“Avery Gagliano is a distinctive young talent who has already graduated to the big league of professional pianists while still a student at music college.” – International Piano magazine  

Having recently made her Carnegie Hall debut and released her debut album “Reflections” on the Steinway & Sons label, 21-year-old pianist Avery Gagliano captures audiences with her sensitivity, emotional depth, and musical expression. She gained international attention as the First Prize and Best Concerto Prize winner of the 2020 National Chopin Piano Competition, and as the only American semifinalist at the 18th International Chopin Competition in 2021. 

Recent performance highlights include appearances at world-renown stages such as the Verbier Festival, Gilmore Festival, Bravo!Vail Festival, Ravinia Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Swiss Alps Classics Festival, Carnegie Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Cavatina Hall, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Salle Cortot, and WQXR Greene Space.

Avery has soloed with orchestras throughout the United States, including the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, Tuscarawas Philharmonic, MostArts Festival Orchestra, Oregon Mozart Players, the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony in C.  A passionate chamber musician, she regularly collaborates with ensembles, most recently sharing the stage with the Balourdet Quartet at Bravo!Vail. She also frequently performs as a guest artist with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York.Avery received the Audience Prize at the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition, and was the winner of the Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competition, MostArts Festival Piano Competition, and 2019 National YoungArts Competition. She is an alumna of the Verbier Festival & Academy, Gstaad Piano Academy, and the Lang Lang International Music Foundation’s Young Scholars Program, a four-year winner of the US Chopin Foundation Scholarship, and has made several appearances on Philadelphia’s WRTI classical radio and National Public Radio’s (NPR) From The Top.

At the invitation of Sir András Schiff, she will join the Building Bridges concert series and appear in recitals throughout Europe in the 2022/23 season.  She will also make her debut with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony, and Avanti Orchestra.

Avery is originally from Washington, D.C., where she studied with Marina Alekseyeva. She currently resides in Philadelphia and studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Robert McDonald.  She has also studied with Gary Graffman and Jonathan Biss while at Curtis. 

Piano

Avery Gagliano

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Sir András Schiff, pianist Avery Gagliano performs in a programme of Bach, Chopin and Szymanowski.

French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814 

Mazurkas, Op. 50

Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

Variations in B flat minor, Op. 3

Piano Recital

Paul Zientara began studying the viola at the age of seven at the Music school of Yerres in Yves Pruvot's class. In 2015, he joined the CRR (Regional Conservatory) of Paris studying with Françoise Gnéri, before continuing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with teachers Sabine Toutain and Christophe Gaugué. 

Paul regularly participates in various international academies and masterclasses including the Kronberg Academy Festival and the Anton Rubinstein Academy in Düsseldorf. He had the opportunity to improve his skills with masters such as Tabea Zimmermann, Gérard Caussé, Tatjana Masurenko, Bruno Pasquier, Nils Mönkemeyer, Claire Désert, the Ebene Quartet and Laurent Korcia. In addition, he received a scholarship from the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein and took part in the academy's intensive weeks and activities. 

Paul has won several prizes at international competitions, including the 3rd prize at the prestigious “Lionel Tertis Competition” (Isle of Man), Grand Prix at the Safran Foundation, 1st prize at the “Concours de Cordes d 'Epernay” and 3rd prize of the “Autumn Musical Festival of Young Performers”, which paved the way to performances as a soloist with several orchestras under the direction of Nicolas Simon, Philippe Barbey-Lallia, Nicolas Krauze, Roman Dumas and Martin Lebel. 

At the age of just 16, Paul performed Bartók's Concerto with the Pasdeloup Orchestra, and has since performed as a soloist with the Republican Guard Orchestra, Column Orchestra, New Europe, Pocket Symphony and the COGE. 

Furthermore, he is passionate about chamber music, and has shared the stage with artists such as Valeriy Sokolov, François Salque, Pierre Fouchenneret, Jérôme Pernoo, Marc Coppey, Adam Laloum, Emmanuel Strosser, Adrien Boisseau, Liya Petrova, Adrien La Marca, Jérôme Ducros, Jérémy Menuhin, Victor Julien-Laferrière and Nicolas Baldeyrou, and many others. 

Viola

Paul Zientara

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Renaud Capuçon, violist Paul Zientara performs alongside pianist Arthur Hinnewinkel in programme of Brahms, Enesco and Prokofiev.

