Artists
Elisabeth Leonskaja, by Marco Boggreve
“The Anti-Diva” Elisabeth Leonskaja is one of the great pianists of our time, renowned for the depth and integrity of her interpretations. A lifelong advocate for the soul of music over showmanship, she has performed on the world’s most prestigious stages and collaborated with legendary artists. Her playing, shaped by a close artistic friendship with Sviatoslav Richter, continues to inspire listeners with its unmatched sincerity and power..
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, by Harald Hoffmann
Marie-Elisabeth Hecker plays the cello with rare emotional directness — modest in presence, fearless in feeling.Whether in chamber music or on the world’s great stages, her playing radiates warmth, clarity, and conviction.Her tone has been called a “singing without words,” and TAGESSPIEGEL wrote: “Each note is meant to shine, to form itself into a loving thought.”
Pavel Kolesnikov, by Eva Vermandel
“When Pavel Kolesnikov made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2014, it was immediately obvious that we were witnessing the early stages of the rarest of talents. Kolesnikov balances intimacy with drama in his intensely personal interpretations, often daring in their originality. He approaches the keyboard with love in his heart and extracts from it a succession of spells”.
CRITICS’ CIRCLE MUSIC AWARDS 2019
Lauded for the originality and intense drama of his interpretations, pianist Samson Tsoy is a great believer in the importance of establishing meaningful ways to venture outside the familiar and conservative. Recent projects attesting this include a collaboration with the great American artist Richard Serra, and two large scale projects at the former car-park at South East London with Philharmonia Orchestra. Samson plays in a duo with Pavel Kolesnikov which was praised as “inspiration for our dark times” in SUNDAY TIMES.
Samson Tsoy, by Eva Vermandel
Performing music from baroque to new commissions on both modern and period instruments, Alina Ibragimova has established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and intriguing violinists.“The immediacy and honesty of Ibragimova’s playing has the curious ability to collapse any sense of distance between performer and listener”. THE GUARDIAN
Alina Ibragimova, by Eva Vermandel