald Brautigam, Noa Wildschut, Niek Baar, Ben Kim, Stefan Vladar, Harriet Krijgh, Lavinia Meijer, Dominic Seldis, Vesko Eschkenazy, Tjeerd Top, Alexei Ogrinthcouk, Emily Beynon and Amihai Grosz.
Each season, the CCO is invited to perform in all the leading concert venues in the Netherlands, such as the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht. Due to increasing international interest in the CCO, recent travels included concerts in Belgium, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Argentina and Brazil. Upcoming travels include tours to Germany, Turkey, Spain and the MESA-region.
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