Happy to present our artists.
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Gergely Kolozsvari
Gergely Kolozsvari was born in Komló (Hungary). He received his first cello lessons at the age of 6. He was only 11 years old when he won 1st prize at the Budapest City Cello Competition.
Gergely Kolozsvari was born in Komló (Hungary). He received his first cello lessons at the age of 6. He was only 11 years old when he won 1st prize at the Budapest City Cello Competition. In 1995 he attended the Bartók Béla Conservatory in Budapest. He founded his first string quartet “Meridian” in 2003 – with which he took up chamber music studies. Various festivals such as the International Orchestra Festival in Lyon, in Budapest or in Ulm complemented his career. For 2 years he was a member of the Graz Philharmonic Orchestra 2005-2007 under the direction of K. M. Chicon. Subsequently, he won the 2nd solo position at the Master European Orchestra under the direction of Zvonimir Hacko in 2008. Mr. Kolozsvari was a member of the Lehar Operetta Festival Orchestra Bad Ischl 2006-2010 and a member of the Johann Strauss Chamber Orchestra Salzburg 2008- Subsequently, he was accepted into the Synchron Stage Vienna Orchestra 2016- and plays film music and various music projects. As an addition to his career, he regularly plays with the Max Steiner Orchestra 2016- and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra 2017- in Vienna. Since 2017 Gergely Kolozsvari is solo cellist with the Vienna Strauss Philharmonic Orchestra (VSPO) He is founder of the Stern Quartet in Vienna. From 2021 he is a member of the Kaiser Orchestra in Vienna. From 2024 member of the Vienna Salon Ensemble.
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Jovana Raljic
Jovana Raljic has established herself as one of the most promising young musician of her generation who’s artistry manifests in greatly inspiring violin playing.
Jovana Raljic has established herself as one of the most promising young musician of her generation who’s artistry manifests in greatly inspiring violin playing. She is an artist with unusual combination of talents as her singing is as exiting as her violin playing. Since she was a child, she has been performing actively on a regular basis and enchanting the audience with her musicalityand expressiveness around the world. Jovana started playing the violin at the age of 6 and already from the age of 8 started wining competitions in Bosnia, Serbia, Germany, Italy, etc.meanwhile singing on children’s song-contests. By the age of 18, she already had numerous prizes at international violin competitions and solo performances with orchestras. She was awarded the ‘The most successful Young Artist’ of the country by the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was a children’s ambassador for UNICEF. Her passion, hard work and determination brought her to Austria, the center of classical music and home of many great composers where she performed as a soloist in Musikverein at the age of 17 and later on got accepted and graduated “Cum Laude” at the most prestigious music university in Vienna as a concert violinist and has continued to perform as a soloist with symphony orchestra all over Europe such as: Lappenranta Symphony orchestra (Finland), Karlove Vary Symphony orchestra (Czech republic), Savaria Symphonyorchestra (Hungary ), Symphony Orchestra She has been invited as a concertmaster of various Symphony orchestras and ensembles and has performed in over 30 countries worlwide with an upcoming tour as a soloist and a concertmaster in Japan. Among being a successful classical concert violinist, she has combined different gernes and made several different concepts performing wordlwide combining tango, jazz and classical music where she’s both playing the violin and singing.
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Julian Hedenborg
Julian Yo Hedenborg, born in Salzburg, studied violin and piano at the Mozarteum Salzburg as a child. He won annual competitions from an early age.
Julian Yo Hedenborg, born in Salzburg, studied violin and piano at the Mozarteum Salzburg as a child. He won annual competitions from an early age and at the age of twelve he transferred to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Under the guidance of Prof. Stanislaw Tichonow, he completed his studies in concert and pedagogy at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory in Eisenstadt. He is now studying for a master’s degree in chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Prof. Avedis Kouyoumdjian. His concert activities as a pianist also include intensive research into chamber music, including as the Hedenborg Trio together with his two brothers Wilfried (violin) and Bernhard (violoncello). In collaboration with the Camerata Tokyo label, the three siblings have released a series of recordings of piano trio works by Beethoven and Brahms. In recent years, Julian has also been increasingly involved in the contemporary music scene in order to make his contribution to the further development of piano and chamber music.
