



Mercedes Gancedo
The 26-year-old Argentine soprano studied singing at the I.S.A Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and continued her training with Eduard Giménez, Alicia Nafé, Teresa Berganza, Mirella Freni, Montserrat Caballé, Raquel Pierotti, and Cecilia Bartoli, among others. She debuted in 2008 as Despina (Così Fan Tutte) at Teatro Roma in Buenos Aires. Her latest performances include her debut in the role of Micaela (Carmen) at Palau de la Musica Catalana, Kate Pinkerton (Madame Butterfly) at the Castell de Perelada Festival, and Condesa di Ceprano (Rigoletto) and Giannetta (L'Elisir d'amore) at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. A current pupil of Jaume Aragall, she has been awarded a scholarship for the Master in Lied programme at ESMUC. She recently won first prize at the Josep Palet international competition, as well as first prize and the CD recording prize at Palau de la Música Catalana’s "First Palau" competition.

Ferran Albrich
Nascut el 1990, inicià els estudis musicals com a violoncel·lista i es graduà a Detmold (Alemanya); durant aquest període aconseguí diversos premis com la Beca Pau Casals. El 2012 inicià els estudis de cant a Alemanya i els finalitzà el 2019 al Conservatori del Liceu. Ha participat en classes magistrals de Dalton Baldwin, Carlos Álvarez, Wolfram Rieger, Jordi Domènech o Salvador Parrón. Ha guanyat, entre d'altres, el segon premi al Concurs Palet de Martorell (2018), el quart premi al Concurs Mirabent i Magrans de Sitges (2018) i el segon premi al Concurs Permanent de Juventudes Musicales de España (2019). Ha actuat com a solista, cantant lied i oratori, amb l'Orquestra de Cambra de Granollers, la JONC, l'Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, l'Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès o l'Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.


Alexander Schmalcz
Alexander Schmalcz received his first piano lessons as a chorister in Dresden Kreuzchor; studied at the Conservatory of Dresden and Utrecht and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has won numerous awards, including the contest Nederlands Impressariat 1995 (together with his piano trio) the Gerald Moore Award and the award of companion Megan Foster in 1996. He acts regularly in the most important concert halls as the Wigmore Hall in London, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Opera House in London or the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. He works regularly with singers like Matthias Goerne, Peter Schreier, Daughters Grace, Konrad Jarnot or Stephan Loges. His companions of chamber music include the Petersen Quartet and the cellist Keys Reichardt. He is a professor at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Dusseldorf from 1999.