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After bright successes at the most precious violin competitions Sergei Dogadin acquired international fame as one of the best violinists of his generation.
In 2019 Sergei was awarded First Prize and Golden Medal at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Among his other significant victories were such major contents as IX Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover and Singapore International Violin Competition.
Sergei is the grant-holder of the Russian Ministry of Culture, Prize-winner of the Mozart Society in Dortmund (Germany), winner of the award established by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov and winner of the Prize of the President of Russia.
Appreciated for her expressive and very emotional performances, Alissa Margulis regularly plays in important concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmony, the Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Cologne Philharmony, the Vienna Musikverein, Sumida Triphony Hall Tokyo, the Sage Gateshead, the Tonhalle Zurich and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall.
Born in Germany into a family of Russian musicians, Alissa Margulis studied in Cologne with Zakhar Bron, in Brussels with Augustin Dumay and in Vienna with Pavel Vernikov. She won numerous prizes at international violin competitions and was awarded with the “Pro Europa” prize of the European Arts Foundation which was presented to her by Daniel Barenboim in Berlin.
Appreciated for her expressive and very emotional performances, Alissa Margulis regularly plays in important concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmony, the Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Cologne Philharmony, the Vienna Musikverein, Sumida Triphony Hall Tokyo, the Sage Gateshead, the Tonhalle Zurich and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall.
Davide Alogna is an eclectic musician with an international education. He graduated both in violin and in piano with honours at Conservatorio ‘G. Verdi’ in Como, and he obtained his master’s diploma in soloist violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris with a ‘Premier Prix a l’unanimité’. He also studied composition and graduated with a special mention at Accademia Chigiana of Siena with Giuliano Carmignola, who described him as ‘an amazing talent’.
In 2017, Davide was invited as guest soloist by La Scala Orchestra to play concerts around Europe, and on 29 October he debuted at the Teatro alla Scala of Milan accompanied by La Scala Chamber Orchestra.
Davide has already performed in many important music halls such as Carnegie Hall (Stern Hall), Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philarmonie, Suntory Hall of Tokyo, Smetana Hall of Prague, Grand Theatre of Shanghai, Salle Cortot of Paris, Gasteig and Herkulessaal in Germany, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mahidol Hall of Bangkok, Cairo Opera House and the Verdi Auditorium of Milan.
Nicola Peretto , born in 1992 in Aosta (Italy), is considered one of the brightest classical saxophonists of his generation.
He won 8 prizes during important international competitions as soloist, among others:
-1st Prize of “Adolphe Sax" International Competition in l’Hay-les-Roses (Paris, 2016)
-3st Prize of "Josip Nochta" International Competition (2017, Zagreb)
-1st Prize of International Music Competition "Marco Fiorindo" in 2018, (Nichelino, Italy)
-1st Prize and Special Prize at the "Classic Winds International Competition" in 2018 (Hamburg, Germany).
He played several times as a soloist with wind or string orchestra pieces like : Glazunov Concerto, Divertimento by Boutry, Larsson Concerto, Concertino da camera by Jacques Ibert, Concertino by Rueff . In January 2013 he made a live CD recording of “Rapsodie” by André Waignein during the “ Concert du Nouvel An 2013” in Pont-Saint-Martin with Orchestre d’Harmonie du Val d’Aoste.
Born in Chieti, he studied under the guidance of Lucia Passaglia at the Conservatory “L. Cherubini” in Florence graduating with highest honours. He participated as a student performer on a three-year piano perfection course at the “Accademia Musicale Umbra” where he achieved a “Diploma of Excellence”.
Later, he participated in the “International Master Classes” in Klaipeda (Lithuania), held by Lazar Berman. With him, his concert repertoire deepened and improved with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt, at the European Academy of Music, Erba (CO). He perfected Chamber Music at the International School of Chamber Music in Duino under the guidance of “Trio of Trieste” achieving a “Diploma with Merit”. He has won national and international competitions, including “M. Clementi” in Florence, “Agorà 80″ in Rome, “F. Liszt” in Lucca, and “Città di Stresa”. In 1997 he won second prize at the ‘T. I. M. ” – International Music Tournament; in 1998, he was awarded the prestigious “Prix Venice”; in 1999 he won second prize at the international competition “Ecomusic” of Monopoli (BA); in 2002 was the winner of the 40th International Piano Competition “Arcangelo Speranza” in Taranto. In October 2009 he was awarded in the “4th International Tbilisi Piano Competition” in Georgia (WFIMC).
French-Russian violinist and conductor Fedor Rudin is quickly establishing himself as one of the most unique and versatile concert artists of today's generation. A laureate of some of the world’s most prestigious competitions, including the Premio Paganini in Genoa and George Enescu in Bucharest, he was awarded the Ivry Gitlis Prize in Paris in 2019. His album Reflets was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards.
