Angelika Kirchschlager | mezzo-soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager was born in Salzburg, and studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum and the Vienna Music Academy. She enjoys an international career, dividing her time between recitals and opera in Europe, North America and the Far East. She is acclaimed as one of the foremost interpreters of Richard Strauss and …
Maurice Lammerts van Bueren | piano
The Dutch pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren studied under Jan Wijn (solo) and Ludmilla Baslawskaja (chamber music) at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. As a lieder accompanist he had lessons with, amongst others, Rudolf Jansen and Graham Johnson. Maurice Lammerts van Bueren has devoted his career completely to the accompaniment of …
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra has been internationally recognized as one of the foremost ballet orchestras in the world. Since its 1975 performance debut with the Ballet’s Nutcracker, under Music Director Denis de Coteau, the orchestra’s home has been the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. At that time, the …
George Manahan
Music Director, American Composers Orchestra, Portland Opera, new music conducting hero
Monét Owens
Sublime vocalist with Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, Idina Menzel, Queen Latifah