Paul Zientara, viola | Arthur Hinnewinkel, piano

Concertstück for viola and piano

Extracts from Romeo and Juliet (arr. for viola and piano)

Viola Sonata No.2 in E flat major, Op.120

Duo Recital

Born in 2002 in South Korea, Jeein You began playing cello at the age of five. Between 2009-2016 she studied with Myung-wha Chung at Korea National University of Arts Preschool and the Korea Institute for Gifted in Arts, at the age of 13, gained a place at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in the class of Michel Strauss, obtaining her Bachelors and Masters degree. She has engaged in masterclasses with renowned cellists such as Arto Noras, Frans Helmerson, Song-young Hun, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and many others. 

Jeein was selected as a laureate for Gautier Capuçon’s Classe d'Excellence de Violoncelle at the Louis Vuitton Foundation during seasons 2019-2022, and in the 2022-23 season will also partake in the recently launched Fondation Gautier Capuçon. 

This season, Jeein will perform in recital at the Seoul Arts Center in IBK Hall, as well as on tour throughout Europe (including Konzerthaus Vienna, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris, Salle Métropole Lausanne and Victoria Hall Geneva) with Gautier Capuçon and ensemble Capucelli. In 2021 the ensemble of eight cellists recorded works to be released on Gautier’s upcoming album ‘Sensations’. Later this season Jeein will also perform at Classeek’s concert hall in Switzerland, as part of their Ambassador Programme concert season for emerging young artists. 

Championing many acclaimed competitions, Jeein has won several first and special prizes including the International Dotzauer competition for Young Cellists in Dresden, Germany (First prize and special prize), 23rd International Cello Competition in Heran, Czech Republic (First prize and grand prize), and the 11th OSAKA International Music Competition (First prize). Furthermore, she won both the first prize and contemporary music prize at the 10th International Competition for Young Musicians in Tallinn, Estonia, which was followed by a winners performance of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C with the Tallinn Philharmonic Orchestra. 

As a soloist, Jeein has performed concerti with the Philharmonia Korea Orchestra, Guro Arts Valley Orchestra, Gunpo Philharmonic Orchestra, Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Tallinn Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaunas Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others. In recital, she has also performed in many established concert series and venues throughout Europe and Asia. 

Cello

Jeein You

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Gautier Capuçon, cellist Jeein You performs in duo with pianist Gabriel Durliat, in a programme of Granados, Rachmaninov and Bizet. 

Jeein You, cello | Gabriel Durliat, piano

Intermezzo from 'Goyescas' (arr. G. Cassadó)

Sonata in G minor, Op.19

Carmen Fantasy (arr. Buxton Orr)

Pianist Julia Hamos combines her American and Hungarian roots with an adventurous spirit to explore the essence of repertoire ranging from Bach to composers living today. Instinctive artistic expression, a forward-thinking attitude, a joyful physical flexibility at the instrument, and an unyielding fascination with the music she plays makes her an artist to watch. 

Julia is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London with Christopher Elton and the Mannes College of Music in New York with Richard Goode, and currently studies with Sir András Schiff at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin and at the Kronberg Academy. She worked with Daniel Barenboim in a series of filmed masterclasses on Beethoven, and delved into György Kurtág’s 8 Pieces, Op. 3 together with the composer at the Budapest Music Center. 

Winner of the Sterndale Bennett Prize for romantic music at the Royal Academy, the Fidelman Prize for contemporary music from the Mannes School of Music, and the Grand Prix of the International Virtuoso Competition in New York City, Julia is in international demand as a soloist and chamber musician. She performs at the Pierre Boulez Saal and Konzerthaus, Berlin, the Wigmore Hall, London, in New York at Lincoln Center, 92nd St. Y and Carnegie Hall, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, as part of the Verbier Festival Academy, at the Prussia Cove festival in Cornwall, and at the Krzyzowa Festival in Kreisau, Poland. 

Recent notable performances are with Christian Tetzlaff and Tabea Zimmermann at Kronberg Academy’s Chamber Music Connects the World and performing the Ligeti Concerto at the Spoleto Festival USA and at the Trasimeno Music Festival in Italy. From 2017-2019 she taught at the 92nd Street Y School of Music in New York. She also gains new insights from working closely with other art fields, resulting in collaborations with the Martha Graham Dance Company, the New English Ballet Theatre and the New School’s Drama Division. 

She will appear in the Building Bridges series of concerts throughout Europe in 2022/23 (at the invitation of Sir András Schiff) in addition to performing at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, in King’s Place, London, at the new Casals Forum in Kronberg, with the National Radio Orchestra of Poland in Wroclaw, and in the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.  In the summer of 2023 she will record Mozart’s Concerto for three pianos with the Camerata Schweiz conducted by Howard Griffiths under the Alpha Classics label. She currently serves as the assistant to the musicology program at the Barenboim-Said Akademie and is also in the process of recording her first solo CD. 

