Conductors
As of 2024/25 season, Stanislav Kochanovsky has been appointed Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie.
Enrico Onofri is an artist whose multifaceted career has led him over the years to lead positions as principal or associate conductor with orchestras in four different countries.
Former Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Jaume Santonja is a notable Spanish conductor whose career in classical music is quickly gaining prominence.
Daniel Smith’s passion for music is irrepressible. Laureate in four of the most prestigious international conducting competitions, he is equally renowned in the symphonic and operatic repertoires.
Valentin Uryupin is an excellent musician and before becoming a successful conductor, he won more than 20 international competitions as a clarinetist. His career is now equally divided between the opera and symphonic stage.
Kazuki Yamada is Designate Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO).
Rising Conductors
Giulio Arnofi is an emerging young conductor, active in both symphonic and operatic repertoire. He is also a music manager, Artistic Director of La Filharmonie Orchestra.
Aram Khacheh is among the Winners of the prestigious Cantelli Conducting Competition 2024.
Instrumentalists
"Tom Borrow is already a star and we will all surely hear more about him"
Sergey Khachatryan - the youngest winner in the history of the prestigious Sibelius Competition - is a star on major international stages.
"The pianist of the overwhelming sensitivity, who puts forward not himself, but the music…”
- Daily Telegraph
Winner of the 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Arsenii Moon also won the prestigious Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize, awarded only in the event of a unanimous jury verdict, a recognition that had not been awarded for almost three decades.
An extraordinarily versatile musician, Carolin Widmann's activities range from the great classical concerts to new commissions written especially for her, from solo recitals to a wide variety of chamber concerts and performances on period instruments.
Directors
"This beautiful and successful musical operation is matched by an equally careful direction by Manuel Renga, who always manages to place the protagonists of the drama at the centre, and a stage with few elements but not ineffective."
Singers
"Nikoletta Hertsak, who surprises with her shimmering, refined voice, capable of elegant chiaroscuro, is an artist who grabs the attention and dominates the scene with passion, and we will certainly hear a lot more about her, and well."
"She is a young singer to look out for: she has stage presence and an impressive voice [...] gifted with phrasing, perfect diction and the ability to calibrate the sound." - OperaTeatro
"Her Rosina can count on a good consistency of registers - in particular between middle and high notes - and a very polished diction. In addition to this, her acting is measured and accurate: in short, a Rosina to be delighted with."
Described as “charismatic and attractive for acting and vocal naturalness” Davide Giusti achieves remarkable successes in the great lyric tenor roles.
"Don Pasquale is interpreted with exquisite acting verve by Matteo Torcaso, the star of the stage, a baritone voice with a dense timbre and sharp ring."
Ensembles
Described by «The Times» as “a baroque star”, countertenor Raffaele Pe created La Lira di Orfeo, a collective of musicians, artists, and researchers to express his personal intake on this language.
"You will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today"
BBC Music Magazine