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Ronen Nissan
Ronen Nissan is a versatile conductor and arranger whose repertoire His repertoire ranges from symphonic music, to operas, to film music, to cross over projects and even Jewish music.
Born in Israel, Ronen Nissan is a versatile conductor and arranger whose repertoire His repertoire ranges from symphonic music, to operas, to film music, to cross over projects and even Jewish music. Mr. Nissan served for 15 years as the Music Director of the “St Stephan” Choir and Chamber Orchestra (Tulln, Austria). Since December of 2022 he serves as music director of concerts at the Mozarthaus in Vienna. As guest conductor he has worked with orchestras in Austria, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, the Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Israel, Argentina and China. Mr.Nissan is the music director of the “Unfinished Lives” project : music from ghetto Theresienstadt, as well as of the Vienna Tango Quintet, performing with both projects internationally. Mr. Nissan earned his Master’s degree at the Mannes College of Music in New York City.
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Pavel Kachnov
Pavel Kachnov is a pianist who took his first steps in music in Kiev, but already in his youth he moved to Vienna to receive a European
musical education at the Vienna University of Music.
Pavel Kachnov is a pianist who took his first steps in music in Kiev with professors I. Barinova, B. Fedorov and B. Arkhimovich, but already in his youth he moved to Vienna to receive a European musical education at the Vienna University of Music in the class of the famous pianist and professor Oleg Meisenberg.
After graduating from the university, Pavel continued to improve his mastery with Professor Albert Mamriev. Pavel is a laureate of numerous international music competitions, he regularly takes part in such European music festivals as Classics on the Danube, the Orbetello Music Festival of Italy (Italy), the Classical Music Festival in Lafnitz and the Liszt Festival in Riding (Austria), Piano festival “Menorah” in Duisburg . After the performance of a complex composition “ F. Liszt Malediction ” at the Liszt Festival 2019 the famous Vienna Opera star Herbert Lipert said in the interview to the Austrian television: “I know this pianist, and this is something incredible.”
Pavel has given concerts in Austria, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Korea, Mexico, Ukraine, Moldova. He was applauded by the Vienna Musical Ferain, the concert hall of the Austrian radio ORF, the Zaragoza Auditorium, the Piccolo Theater in Milan, the hall of the Verdi Conservatory in Turin, the San Pedro Auditorium in Monterrey, the Concert Hall. Tchaikovsky in Moscow, the Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Philharmonic in Lodz, the Opera and Ballet Theater in Mersin, the Halberstadt and Wernigerode theaters in Germany, the National Bulgarian National Radio Hall, the Opera and Ballet Theater in Stara Zagora, etc.
He performed with Krasimira Stoyanova, Pavel Vernikov, Moni Ovadia, conductors Pank ka Pang, Mark Georg, Erich Binder, Ovidiu Balan, Franz Anton Kraeger, Christian Fitzner, Johannes Rieger, Cyril Carabitz, Vladimir Sirenko, Hiromi Sakaguchi, San Remo Orchestra, Bolear Islands Orchestra, Verdego Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Orchestra, Verdego Festival Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Orchestra, and many others. In October 2018, Pavel recorded a CD with the works of F. Liszt, the record of which was later transmitted twice by the Austrian radio station ORF. At the age of 27, Pavel received the status of professor at the Vienna Prayner Conservatory.
