Matthias Roth was born in 1971 in Munich, Germany. He studied at the Academy of Music in Munich under Prof. Franz Lehrndorfer and Prof. Edgar Krapp (organ) and with Roderich Kreile, Prof. Wolfram Menschick and Prof. Michael Gläser (choir direction). He graduated from the Academy with the A-exam in the field of evangelical church music, the diploma for organ education and the diploma for excellence, earned in master classes, the “Meisterklassendiplom”, also in the category organ.

Linda Hedlund performs as soloist and chamber musician internationally. Her chamber music partners have been a.o. members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cellist Steven Isserlis, pianists prof. Oliver Kern, Sung-Suk Kang and Ruya Taner, soprano Camilla Nylund, guitarist Otto Tolonen and jazz guitarist Marzi Nyman.

Since his debut in the Musikverein Vienna in 2008 he has been invited to perform there regularly in chamber music concerts and festivals. His chamber music partners include renowned musicians such as Ernst Ottensamer, Wolfgang Schulz, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Franz Bartolomey, Volkhard Steude, Heinz Zednik, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, as well as the chamber music formations “The Philharmonics” and the “Baole-Quintet”.

He has been principal clarinetist in the Vienna Philharmonic, as well as in the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera since 2009.
He is a prizewinner of the most prestigious international competitions, such as the “Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition” in Denmark 2009, the International Clarinet Competition of the “Animato Foundation” in Zurich 2006, as well as the Encouragement Prize Competition of the Concert Society in Munich 2005.

Jakob David Rattinger ist als Solist regelmäßig auf den Konzertpodien Alter Musik - Festivals und Konzertreihen zu hören. Weiters tritt er als Continuist mit zahlreichen Ensembles und Orchestern auf.

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Lamine Cissokho grew up in Casamance, a region in Southern Senegal well-known for its rich culture of musical traditions. He is a descendant of the Mandingue griot family, a family of famous musicians whose traditions date back to the 15th century. Each family member helps preserve their musical inheritance by passing down their musical talents and gifts to the next generation. Lamine‘s father is the professional kora player, Sana Cissokho, and his mother is the singer, Fatoumata Drame from Casamance. Lamine and his siblings have been singing and playing kora and other traditional West African instruments with their father since childhood. The kora became Lamine‘s main instrument early in his musical career. Since the age of 10, Lamine has played in many different groups and today, he is a well-known kora player. He has lived in Falun,Sweden since 2001.

In Sweden he has played with musicians such as Maria Jonsson, Ian Carr, Anders Nygards, Baba Blues and the Ale Möller Band. He has played at the Urkultfestivalen several times and he continues to work as a musician in Dalateatern, Senegal.He also writes his group‘s musical compostions.

Lamine‘s inspirations include by Souriba Kouyaté, Toumani Diabaté, Balaké Cissokho and Sana Cissokho.

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When in 1998 Olha Chipak and Oleksiy Kushnir met first during their academic studies at the Lviv Music Academy in the Ukraine, it was like magical gravity. A moment later their successful, creative musical collaboration began, they won e.g. the highest award at the international contest “Rome-98”. But this achievement hasn’t been enough for them. They were keen on expanding their artistic horizon and went on studying with the German piano duo Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater” in Rostock. In 2005 Olha Chipak and Oleksiy Kushnir completed their studies with a graduate recital.

Daniel Wirtz, born in 1979, decided to learn guitar at the age of ten. On his instrument as well as in numerous compositions he combines elements of Jazz, classical and traditional music.

Von ihrem Lehrer J. Achuarro als eines der international vielversprechendsten Klaviertalente bezeichnet, schloss Francesca Cardone ihre Ausbildung in Florenz mit Auszeichnung ab und studierte dann bei H. Graf und J. Achuarro an der Southern Methodist University in Dallas
(Master of Music in Piano Performance).