The Madeira born conductor and cellist Luis Andrade is one of Portugal's most versatile musical personalities. In recent years he has appeared as a conductor in the Opera production of Mozart's Don Giovanni produced in collaboration with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and the Stichting Aurora.

He was a guest conductor with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Bankok Symphony Orchestra, Limburgs Symfonie Orkest, Ensemble Lyatochinsky Kiev, Orquestra Camera Portuguesa, the Youth Portuguese Orchestra and more recently the Armenian Symphony Orchestra.

Guest performances have taken him to Europe and Asia to festivals such as the Festival International de Musica da Santarem, Bornem Festival, Dalheimer Sommer, Festival de Musica da Madeira and Festival St. Amand in France. He has performed with such Musicians as Raquel Camarinha, Eduarda Melo, Alexander Kagan, Pedro Carneiro, Carlo Marchione and Fenna Ograjensek.

Throughout the past decade, Vicent Alberola has served as guest principal clarinet with renowned orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, performing under the direction of esteemed conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, and Nicola Luisotti.

In addition to his work as a clarinetist, Alberola has conducted the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on multiple occasions at prestigious festivals, including the Beijing Music Festival and Hamburg International Music Festival.

His conducting career began with his appointment in 2003 as Music Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Madrid Opera (Joven Orquesta de la Ópera de Madrid). In 2007, he became Music Director of the Soria Youth Orchestra (Joven Orquesta de Soria) and later held the position of Principal Conductor of the Orquesta 430 de Vigo.

Kabdurakhmanov Alibek is a laureate of numerous international music competitions and festivals, winner of the State award-medal “Shukhrat”, state awards “Tasanno”, “Ekhtirom”, repeated participant in state and international projects, etc.

Kabdurakhmanov Alibek Asatullaevich was born in 1984 in Tashkent. He received his initial musical education at the Republican School of Music Students named after. General Petrov in the class of “percussion instruments” from 1995 to 2000. From 2001 to 2008, he graduated with honors from bachelor's and master's degrees at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, also with a degree in percussion instruments. He actively took part in numerous international festivals and competitions, and is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including the “Shabyt” Grand Prix, 2007 - Kazakhstan, Astana; competition “EMCY Art for music Prize”, 2nd place, prize for best performance with orchestra, Germany, Munster 2006; ethnojazz festival, Grand Prix Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, 2012. He also won the Tasanno State Prize three times (2004, 2006, 2007), and is a repeated participant in the Sharq Taronalari festival.

During these years (2005), Alibek began working as an artist in the musical theater orchestra - studio at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. And since 2007, he has already become the concertmaster of the percussion group of the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan.

Davide Alogna is an Italian violinist known for his diverse and international musical background. Born in Palermo, he graduated with honors in both violin and piano from the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Como. He furthered his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, earning a “Premier Prix à l’Unanimité” in solo violin and chamber music. Additionally, he studied composition at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under Giuliano Carmignola, who praised him as “a great and extraordinary talent.”

Alogna regularly performs as a soloist in prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall (Stern Hall) in New York, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Berliner Philharmonie, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Smetana Hall in Prague, Grand Theatre in Shanghai, Salle Cortot in Paris, Gasteig and Herkulesalle in Munich, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Dubai Opera, Cairo Opera House, Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, and Auditorium Verdi in Milan.

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with esteemed orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Sinfonica di Milano (formerly LaVerdi), Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, i Cameristi and i Musici del Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari, Sinfonica di Sanremo, Archi dell’ORT, Wroclaw Philharmonic, Thailand Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonia, Chamber Orchestra of New York, North Czech Philharmonic, Porto Alegre Symphony, Armenian State Orchestra, Filarmonica Tama di Tokyo, Cairo Symphony, among others.

Gianluca Marcianò, praised by The Sunday Times for his “invariably theatrical and idiomatic conducting,” is an internationally renowned conductor. He serves as Principal Conductor of the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto and Matera (Italy), Principal Guest Conductor of the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director of the Al Bustan Festival in Lebanon. 

