Jean Johnson

Jean Johnson’s playing has been described as having ‘ineffable beauty’ and ‘sense of freedom and flair’, ‘bounding with energy’, and ‘reaching outer transcendental limits’. Jean Johnson is a busy collaborator in chamber music programmes and has performed as such in some of the world’s finest venues, notably the Concertgebouw, Carnegie …

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Garsington Opera

Garsington Opera gives performances of great artistic quality in a setting of extraordinary natural beauty. Performances take place in the spectacular Opera Pavilion, which sits within the rolling landscape of the Chiltern Hills, less than an hour from London. Garsington Opera was founded in 1989 by the late Leonard Ingrams …

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Karl Stobbe

Karl Stobbe is recognized as one of Canada’s most accomplished and diverse violinists. Very few violinists can lay claim to performances of all six Ysaÿe Sonatas for Solo Violin, all sixteen Beethoven String Quartets, and all nine Mahler Symphonies. Whether as a concertmaster, soloist, chamber musician, or teacher, Karl is …

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Hannu Lintu

Hannu Lintu has been the chief conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra since September 2013. Previously he had held the positions of artistic director and chief conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. He also works regularly with …

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Anna Dennis

Described by The Times as a ‘delectable soprano and a serene, ever-sentient presence,’ Anna Dennis studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Noelle Barker OBE. Her concert and operatic performances have included appearances at the BBC Proms, the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, the Berlin …

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