Artists & projects

Dmitry Ablogin - Piano

Dmitry Ablogin is regarded as one of the most brilliant and creative keyboard artists of his generation and he combines historical and modern pianos in a unique way and thus offers an extraordinary approach to the works and a special listening experience for his audience. His discography includes a double album of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations recorded on a modern and a historical instrument, and a recent album of Chopin's late works recorded on Chopin's last piano. Previous albums were nominated for major music awards such as the German Record Critics’ Award and Opus Klassik.
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Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra (the royal orchestra of Flanders) is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and Belgium, with the world-renowned Queen Elisabeth Hall as its home base. As Cultural Ambassador of Flanders the orchestra will tour Germany, Austria and Slovenia in autumn 2024 with conductor Shiyeon Sung and soloists Bomsori Kim, Mariam Batsashvili and Nikolai Tokarev.
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Aris Quartet - String Quartet

Expressive, dynamic, impressive – the Aris Quartet has been at home on international stages for more than a decade. With its unmistakable sound, it has long been known as one of the world’s top-rank chamber music ensembles. The ensemble’s success is no coincidence: having earned numerous first prizes at prestigious competitions, the Aris Quartet quickly achieved its international breakthrough. The musicians have also been honored as ECHO Rising Stars by the European Concert Hall Organisation, are among the BBC's New Generation Artists, and have won five awards at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) was founded in 1981 by a group of young musicians who became acquainted as part of the European Community Youth Orchestra (now EUYO). There are now about 60 members of the COE (including a dozen founding members), who pursue parallel careers as principals or section leaders of nationally-based orchestras, as eminent chamber musicians, and as tutors of music.
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Marzena Diakun - Conductor

The Polish conductor Marzena Diakun impresses with her immense temperament, her confidence, energy and the detailed power of her baton. The season 2024/25 will see her return to orchestras such as the Komische Oper Berlin, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and initiate new relationships with others like NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hannover, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
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Titus Engel - Conductor

The search for new concert forms and the dramaturgically meaningful fusion of old and new music are central to Titus Engel's career. Besides symphonic repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries, he has a deep passion for baroque music performances on historical as well as modern instruments. From 23/24 he is the Principal Conductor of the Basel Sinfonietta.
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Holger Falk - Baritone

"Holger Falk is anyway one of the intellectually and vocally most flexible singers on German stages" the Magazine Opernwelt wrote. Colourfulness, flexiblity and authenticity in his expression are the artistical sources of his international carreer as an operasinger as well as an interpreter of art song.
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Tobias Feldmann - Violin

Praised by The Telegraph as a “real discovery” and for his “ravishing, unspotted lyricism”, German violinist Tobias Feldmann is one of the most interesting musical personalities of his generation. His multifaceted performances are characterized by stylistic versatility, strong stage presence and emotional depth.
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GoldMund

GoldMund is made up of the trumpeters Florian Klingler and Bernhard Peschl, Ulrich Haider (horn), Quirin Willert (trombone), Ricardo Carvalhoso (tuba) and, last but not least, Sebastian Förschl (percussion). In October 2024 they release their new album "MehrOderWeniger LEGENDEN" (More or less legends).
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HERBSTGOLD – Festival in Eisenstadt

From 11 to 22 September 2024, internationally renowned artists from a wide range of genres will be performing at the seventh edition of the HERBSTGOLD Festival in Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland, Austria. A place of special sounds, artistic performances and a unique setting. The festival motto for 2024 is "Seduction".
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HIDALGO – Festival for Young Classics

HIDALGO is Munich's most innovative start-up for classical music. Since 2016 the multi-skilled team passionately ties seemingly contradicting worlds together, creating intense, intoxicating experiences. They produce unique concert events and the yearly HIDALGO Festival for young classical music, which first took place in 2018. It features young, successful artists from all over Europe. It is named after the Lied "Der Hidalgo" by Robert Schumann. According to the magazine "Crescendo," the Festival for young classical musicis one of the "most exciting young and innovative classical music festivals with a focus on Lied in the world." The patron is star baritone Christian Gerhaher.
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Äneas Humm - baritone

Swiss baritone Äneas Humm, who was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK Young Artist of the Year in 2022, made his debut at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven at the age of 18 and completed his vocal studies with Edith Wiens at the Juilliard School in New York in 2019. Highlight engagements in the 2024/2025 season include Äneas Humm's return to the St. Gallen Theatre for his role debut as Pantalon in DIE LIEBE ZU DEN DREI ORANGEN and once again the role of Doktor Falke in DIE FLEDERMAUS, this time alongside Rolando Villazón.
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Simon Höfele - Trumpet

Simon Höfele has established himself within a short space of time internationally as one of the most successful trumpet players of the young generation. He was BBC Radio3 new generation artist, Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) 2019-20, OPUS Award Winner 2020 and is host of the WDR3 podcast KLASSIK CRUSH.
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Benedict Kloeckner - Violoncello

Benedict Klöckner is one of the outstanding artists of his generation, performs worldwide as a soloist with renowned orchestras and regularly works with the great composers of our time. His upcoming album is dedicated to Antonín Dvořák: Besides a live recording of the Cello Concerto, he presents chamber music works and arrangements together with pianist Danae Dörken. The album will be released in September 2024 at Berlin Classics. Since 2014, Benedict Kloeckner has been also the founder and artistic director of the "International Music Festival Koblenz" IMUKO.
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