Born in Lerici, Marcianò made his debut in 2006 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Since then, he has built strong ties with prestigious opera houses and international festivals, including the English National Opera, Teatro de la Maestranza, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Guangzhou Opera House, Shanghai Art Festival, and the Ljubljana Festival.

Over the years, he has collaborated with some of the most celebrated musicians of our time, such as Sir Bryn Terfel, Elīna Garanča, Sumi Jo, Joseph Calleja, and Gautier Capuçon. His artistry has enhanced performances with world-renowned orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Moscow City Russian Philharmonic, and the Filarmonica Toscanini.

From 2011 to 2014, he served as Music Director of the State Opera of Tbilisi, and from 2017 to 2019, as Principal Conductor of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad. He is also the founder of the Lerici Music Festival, formerly known as Suoni dal Golfo, which celebrates music in his picturesque hometown overlooking the Gulf of Poets. For his contributions to Lerici, he was awarded honorary citizenship in 2017 and received the Pavlova Award in 2018.

Marcianò’s repertoire includes some of the most iconic operas, such as La Traviata, Tosca, Un Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, and Madama Butterfly. His recent engagements include Tosca and Turandot at Teatro de la Maestranza, La Forza del Destino in Palma de Mallorca, and Aida in Oviedo. 

Winner of the 2017 New York Respighi Prize, he made his debut on the stage of Carnegie Hall in New York in 2018 and is now the protagonist of an intense and passionate career. His concert activity has led him to perform as a soloist in many of the most prestigious venues including the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Seoul Arts Center in Korea, the Herkulessaal in Munich, the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice and many others. He has performed as a guest soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of New York, Berliner Symphoniker, Nürnberg Symphoniker, Munchener Kammerphilharmonie, OSI Orchestra Svizzera Italiana, North Czech Philarmonic, State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Eurosinfonietta Wien, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Thueringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach, La Habana Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Artisee Orchestra Seoul and many others.

Tommaso is also the dedicatee of many contemporary works including the flute concerto "The Garden of Delights. A Flute Concerto after Bosch" by Andrea Battistoni, which he premiered in 2020 on the occasion of his debut at the Großer Saal of the Philharmonie of Berlin.

Teresa Satalino is an accomplished conductor, composer, and educator whose multifaceted career is rooted in a profound and diverse academic background. She began her musical journey at a remarkably young age, earning a degree in piano, and went on to pursue advanced studies in Composition, Orchestral Conducting, Jazz, and Music Education. Her academic pursuits extended beyond music: she also completed a degree in Humanities with a specialization in historical and artistic studies, culminating in a thesis focused on the renowned Italian composer Luciano Berio.

Her passion for conducting led her to pursue a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting, studying under eminent maestros such as Jorma Panula, Bruno Bartoletti, Lu Jia, Alain Lombard, Donato Renzetti, and Piero Bellugi. She further enriched her artistic formation by specializing in Film Music Composition under the guidance of Ennio Morricone at the prestigious Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

Over the years, Teresa Satalino has graced some of the world’s most esteemed concert halls, including the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Palazzo Esterházy in Eisenstadt, the Smetana Hall in Prague, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, and Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. Her international collaborations have brought her to the podium of orchestras such as the Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre in Brazil, the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, and the CMC Orchestra in New York. She has worked with distinguished soloists like Alexander Chaushian, Boris Brovtsyn, Sophie Dervaux, Anna Serova, Roman Spitzer, Gernot Süßmuth, Felix Schwarz, and Camille Thomas.

