Martino Tirimo was born into a musical family in Cyprus and as a child prodigy appeared as both pianist and conductor; at 12 he conducted La Traviata seven times. He has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras both as conductor and soloist and has recorded extensively, including his celebrated cycle of all 21 Schubert sonatas.
Born in 1968, the British conductor Mikel Toms has been Director of Recordings of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic since 2005. He was Artistic Director of the acclaimed contemporary music chamber orchestra Reservoir from 1993 to 2000.
English guitarist Steve Topping grew up in Liverpool during the sixties.
Born into a musical household he was playing guitar from the age of seven. He was already pushing against technical horizons when he started music college.
Later on, composing became equally important to him...but the tough part was yet to come: finding himself and not being a follower.
That early promise is now being fulfilled ... in a late flowering.
