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.

Highly acclaimed pianist Joseph Middleton specialises in the art of song accompaniment and chamber music. He is Director of the Leeds Lieder Festival, Musician in Residence at Pembroke College Cambridge and a Professor at his alma mater, the Royal Academy of Music. Joseph collaborates with internationally established singers including Thomas Allen, Ian Bostridge, Sarah Connolly, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Wolfgang Holzmair, Christiane Karg, Katarina Karnéus, Simon Keenlyside, Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, John Mark Ainsley, Kate Royal, Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams. He is a regular guest at New York’s Alice Tully Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, Zürich Tonhalle, Köln Philharmonie, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Musée d’Orsay in Paris and London’s Wigmore Hall.