Cyprien Katsaris, the French-Cypriot pianist and composer, was born in Marseilles in 1951. He first began to play the piano in Cameroon where he spent his childhood, at the age of four, with Marie-Gabrielle Louwerse. A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire where he studied piano with Aline van Barentzen, Monique de la Bruchollerie, and chamber music with René Leroy and Jean Hubeau, he won the International Young Interpreters Rostrum-UNESCO (Bratislava 1977), the First Prize in the International Cziffra Competition (Versailles 1974) and he was the only western-European prize-winner at the 1972 Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Competition. His major international career includes performances with the world’s greatest orchestras: Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Philharmonia (London), NHK Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Myung Whun Chung, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Simon Rattle, Antal Doráti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Charles Dutoit, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christoph von Dohnányi and Karl Münchinger, who on the festive occasion of his farewell concert in 1986, with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, personally invited Mr. Katsaris to perform the Haydn D major Concerto. Mr. Katsaris has recorded extensively for Teldec (Grand Prix du Disque Frédéric Chopin, Warsaw 1985; Grand Prix du Disque Franz Liszt, Budapest 1984 and 1989; British Music Retailers Association’s Award 1986; Record of the Year 1984, Germany, for the 9th Symphony of Beethoven/Liszt), Sony Classical, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, BMG/RCA, Decca, Pavane, and now on his own label, PIANO 21. In addition to the standard repertory, such as the complete Concertos by Mozart, recorded live and performed in Salzburg and Vienna with Yoon K. Lee and the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, he has revived long lost works such as the Liszt/Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in the Hungarian style which he has recorded with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Born in Chieti, he studied under the guidance of Lucia Passaglia at the Conservatory "L. Cherubini" in Florence graduating with highest honours. He participated as a student performer on a three-year piano perfection course at the “Accademia Musicale Umbra” where he achieved a "Diploma of Excellence”.

Later, he participated in the "International Master Classes" in Klaipeda (Lithuania), held by Lazar Berman. With him, his concert repertoire deepened and improved with particular attention to the music of F. Liszt, at the European Academy of Music, Erba (CO). He perfected Chamber Music at the International School of Chamber Music in Duino under the guidance of "Trio of Trieste" achieving a "Diploma with Merit". He has won national and international competitions, including "M. Clementi" in Florence, “Agorà 80" in Rome, "F. Liszt" in Lucca, and "Città di Stresa". In 1997 he won second prize at the 'T. I. M. " - International Music Tournament; in 1998, he was awarded the prestigious "Prix Venice"; in 1999 he won second prize at the international competition "Ecomusic" of Monopoli (BA); in 2002 was the winner of the 40th International Piano Competition "Arcangelo Speranza" in Taranto. In 2009 he was awarded in the “4th International Tbilisi Piano Competition" in Georgia (WFIMC).

Karen Shahgaldyan is one of the most brilliant musicians of modern Russia. Laureat of Pablo Sarasate International Competition. He finished the Moscow State Conservatory at the class of Professor Victor Tretiakov and the Graduate School of the Moscow State Conservatory into the class of Professor M. Glezarova. Karen attended master-classes of  Yehudi Menuhin, Vladimir Spivakov, Grigorii Zhislin, Evgeniia Chugaeva. For several years Karen performed in the orchestra "Virtuosos of Moscow" under the direction of Vladimir Spivakov. He performed at such halls as Carnegie Hall, New York, Bolshoy Hall, Moscow, Royal Festival Hall, London, Musikverein, Wien, Laeizhalle, Hamburg, Purcell Room, London, Koerner Hall, Toronto, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Opera City Hall, Tokyo and others. He visited with concerts more than 200 cities in such countries, as USA, China, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Austria, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, Latvia, Lietuva, Estonia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kuwait, Moldova, Russia and Armenia.

From 2006 violinist of Khachaturian trio.

