Artists
Dutch soprano Noëlle Drost (1999) graduated with the highest distinction from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague in 2023, and is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. Next to this, she participated in masterclasses with among others Philippe Herreweghe, Elly Ameling, Graham Johnson and Brigitte Fassbaender. She was invited with pianist Jorian van Nee to the masterclasses of the International Liedfestival in Zeist in 2021 and was a young artist during the Leeds Lieder Festival (UK) in 2023. Noëlle has won multiple prizes, including at the International Student LiedDuo Competition and the Prinses Christina Competition. She performed in several concert halls like the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and in the Hertz-zaal in TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht. She also performed at the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, the dutch national radiochannel ‘Radio 4’ and for the SWR in Stuttgart.
Començà els estudis de viola amb Carlos Albuisech i Keka Cano. Posteriorment, va ingressar al CIEM Federico Moreno Torroba, on va rebre el Premi Extraordinari de Fi de Grau. Va obtenir la seva llicenciatura i màster amb màximes distincions a l'Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía. Va ser beneficiària de beques de la Conselleria d'Educació de la Comunitat de Madrid, la Fundació Albéniz, l'AIE, la JONDE i la Fundació Ferrer-Salat. Ha participat en festivals com l'Encuentro y Academia de Santander, Lumières d’Europe (Les Dissonances) i Musethica. L'any 2022, va ser membre de l'acadèmia a la Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra i, des del 2024, és ajuda de solista a l'Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya i catedràtica de viola al Conservatori Superior de Música d'Aragó.
Olivia Zaugg (Bern, 1995) is living in Basel where she studied classical piano at the Musik-Akademie. She completed her post-graduate studies with Prof. Anton Kernjak in summer 2021. Her specialization in Lied has led to various duo collaborations: with Elionor Martínez Lara (focus French-Catalan repertoire), Sarah Widmer (focus folk song arrangements) and with Maria Laschinger (duo Blickwechsel, focus female composers). Interdisciplinary projects form an important part of her artistic work such as the participation in the music theater piece Triptychon or her solo performance Gaspis wundersame Reise, in which she combines text, movement and music. Her broad musical interests are reflected in cross-stylistic projects such as the duo GGCK with Martin Reck (live electronics and piano) or the Trio Weón with South American folk music, in which she participates as a singer and accordionist.
Oriol Prat Sabater finished his Master at the Stuttgarter Musikhochschule with Claudio Bohórquez. In 2013, he started as a cellist in the Cosmos Quartet, and he worked with Lluís Claret. In 2012, he finished the superior studies at the ESMuC (High School Music of Catalonia) with Damian Martínez, and he received chamber music lessons with the Casals Quartet and Kennedy Moretti. In 2005, he won the first prize in l'Arjau Competition in Barcelona and the same year he started playing at the JONC (Youth Orchestra of Catalonia), and in 2013 at the JONDE (Youth Orchestra of Spain).
Nascuda a Madrid el 2000 i formada a l'Escola Superior de Música Reina Sofia, ha guanyat, entre altres, el segon premi en el XXV Concurs Andrea Postacchini i el primer en el VIII Premi Francesco Geminiani. Ha actuat com a solista amb diverses orquestres espanyoles, destacant la seva interpretació del concert per a dos violins de Bach al costat d'Anne-Sophie Mutter i l'Orquestra de Cambra Viesgo. Apassionada intèrpret de música de cambra, ha participat en festivals a Europa, col·laborant amb artistes de la talla d'Ivan Moniguetti, Nobuko Imai i Rainer Schmidt. Des de setembre de 2023, és membre de l'Acadèmia de l'Orquestra Simfònica de la Ràdio de Baviera.
