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Matthew Barley

Matthew Barley is one of the most exciting musicians of his generation. Cello playing is at the centre of Matthew Barley's uniquely eclectic career, while his musical world has virtually no geographical, social or stylistic boundaries. He has performed with many of the world's most famous orchestras and musicians and is in demand in concert halls and festivals around the world.

Edward Barnwell

Born in Harrogate, Edward started playing the piano at the age of three. Aged nine, he was awarded a scholarship to the Yehudi Menuhin School, where he studied under Barbara Kerslake and Louis Kentner. Following a period studying the sciences – he has an honours degree in Physics from Durham University – he completed his musical studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester...

Ksenia Bashmet

Ksenia Bashmet has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe as well as the USA, Japan and Israel and is the prize winner in many international competitions and Festivals.

Yuri Bashmet

The world's most-renowned viola-player, Yuri Bashmet's commitment to music and musicians is phenomenal, not only as a soloist either in concerto or in recital, but also as a chamber player. Bashmet has championed the concertante works of Bartók, Walton, Hindemith and Shostakovich. He has been the inspiration of a number of contemporary works from composers such as Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina, Giya Kancheli, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Alexander Raskatov. He has recorded a solo CD for ONYX Reminicences, plus Japanese concertante works by Hayashi and Takemitsu

Svetlana Berezhnaya

Svetlana Berzhnaya is one of Russia's most distinguished organists. She has won First Prize in the International Organ Competition and has been awarded the title "Honoured Artists of Russia." She regularly performs with many international orchestras and choirs and appears throughout Russia, Europe and the USA.

Richard Blackford

Richard Blackford is one of Britain's most successful composers, his film scores having won many major awards and an Emmy nomination. The feature film Song For A Raggy Boy, for which he wrote the score in 2003, has won eleven awards.

Kristine Blaumane

Kristine Blaumane gives recitals and performs with orchestras such as the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Riga Chamber Players, Britten Sinfonia and Netherlands Wind Ensemble under conductors including Thomas Sanderling, Lev Markiz, Takuo Yuasa and Peter Oundjian. She has been a guest at major international festivals such as Lockenhaus, Gstaad, Salzburg, Verbier, Basel, Jerusalem, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Homecoming Festival in Moscow, and has performed chamber music with artists such as Isaac Stern, Gidon Kremer, Yo Yo Ma, Yuri Bashmet, Leiv Ove Andsnes, Bruno Giuranna, Nikolaj Znaider, Tatyana Grindenko,Oleg Maisenberg and others.

Wissam Boustany

Wissam Boustany regularly performs in festivals and with orchestra in Europe, South/North America, the Middle/Far East and Africa. He uses his extraordinary virtuosity to support his international initiative Toward Humanity which uses music as a catalyst to support humanitarian projects on an international scale.

Marcelo Bratke

“... hints of wildness, yet with elegant construction, subtle rhythmic dislocations and shining piano colors”…”Mr. Bratke is a fine and flexible pianist, perfectly happy either to play Bach or to plunge into the popular music he set next to it...”
The New York Times

Marcelo Bratke & Rosana Lamosa

Pianist Marcelo Bratke and Soprano Rosana Lamosa are two of Brazil's most sought-after and exciting musical exports.

Marcelo has appeared at the Carnegie Hall, London's South Bank Centre and many other prestigious venues and Rosana is in constant demand by many of the world's fines opera companies.

Rob Buckland

Rob Buckland is internationally acclaimed as one of the leading Saxophonists of his generation, equally at home in the world of classical music and jazz. Appearing as concerto and recital soloist, in duos with pianist Peter Lawson and percussionist Simone Rebello, and with the Apollo Saxophone Quartet, Rob performs throughout the UK, Europe and Japan.