Diplomatosi a 17 anni in violino e viola col massimo dei voti, lode e menzione d’onore presso il Conservatorio “N. Piccinni” di Bari, l’Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma e l’Hochschule der Kunste di Berna. Riceve il Premio Sinopoli dal Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano.  Ha studiato Letteratura e Poesia alla Scuola Holden di A. Baricco e ha tenuto lezioni per la cattedra di Letteratura Latina dell’Università di Bari. É stato nel direttivo AIV e collabora con Music Full Coaching. Ha vinto i concorsi di Vittorio Veneto, Palmi, Castrocaro-Migliori diplomati d’Italia, Società Umanitaria di Milano, Premio Geminiani, Ibla Grand Prize-New York, Premio F. Gulli ed è stato premiato nei concorsi V. Gui di Firenze e di Pinerolo, Tertis in UK. Dal 2010 fa parte dell’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. È stato invitato come prima viola dall'Orchestra del Gewandhaus di Lipsia, dalla Sydney Symphony e dal Teatro Real de Madrid. Insegna all'Accademia della Scala. Ha suonato da solista per Rai Radio3 Suite, Radio di Rai Radio3 Suite, Radio di Praga, Radio Irlandese, Radio e Televisione Svizzera, presso il Centre for the Performing  Arts di Pechino, Carnegie Hall di New York, Auditorium di Boston, Auditorium Santa Cecilia-Parco della Musica, Società dei Concerti e Società del Quartetto di Milano e in Svizzera, Francia, Giappone e Sudamerica.

Winner of the 2007 George Enescu Competition in Bucharest Anna Tifu is considered one of the leading violinist of her generation.

Born in Cagliari, she started to play the violin at the age of six under the guidance of her father and to perform in public at eight years old when she won 1st prize with special honors at the Vittorio Veneto concert series. At the age of 11 she made her debut as soloist with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and at 12 years old she performed the Bruch Violin Concerto at La Scala in Milan.

At 14 she won first prize at the Viotti Valsesia International Competition as well as in Stresa, where she won the Marcello Abbado International Competition in the same year. She received her Music Diploma in Cagliari at the age of 15 with special honors. She studied with Salvatore Accardo at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona and at the Chigiana Academy in Siena where, in 2004, she obtained the Certificate of Honor.

She was supported by the Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund and, at the age of 17, Anna was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where she studied with Aaron Rosand, Shmuel Ashkenzay and Pamela Frank. Later she was awarded a scholarship from the International Music Academy in Cagliari to study in Paris where she received the Diplome Superieur de Concertiste at the Ecole Normale.

Anna has appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestras and chamber ensembles, including Orchestra Nazionale dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI in Torino, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris (where in 2018 she opened the season, conducted by Mikko Franck), Orchestra della Fondazione Arena in Verona, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, Simòn Bòlivar Orchestra in Venezuela (under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel), Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Dortmunder Philharmoniker, George Enescu Philarmonic Orchestra and Radio Orchestra in Bucharest, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, KZN Philarmonica in Durban, Israel Philharmonic Soloists, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Qatar.

Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit has earned critical acclaim as a recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist. She was praised by The New York Times as "an outstanding soloist" after her Carnegie Hall performance of Cesar Franck's symphonic poem Les Djinns for piano and orchestra with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra.

In 2014, Warner Classics released her CD Bach: Complete Solo Keyboard Concertos. This recording features the premiere of two Bach-Vivaldi Concerti Grossi arranged by Ms. Zilberquit for piano and orchestra. The recording was hailed as a “gorgeous rendition” by the prestigious Gramophone Magazine. Her arrangement of the Shostakovich Concertino for 2 Pianos, Op. 94 for piano and orchestra was premiered it at Carnegie Hall. She performed it worldwide to critical acclaim and recorded it with Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi. Other recordings include a solo recording, The Mystery of Bagatelles, released by Naxos. The CD was praised as a “superb performance” by The Washington Post, and described as an “adventurous program, sparkling with unusual clarity and pointillistic luminescence” in London’s Piano Magazine.

Ms. Zilberquit has also recorded "Jewish music from Russia”, featuring works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Sergei Slonimsky on the Harmonia Mundi label. She premiered the Slonimsky Jewish Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, which she commissioned. Slonimsky dedicated the piece to her and she performed it with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel.

