Month: March 2025

Bedros Shetilian, conductor

“There was obviously great rapport with their conductor who brought out the best.” – Leicester Mercury Bedros Shetilian was born in Aleppo, Syria. After finishing Haigazian and Karen Yeppe Armenian schools,

Ilya Gringolts, violin (Russia)

One can hardly play the violin more expressively and uncompromisingly than Gringolts. Süddeutsche Zeitung, Harald Eggebrecht

Ilya Gringolts wins over audiences with his highly virtuosic playing and sophisticated interpretations and is always seeking out new musical challenges.

Philipp Kopachevsky, piano (Russia)

Philipp Kopachevsky was born in Moscow in 1990. In 2013 he graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of Sergei Dorensky).

Prize-winner at eight international competitions including the International Franz Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund (2005;

Eckart Preu, conductor (Germany)

Eckart Preu is the Music Director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra (CA), and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (OH).

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Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor (Russia)

From the 2024/25 season Stanislav Kochanovsky will take over the position of Chief Conductor of the NDR Radio Philharmonic.

Stanislav was born in and studied at St.Petersburg Conservatoire and is now considered one of the brightest and most promising young conductors heralding from Russia today.

Elly Suh, violin (Korea – USA)

Praised as “a sensitive and absorbing interpreter” (Musical America), Korean- American violinist Elly Suh stands out as a performer whose musical charm, interpretative originality, and unique creative vision breathe fresh life to concert stages around the world.

Lorenzo Di Bella, piano (Italy)

Last student of the legendary pianist Lazar Berman, Lorenzo Di Bella is an internationally acclaimed pianist, celebrated for his technical mastery and captivating musical interpretations.  He received in 2005 the 1st Prize and Gold Medal at “V.