Guest artists

Alan Buribayev is chief conductor of the Astana Opera in Kazakhstan. He completed his tenure as chief conductor of the RTÉ Orchestra in 2016, and previous roles include chief conductor of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2011, chief…

“It was the apotheosis of the evening at the Athenaeum. Alexandra Segal performed an extremely demanding concert with the vision of a great soloist. Her spontaneity is captivating. From delicate sonorities in pianissimo to accumulations of volcanic magma, she knows…

Benjamin Kruithof is emerging as one of the premier instrumental talents of his generation. He was the winner of the 2022 George Enescu International Competition and he has recently been announced as a European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) Rising Star…

The 2023-2024 season marks Christian Reif’s inaugural season as chief conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, a position he will hold through the 2025-2026 season. He leads seven programs with the orchestra including their season-opening concerts and a Swedish tour…

Delyana Lazarova’s international musical education influences her wide-ranging repertoire. Born in Bulgaria, she has a natural affinity to Eastern European and Russian repertoire (Dvořák, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Bartók), but feels equally at home in the Viennese Classical period, influenced by her…

Jonathan Bloxham begins his tenure as music director of the Luzerner Theater this season conducting Boheme, Dido and Aeneas, and I Capuleti e i Montecchi, having debuted in 2022 with Bluebeard’s Castle. He made his Glyndebourne Festival debut in 2021…

Praised for his “brilliance and maturity” (The Guardian), Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas has firmly established himself as one of the most exciting and distinctive artists of his generation. He is heard in recital at most prestigious venues all over the…

Born into a musical family, Maria Marica started playing the violin at the age of seven. After having studied with Vasile Socea and Nicușor Silaghi in her hometown, she is currently studying in Germany with David Grimal (violin) and Krzysztof…

Mikhail Mordvinov showed an extraordinary level of ability at a very early age and was accepted into Moscow ’s renowned Gnessin Special School of Music where he studied under professor Tatiana Zelikman. He continued his later studies at the Gnessin…

Shin Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1994. He graduated from the School of Music of the Korea National University of Arts (BA) with the highest mark and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna…

Valentin Șerban’s education began in his hometown Brașov, at the High School of Music and later at Transylvania University. Among his first violin teachers were Valeriu Rogacev, Daniel Podlovschi, Ștefan Gheorghiu, Adam Han-Gorski, and Ilarion Ionescu-Galați. He continued his master’s…