Opera 2023

Takahiro Yoshikawa (吉川 隆弘, Yoshikawa Takahiro) is a Japanese classical pianist. He is a regular piano soloist at La Scala, Italy's leading opera house.

A highly prolific composer, Giovanni Legrenzi practised his art in oratorios and other works for the church, as well as in opera and chamber music. In fact he explored all the musical genres of his period, taking over the baton handed on by Gabrieli and Monteverdi, and enjoying an enviable reputation among his contemporaries. Better known during his lifetime (1626-1690) for his operas rather than for his religious music, Legrenzi was widely admired and copied all over Europe.

Linda Ronstadt is the top-selling female rock artist of the 1970s and one of the most artistically diverse recording artists of the last fifty years.

The Swiss soprano Franziska Andrea Heinzen holds degrees with honours from the music universities of Zurich and Düsseldorf.

For the internationally acclaimed crossover artist, songwriter, composer, pianist and entertainer HAVASI, his new album "Metamorphosis" has a very special meaning: it is the beginning of the next, exciting chapter in his creative work.

The French harpsichordists of the Century of Louis XV advocate the intoxication and the assumed casualness of their harpsichord which crackles and rumbles, but also sings the feelings like an opera orchestra. They free themselves from the suite of dances by the character piece, a French specificity that is enriched by salon portraits.

The Rosebud String Quartet was formed in 2013 at the inaugural Rosebud Chamber Music Festival, an annual summer chamber music showcase in rural Alberta.

Die beiden führenden Opernkomponisten ihrer Zeit waren Rossini und Auber, der eine heute gefeiert, der andere weitgehend übersehen.

Born in Argentina, she began her musical studies at the Liceo Municipal de Santa Fe, later expanding them with Denise Dupleix.