In 2017, Pavel started his own International Piano Competition in Kiev which is of great success among pianists all over the world. In 2020 Pavel becomes Bösendorfer Artist. In 2023 Pavel had debut in Goldenen Saal Musikverein Vienna,also Berliner Philarmonie and Salzburg Festspiele Haus with Suzhou Orchestra(China)
Prizes
1 Prize at XI International Piano Competition CIPCE (Madrid, Spain)
– 1 Prize at Lion International Piano Competition (France)
– 1 and 2 Prizes at International Piano Competition in Cantu (Italy)
– Prize at VIII International Piano Competition
– Prize at VIII International Piano Competition in memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Ukraine)
– Prize at “Neue Sterne” International Piano Competition (Germany)
– Prize at Delia Steinberg International Piano Competition (Madrid, Spain)
– Prize at Parnassos International Piano Competition(Mexico) and other
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Alisa Rubanova
Alisa is a prize-winner of numerous international competitions and performs as a guest artist on the Lincoln Center Stage in New York.
Alisa was born into a musical family in Ukraine. Her mother was her first teacher, and her father crafted her first professional violin. Alisa is a prize-winner of numerous international competitions and performs as a guest artist on the Lincoln Center Stage in New York. She has played in the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, served as concertmaster of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, and performed with the Kyiv Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kyiv Soloists. Additionally, Alisa is a guest artist with the Sinfonietta St. Gallen in Switzerland, the Kamerorkest van het Noorden in the Netherlands, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Schloss Capelle (Vienna, Musikverein), the Chamber Orchestra of the Allegro Vivo Academy, and other ensembles. She has traveled to more than 30 countries with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist.
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Thomas Wiesflecker
Thomas Wiesflecker has performed with various chamber music partners and
orchestras, including as principal cellist with the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler
Orchestra, RTV Ljubljana, the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra, members of the
Vienna Philharmonic, Christopher Hinterhuber, David Geringas, Barbara Moser,
Vladimir Mendelssohn, Dimitri Ashkenazy, and many more.
Thomas Wiesflecker was born on June 6, 1982, in Spittal/Drau and began his first
cello lessons at the age of 8.
Shortly thereafter, he transferred to the Carinthian State Conservatory in the class of
Prof. Milos Mlejnik. He continued his studies at the Vienna University of Music in the
class of Prof. Aichinger and additionally received chamber music instruction with the
Anima Quartet from Prof. Gerhard Schulz (Alban Berg Quartet).
From 2008 to 2012, he studied at the Instituto Internacional de Música de Cámara de
Madrid with Prof. Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet).
Additionally, he completed his diploma studies and his IGP studies (Instrumental and
Vocal Pedagogy) with a focus on Elementary Music Education (EMP) at the
Carinthian State Conservatory with distinction.
He served as the director of the “Freie Musikschule Rössel-Majdan” and as the head
of the department at “ORG Rudolf Steiner”
He celebrated successes in several competitions both domestically and
internationally:
1st Prize at the International Zinetti Competition
1st Prize at the Vienna International “Johann Strauss” Music Competition
1st Prize at the “Gradus ad Parnassum” 2000 + Special Prize of the Vienna
Philharmonic
1st Prize at the “Gradus ad Parnassum” 2006 + “Mozart Prize” and “Grand
Gradus ad Parnassum Prize”
1st Prize at Allegro Vivo
Additionally, he was awarded:
‘Artist of the Year’; 2006 by Bank Austria / Creditanstalt,
Artist of the Year by the Austrian radio station Ö1 in 2006,
Winner of the Musica Juventutis competition of the Wiener Konzerthaus.
Thomas Wiesflecker was supported by the “Herbert von Karajan Foundation” and the
“Gottfried von Einem Foundation” and received several instruments from the Austrian
National Bank. He currently plays the “Alessandro Gagliano (1708)” cello, which was
provided to him by the Austrian National Bank.
In addition to numerous concerts in Austria and abroad (e.g., Slovenian
Philharmonic, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Teatro dei Dioscuri Rome, Fundacion Juan
March Madrid, Mozarteum Salzburg, Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus, Schubertiade
Schwarzenberg, Konzerthaus Bremen, and many more), he debuted with the
Bruckner Orchestra at the Brucknerhaus Linz.
As part of his Jeunesse Austria tour, he performed for the first time in the Brahms
Hall of the Vienna Musikverein in March 2008. In May of the same year, his debut in
the Schubert Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus followed.
