Concorso 2023

Adrien Pièce, born in Switzerland, graduated cum laude in the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in early keyboards harpsichord and organ (MA in Music Performance) with Andrea Marcon, Rudolf Lutz, Lorenzo Ghielmi and Jörg-Andreas Bötticher.

“Belgian pianist Matthieu Idmtal creates a wonderfully colorful and profound universe that not only surprised me, but even more completely captivated me. His great technical vocabulary leads to an interpretation that combines a refined sound with penetrating expressiveness in a sublime way.” – Opus Klassiek

Jermaine Sprosse is a highly charismatic musician: spontaneous, stirring and full of energy. His mastership – equally on harpsichord, clavichord and early fortepiano – is rare as is his gift to combine solo literature with the most stunning art of improvisation, especially in the musical language of the middle and late 18th century. In addition to these features, he moderates his recitals in a charming and fascinating manner.

The Basel-based Romanian pianist Georgiana Pletea is the winner of numerous competitions: Rahn Muskpreis 2020, Mozart Competition Targoviste, Music Olympiad Romania, International Competition Carl Czerny, Pro Piano Competition Bucharest, Concorso Pietro Argento Gioia del Colle and the International Competition Sigismund Toduta. On her first album she presents works by Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel.

Soprano Alexandra Lowe and pianist Patrick Milne explore music and text inspired by Greece, the Middle East, and Lowe’s home country, Spain, in Le Voyage; an international journey told through French romantic song.

Charlotte è al settimo cielo. Non solo ha vinto il suo primo torneo con il cavallo dei suoi sogni, ma Simon le ha chiesto di diventare la sua ragazza! Ma poi iniziano le discussioni con Doro, la sua migliore amica, e Katie. E, dopo l'incidente nella stalla, Charlotte non sa più di chi può fidarsi…

The Croatian pianist Goran Filipec has specialized in the virtuoso repertory of Liszt and other Romantic composers. His concert career has been international, stretching from the Western hemisphere to Japan, and his recording catalog has grown rapidly in the late 2010s. Filipec was born in Rijeka, then part of Yugoslavia, in 1981. He studied piano at the Ino Mirkovic Academy with Marina Ambokadze and Evgeny Zarafiants, moving on to the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Germany, the Oxana Yablonskaya Piano Institute in Lugano, Switzerland, the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands. After this top-notch education he scored top prizes at the Gabala International Piano Competition in Azerbaijan and the José Iturbi International Piano Competition in Los Angeles in 2009, the Concurso de Parnassos in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2010, and the Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Franz Liszt in Parma, Italy, in 2011.

Sony Classical is proud to present ‘Dvorák: Cello Concerto’ by OPUS Klassik award- winning cellist Raphaela Gromes, released on September 13 th on CD. Following the tremendous success of her album "Femmes" (2023), Raphaela Gromes releases a new album, "Dvorák: Cello Concerto", featuring one of the most renowned cello concertos alongside inspiring and moving pieces by Ukrainian composers. It was inspired by Gromes' visit to Kyiv in December 2023, where she performed the Dvorák Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and its chief conductor Volodymyr Sirenko, to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people.