Artists

Guillem Gràcia (Barcelona, 2005) inicià els seus estudis de violoncel als sis anys i debutà com a solista als tretze, amb un concert del qual es van destacar unes “qualitat i musicalitat impecables”. Ha tocat a l’Auditorio Nacional, el Palau de la Música Catalana o el Gran Teatre del Liceu i, d’entre els seus guardons, destaquen el Premi Absolut en la MiN International Music Competition 2018 (Narvik, Noruega) i el primer premi Intercentros Melómano (2018). Des del 2019 estudia a l’Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía amb Jens Peter Maintz i Fernando Arias i forma part de diferents ensembles a càrrec de Márta Gulyás i Heime Müller. Ha rebut masterclasses de Lluís Claret, Pablo Ferrández i Asier Polo, entre altres mestres. Toca amb un violoncel François Caussin, Mirecourt (vers 1830-1840).

Hamish Brown is a British pianist, arranger, and composer, based in London, UK. An award-winning and versatile artist, Hamish has performed as a vocal accompanist, chamber musician, orchestral pianist and soloist at numerous prestigious venues across the UK and abroad. Hamish is a regular and acclaimed recital partner of many of the UK’s finest singers. His work as a song accompanist has taken him to Oxford International Song Festival, International Lied Festival Zeist, Aldeburgh Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Heidelberger Frühling, Leeds Lieder Festival or Wigmore Hall. Alongside his vocal collaborations, Hamish is active as a chamber musician, performing with a wide range of outstanding instrumental artists on diverse repertoire. As an orchestral pianist, Hamish has performed with orchestras including the RCM Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Sinfonia and Southbank Sinfonia.

For decades, Hartmut Höll has been one of the most sought-after piano partners. Among other singers, he was the partner for decades of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renée Fleming and Mitsuko Shirai. As a professor at the University of Music Karlsruhe, he is closely connected to the younger generation of artists, being also partner of mezzo-soprano Yajie Zhang, tenors Ilker Arcayürek and Kieran Carrel and baritone Gabriel Rollinson. Chamber music partners have included Tabea Zimmermann, Eduard Brunner, Jörg Widmann and Sabine Meyer. He has recorded around sixty CDs that represent a highly diverse, wide-ranging repertoire. Many have received international awards such as the Diapason d'Or and German Record Critics' Prize. A CD of songs by the African American composer William Grant Still is being produced in collaboration with Gabriel Rollinson, and Chinese art songs with Changyong Liao.

Hilko Dumno teaches how to sing Lieder at the University for Music and the Performing Arts in Frankfurt. He studied piano at the Detmold/Münster Music University before studying at the HfMDK in Frankfurt. Artists with whom Hilko Dumno regularly works include Christoph Prégardien, Hedwig Fassbender, Julia Kleiter and Johannes Martin Kränzle. They performed at organizations all over Europe including the Schleswig Holstein Festival, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, the Dresden Music Festival, Lucerne Festival and the Amadeus Festival in Geneva and at Oper Frankfurt. His artistic achievements are documented by recordings for the North German and Hessische Rundfunks and Radio Suisse Romande and various CD recordings such as Richard Strauss' Songs of Love and Death with Hedwig Fassbender, Hugo Wolfs Italienisches Liederbuch with Christoph Prégardien and Julia Kleiter and a highly praised recording, Das ewige Rätsel, with Johannes Martin Kränzle.

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