Highlights of the 2021/22 season include Fedor Rudin's debuts with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, under the baton of Petr Popelka, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Kirill Karabits, the SWR Symphony Orchestra, as well as debuts with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the German Chamber Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonie and the SWR Mittags- und Preisträgerkonzert. Together with his regular duo partner, the pianist Boris Kusnezow, he will undertake a recital tour in Japan, while chamber music projects take him to the Tallinn Chamber Music Festival, Musikfest Kassel, Cyprus and Konzertverein Ingolstadt. As a conductor, Rudin will lead the Vienna Mozart Orchestra on a tour in Switzerland, and appear with the Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.
Previous solo debuts have taken Fedor Rudin to many of the world’s most revered concert halls, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Berlin Konzerthaus, Paris Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein and Tonhalle Zurich. He has appeared with renowned orchestras, such as Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB), Sinfonieorchester Basel, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Münchner Kammerorchester, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, while regularly collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Jurowski, Darrell Ang, Lorenzo Viotti and Christoph Poppen.
Conductor Yuri Medianik got his education in Russia (Moscow and Saint Petersburg). Over the years of education he gained a big success in performing arts: Yuri plays violin — graduated at Moscow Conservatory; he as well plays bayan (button accordion)— graduated from Gnessin Academy of Music; and also plays bandoneon — taking part in various TV- shows and concerts.
However, Yuri has chosen the conducting as his main direction in music. Yuri Medianik’s childhood was a bright kaleidoscope of concerts and tours — he's been taught music since he was 2 years old. His first tour happened to be, when he was just 10.
Yuri won 5 competitions as an accordionist and violinist. That’s an interesting fact, that his first record was made at his age of 14 years old, with Bochum Chamber orchestra (Germany). At his age of 15, he became an Honored member of Kaunas Conservatory (Lithuania).
Yuri Medianik studied conducting under the leadership under the leadership of Vladimir Ponkin, for the Post-graduate education he was at the class of
Honored Artist of Russia Yuri Simonov. And gratefully, Yuri had the internship with Kurt Mazur.
Since 2014 Yuri Medianik has been conducting in Novaya Opera Moscow Theatre. There are more than 10 operas and concert programs in his repertoire. Concerts with Yuri’s participations are broadcasted on Russian TV-channels “Russia. Culture” and “Russia-1”. Such operas as “La Bohéme”, “Madama Butterfly” by Puccini, “Lucia di Lammermoor” by Donizetti, «Romeo et Juliette» by Gounod, "The Nutcracker Opera» by Tchaikovsky were performed under the leadership of Yuri Medianik. Yuri worked as an assistant conductor with Alexandru Samoilā (Moldova), Arthur Arnold (Netherlands), Jan Latham-Koenig (UK).
In 2018 Yuri has become the Principal Guest Conductor of First International Vocal Competition in DPRK.
The young Chinese pianist Jingge Yan is known for his intellectual profundity and expressive vitality of his piano performance. As the first prize winner of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn in 2011, Jingge Yan has been an active soloist whose performances can be heard regularly in the major cities in Europe, Asia and America. His beautiful and philosophical interpretation of Beethoven’s piano works has been greatly praised world-widely. Jingge Yan is also frequently invited as guest pianist by many major international orchestras, including Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Musica Viva Orchestra Moscow and Orchestre de l`Opéra de Rouen.
In 2013, Jingge Yan made his debut CD with late Beethoven piano works including “Diabelli Variations” and Bagatelles, for which he was highly acclaimed by the international critics and press. And as a devoted pianist to Beethoven’s music, Jingge Yan started in 2016 recording the complete 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in Beethoven-Haus Bonn and thus became the first Chinese pianist in the history to interpret and record all Beethoven Sonatas.
South Korean pianist Su Yeon Kim has earned worldwide acclaim by winning the first prize of the Concours musical international de Montréal in 2021. Her achievements also include the first prize at the J. N. Hummel International Piano Competition and at the Compositores de Espana Piano Competition, the second prize at the Mozart International Competition Salzburg 2020, among many others.
In the 2022/23 season, Su Yeon Kim makes her debut with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Her first album will be released with Steinway & Sons Label, follwed by a North-American concert tour.
An experienced performer, Su Yeon Kim has appeared as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Salzburg Orchestra Solists, Mozarteum Sinfonieorchester, Fairbanks Symphonic Orchestra, and Krakow Philharmonic, among others. She has been invited to perform at major venues including the Herkulessaal in Munich, Grand Hall of the Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, Teatro alla Scala and Sala Verdi in Milan, Grosser Saal in Salzburg, Parco della Musica in Rome, Philharmonie de Paris, Seoul Arts Centre and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She also has been invited to perform at music festivals such as Allegretto Zilina Festival, St. Gellert Festival Szeged, and Allegro Vivo Festival.
Nurie Chung has been taught by NamYun Kim at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts since 2013. He has won many international and national competitions. In addition to many national competition victories, he won 1st Prize of Il Piccolo Violin Magico in Italy in 2016, and won the grand prize across all categories of the 2016 Euroasia Young Violin competition in Japan.