The Macedonian-born soprano Ana Durlovski studied at the Music Academy of Skopje and made her debut at the Macedonian Opera in Skopje as Lucia in Donizetti’s Lucia Di Lammermoor, followed by productions and performances in opera houses in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Albania. 2006 Ana Durlovski was invited to make her debut at the Vienna State Opera, […]
Durlovski was born in Bitola (Republic of Macedonia) in 1977. He graduated from the Faculty of Music Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and finished his Master degree with the highest grade “Cum Laude”. Durlovski debuted in 1999 at the Macedonian Opera where he has participated in more than 20 premiere productions. His international […]
Hailed by the UK’s Daily Telegraph for his “searingly poetic lyricism”, Philippe Quint has established himself as one of America’s preeminent violinists, enchanting audiences through his performances that seamlessly blend consummate musicianship with “breadth of tone and passion” The New York Times. With multiple Grammy Award nominations to his name, Quint is celebrated for his […]
The “powerful bass-baritone” (Wall Street Journal) Musa Ngqungwana, a native of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, has been lauded by The New York Times for his “rich, glowing voice and elegant legato,” while the The Arts Desk describes him as having “striking stage presence and a dignity that never falters”. In the 2023-2024 season, the “standout […]
American bass-baritone Kevin Short (’89, voice/opera), who joins the Juilliard voice faculty in the fall of 2021, sings around the globe in repertoire ranging from Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Monteverdi’s L’Coronazione di Poppea to Verdi’s Attila, Bizet’s Carmen, and Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer. His North America appearances include performances with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Lyric Opera […]
Colombian cellist Santiago Cañón-Valencia is a prolific soloist, composer, commissioner, recording artist, painter and photographer described as “technically flawless… totally under the skin of the composers’ idioms” (The Strad). A 2022 BBC New Generation Artist, Cañón-Valencia was born in Bogotá in 1995 and made his orchestral debut as a soloist when he was six years […]
Born in Caracas in 1985, Edicson Ruiz decided to play the bass when he was just eleven years old. His first teacher and mentor Felix Petit guided him through his studies in “El Sistema”, the Venezuelan national youth orchestra foundation founded by José Antonio Abreu. At the age of 15, Edicson Ruiz took 1st Prize […]
Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2007, Pilar Policano, began playing the violin at the age of six. In 2022 she moved to Vienna with her family to continue her violin studies at the pre-college of the Kunst-Universität Graz. From 2019 to 2022, she was under the tutelage of maestro Rafael Gíntoli. Winner of the […]
“Super-soloist” France Musique, 2020 “What an artist! Everything is so simple, so ingenious, without the slightest attempt to explain the music…” Alain Lompech, Bachtrack, 2022 “Super-soloist” is the way France Musique introduced Dmitry Masleev when he made his debut with the Orchestre National de France playing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, the work that […]
Born in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 1998. In 2021 and 2022, he studied at the Reina Sofía School of Music’s Fundación Banco Santander Piano Chair, first with professor Galina Eguiazarova and later with professor Stanislav Ioudenitch. He began to study piano with his father, Michel Bourdoncle, and pursued his education at Paris’ Music Conservatory in 2015 […]