Thomas Wiesflecker has performed with various chamber music partners and
orchestras, including as principal cellist with the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler
Orchestra, RTV Ljubljana, the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra, members of the
Vienna Philharmonic, Christopher Hinterhuber, David Geringas, Barbara Moser,
Vladimir Mendelssohn, Dimitri Ashkenazy, and many more.
Since 2006, Thomas Wiesflecker has been a member of the Acies Quartet.
He has participated in numerous masterclasses with world-renowned musicians:
Encounters with Isaac Stern in Cologne and Jerusalem;
International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest (Alban Berg
Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Bartok Quartet, Smetana Quartet);
Accademia Chigiana Siena (Alban Berg Quartet);
International Mendelssohn Summer School Hamburg (Alban Berg Quartet,
Guarneri Quartet);
ProQuartet Paris (Alban Berg Quartet);
Masterclass in New York (Juilliard Quartet).
The debut album with his Acies Quartet on “Gramola Vienna” was released in
December 2007. The second album followed in April 2009. The recording of the
Schubert Quintet with David Geringas was released in November 2009 and was
awarded the ORF Pasticcio Prize. The fourth album, featuring Shostakovich’s string
quartets, was released in 2012. In 2018, the fifth album featuring the string quartets
of Leos Janacek was released and received the Supersonic Award. The sixth album
featuring the string quartets of Gulda and Gould was released in 2019. A live
recording of Schubert’s string quintet is set to be released in 2024.
Thomas Wiesflecker participated in the documentary film “VIOLIN UP! Isaac Stern in
Cologne”(WDR and ARTE).
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Jerica Steklasa
Jerica’s exceptional talent extends beyond the opera stage to the concert hall, where she excels in both opera and operetta, as well as in a broad concert repertoire, including art song and oratorio.
Slovenian soprano Jerica Steklasa captivates audiences with her dynamic vocal expression, compelling stage presence, and evident joy in making music, as noted by Das Opernglas Magazine.
She made her operatic debut in 2013 as Pamina in Sydney and has since portrayed leading roles such as Susanna, Fiordiligi, Micaëla, Rosalinde, Adele, Zerlina, Marie, Ännchen, and Lisette, showcasing her versatility and artistry.
A laureate of numerous international competitions, Jerica has graced prestigious stages around the world, including Austria, Germany, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Japan, Australia, and the USA, performing with esteemed orchestras like the Stuttgarter Philharmonic and Thüringen Philharmonie.
Jerica’s exceptional talent extends beyond the opera stage to the concert hall, where she excels in both opera and operetta, as well as in a broad concert repertoire, including art song and oratorio. She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Dan Ettinger, Enrico Calesso, and Nayden Todorov, and received mentorship from acclaimed artists like Thomas Hampson, Melanie Diener, Tanja Baumgartner, and Dunja Vejzović.
In addition to her stage performances, Jerica’s dedication to her craft was highlighted through her participation in the ‘LiedMe!’ project at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival in 2020/21, a scholarship opportunity that led to her debut short music video “Kennst du das Land?” which was nominated for the Opus Klassik 2022.
A graduate of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (mdw), Jerica continues to enchant audiences with her compelling interpretations and commitment to the art of singing.
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Alisa Rubanova
Alisa is a prize-winner of numerous international competitions and performs as a guest artist on the Lincoln Center Stage in New York.
Alisa was born into a musical family in Ukraine. Her mother was her first teacher, and her father crafted her first professional violin. Alisa is a prize-winner of numerous international competitions and performs as a guest artist on the Lincoln Center Stage in New York. She has played in the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, served as concertmaster of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, and performed with the Kyiv Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kyiv Soloists. Additionally, Alisa is a guest artist with the Sinfonietta St. Gallen in Switzerland, the Kamerorkest van het Noorden in the Netherlands, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Schloss Capelle (Vienna, Musikverein), the Chamber Orchestra of the Allegro Vivo Academy, and other ensembles. She has traveled to more than 30 countries with orchestras, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist.