Artists

German soprano Katharina Konradi is the first soprano from Kyrgyzstan to have built an international career as a Lied, concert and opera singer. Her "crystal-clear" voice and "dazzling vocal technique" (Bachtrack) command a "fascinating palette of tonal nuances" (Das Opernglas), which she brings to roles such as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Gilda (Rigoletto) and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), as well as to the concert platform and the Lied recital stage. She divides her time between opera, song recitals and concert work. Recent engagements include appearances at the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Wiener Staatsoper and the Opernhaus Zürich, recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Konzerthaus Wien, and concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Münchner Philharmoniker. A celebrated artist, she can be heard on more than a dozen recordings.

Soprano Katja Maderer is currently studying for her Master's degree in "Concert Singing" at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München in the class of Prof. Lars Woldt. She completed her Bachelor's degree with KS. Prof. Christiane Iven and Sabine Lahm in 2023. The young musician has already performed at renowned concert series such as the Europä ische Wochen Passau, ION Nuremberg, Schubertíada Vilabertran, as well as at the chamber music weeks of Tabea Zimmermann and Christian Gerhaher at Schloss Elmau. She is also a prizewinner of the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin and the International Competition for Lied Art of the Hugo Wolf Academy Stuttgart.

Robert Seara, saxo tenor | Pere Méndez, saxo soprano | Víctor Serra, saxo alt | Daniel Miguel, saxo baritone

Born in Barcelona, Kebyart is one of the most promising ensembles of the current music scene. The distinctiveness of the experimental Kebyart lies in its creative and open approach to the repertoire, which has several facets: original literature as well as its own arrangements of a wide variety of styles are constantly expanded with new commissioned works, such as Jörg Widmann's "7 Capricci" from 2021 and the world premiere of David Philip Hefti's quartet "Harmonia" in February 2023. They also enrich the sound of the saxophone quartet through their collaborations with outstanding artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Xavier Sabata or Dénes Várjon and as soloists with orchestras such as the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra (ORTVE), GIO Symphonia or Barcelona Wind Symphony. As ambassadors of the brands, Kebyart plays Selmer Paris saxophones and Vandoren.

Ever since Kit Armstrong entered the international music stage twenty years ago, his activities have exerted an enduring fascination upon music lovers. Today he maintains an active career as pianist, composer, and organist. He performs as a soloist in major international venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Suntory Hall Tokyo, and appears with some of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle or NHK Symphony Orchestra. A passionate chamber musician, Armstrong has developed close artistic partnerships with other leading instrumental and vocal artists, as Renaud Capuçon, Benjamin Appl or Julian Prégardien. Born in 1992 in Los Angeles, he earned a bachelor’s degree in music at the Royal Academy of Music in London and a master’s degree in pure mathematics at the University of Paris VI. Alfred Brendel has guided Armstrong as teacher and mentor since 2005.