Steven Isserlis
Internationally-renowned soloist, award-winning chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster.
Grammy-nominated artist.
CBE in recognition of his services to music.
Paavo Järvi
Chief Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Founder of Pärnu Music Festival, Estonia
Chief Conductor of Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich (from 2019)
© Jean Christophe Uhl
Vladimir Jurowski
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Designate, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Principal Artist, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Artistic Director, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra)
Artistic Director, “George Enescu” International Festival
Kim Kashkashian
Grammy-award winning violist
Internationally-acclaimed soloist and chamber musician
Professor at the New England Conservatory, Boston, USA
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Globally-acclaimed concert pianist
Twice Grammy-nominated artist
Recipient of Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize, as well as Gramophone and Echo awards.
Julian Lloyd Webber
Principal of Birmingham Conservatoire
Founder of the British Government’s In Harmony programme
Chair of Sistema England
Fellow of the Royal College of Music