Winner of the 64th International Piano Competition Ferruccio Busoni, Arsenii Moon, 24-year-old pianist, also won the prestigious Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Award, as per unanimous verdict of the jury, which has not been awarded for almost three decades.

Concert tours for the 2024-25 season include more than 100 performances solo and with orchestras in major venues and festivals in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, South Korea and Japan, including such halls as LaScala Milano, Konzerthaus Vienna, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Seoul Arts center, Tonhalle Zurich as well as recording productions with “Deutsche Grammophone” and with the “ORF Vienna Radio Orchestra”.

Arsenii Mun was born in St Petersburg in 1999. At the age of six he began to study the piano with Elena Zyabreva. In 2010–2017 he studied with Alexander Sandler, initially at the Secondary Specia Music School of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory and subsequently at the conservatory itself. He is now finishing his degree as a student of Sergei Babayan at “The Juilliard School” in New York.

In 2009 he made his debut with a symphony orchestra at the St Petersburg Philharmonia, and in 2011 he gave his first recital at the “Mozarthaus Vienna”. Throughout his career Arsenii has been awarded numerous awards such as “Sviatoslav Richter Grant” from the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation, Yuri Temirkanov Prize,“Verbier Festival” Tabor piano award.

AYSO Orchestra is the flagship ensemble of OrchestrAcademy, a non-profit organization that has been active for over seven years in the field of advanced music education. The Academy is dedicated to providing high-level orchestral training for young musicians aged 15 to 25, supporting their transition from academic studies to professional careers in the music world. 

Through a model based on inclusion, accessibility, and artistic excellence, OrchestrAcademy serves as a vital bridge between higher music education institutions and professional symphony orchestras.

What sets the Academy apart is its international scope and the opportunity it offers students to work directly with world-class conductors and coaches. These mentors include principal players and renowned soloists from top-tier orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Oslo Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and many of Italy’s most prestigious ensembles, including the Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra Nazionale della RAI, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

A natural extension of this educational vision is the creation of the AYSO Orchestra, a symphonic youth ensemble composed each year of approximately 70 musicians selected from all over Italy. AYSO has already established itself on the international scene, winning First Prize for two consecutive years at the prestigious Summa cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in Vienna. The orchestra impressed the international jury for its refined sound, interpretive maturity, and attention to musical detail, prevailing over youth orchestras from the United States, China, Taiwan, and other European countries.

AYSO Orchestra has performed in some of Europe’s most iconic concert halls, including the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Smetana Hall in Prague, and the Haydn Saal of the Esterházy Palace. The ensemble has proudly represented Italy abroad in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes and the Embassies of Italy in Vienna, Paris, and Prague. A highlight of this international engagement was a special performance at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

The National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan is a highly professional community of musicians, one of the leading collectives of the republic, rightfully constituting the pride of the national musical culture.

In the 80-year history of the orchestra there are a lot of significant events: participation in numerous music festivals, joint performances with outstanding soloists of our time - masters of the domestic and foreign scenes. The repertoire of the orchestra includes almost all major works of Uzbek, Russian, Western European classical music, many modern composers trust the team to premiere performances of their compositions. Also an important place in the activity of the orchestra is occupied by symphonic educational programs for children and youth.

Today there are about 80 musicians in the orchestra. Among them are many of those whose creative activity in this team has been going on for more than a dozen years. At the same time, recently, fresh forces — creative youth, graduates of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan — have actively joined the orchestra. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) was created on December 1 in 1937. Its founder and first conductor was N. Gorchakov. In 1948 he was replaced by A. Kozlovsky. From 1956 to 1963, the orchestra was headed by a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory Nariman Alimov, and from 1963 to 1997, the orchestra was headed by a professor, People's Artist of Uzbekistan - Zahid Khaknazarov. In 1986, the NSO was awarded the title of Honored Team of the Republic of Uzbekistan.