Julia Hamos

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Sir András Schiff, pianist Julia Hammos performs in intriguing programme of Bach, Bartók and Schumann. 

Julia Hammos

Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos

French Suite No.4

Davidsbundlertänze Op.6

Bilal was born in Damascus in 1996. At the age of eight, he began to study violin at the Solhi-AL-WADI Conservatory and quickly developed a passion for this instrument. In 2007, he won the first prize in the national competition for young Syrian talents, which took him to play in India. The following year, he won the first prize in the Solhi-AL-WADI International Violin Competition, which enabled him to join the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique and also to participate in Greece, in the meetings organized by ECUME (Echanges Culturels Méditerranéens).

In 2009, during the ECUME meetings in Damascus, he played for the French violinists S. BADUEL and M.D. MABIRE who invited him to come and continue his studies in France. In 2010, he joined the Conservatory of Aix-en-Provence. There he will obtain his D. E. M. (Diplôme d’Etudes Musicales) in 2011 and is immediately admitted in Suzanne GESSNER's class at the CRR of Paris in "Cycle Perfectionnement". There he receives the help of the director Xavier DELETTE who will invite him twice to play as a soloist with the orchestra under his direction.After obtaining his baccalaureate in the scientific section with honors, he was unanimously admitted to the CNSMDP. It is there, during four years that he will follow a complete and enriching teaching.

In 2014, he was appointed first violin of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra under Maestro A.Altinoglu. The same year, he has the chance to be invited to the first edition of the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence, and to receive a violin by the violin maker Pierre Barthel offered by the CIC bank. It is also the occasion to meet Renaud Capuçon who is still following him. In 2015, at the G.Neveu International Violin Competition in Avignon, he receives the honorary prize. The following year, he is laureate of the A.Grumiaux International Violin Competition in Belgium and was awarded the D.Schwartzberg Special Prize.

In April 2017, Bilal receives a bow from P & JP.NEHR offered by the CIC and the Easter Festival of Aix-En-Provence. In June 2018, he is admitted as a disciple of Michael and Daniel and Barenboim to the BAREMBOIM-SAID AKADEMIE in Berlin.It is thanks to the maestro that he is now part of the "West-Eastern Divan Orchestra", which is a strong symbol for this young Syrian.

Bilal was recently involved in a humanitarian project on September 19, 2019, he played for the UNHCR in Geneva with the famous soprano B.Hendricks, honorary ambassador of UNESCO, in order to raise funds for the construction of an elementary school for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. In the same spirit, he is co-founding a Swiss non-profit organization, whose aim is to develop cultural exchanges, particularly in the following areas the field of music, between Syria and the rest of the world.

Today he is perfecting his skills alongside Michael and Daniel Baremboim in Berlin. Bilal plays a violin by L.Carcassi 1747 lend to him generously by Michael Barenboim and a violin by Nicolas Bonnet 2020.

Violin

Bilal Alnemr

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Sonia Simmenauer, violinist Bilal Alnemr performs in duo with pianist Giuseppe Mentuccia programme Schumann, Fauré, Solhi al-Wadi

Bilal Alnemr, violin | Giuseppe Mentuccia, piano

Sonata in A minor, Op. 105 

Sonata No.1 in A major

Violin Sonata No.2

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2000, Giorgi took his first piano lessons without ever thinking about becoming a professional pianist. Passionate about singing and arranging Georgian folk and pop songs, he successfully competed in various Georgian singing contests at the age of 12. He did however continue his formal musical training at the Paliashvili Central Music School for Gifted Children and at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, under the guidance of Revaz Tavadze.

Everyone has an idol, and for Giorgi it has always been Martha Argerich. His pianistic career’s turning point came about in April 2019 when he won the 1st Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition, where Martha Argerich chaired the jury with Nelson Freire at her side. Some months later Giorgi also won the Third Prize and the Audience Prize at the 62nd Busoni International Piano Competition.

The outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic obliged him to remain in Georgia, where he began to write electronic music and songs which have become extremely popular.

2021, on the other hand, offered a fresh stimulus for Giorgi’s other calling, the classical piano: the Hortense Anda-Bührle Bursary, awarded to him at the 15th Géza Anda Piano Competition in Zurich, brought him an invitation to the KlavierOlymp in the German town of Bad Kissingen, where he won the 1st Prize as well as the Audience Prize. At the same time, he joined Nelson Goerner’s class at the Geneva University of Music.

Giorgi is supported by Martha Argerich for his studies in Geneva, by the Lisa Batiashvili Foundation and the Géza Anda-Foundation.

Giorgi Gigashvili

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Alberto Navarra gained notable recognition in the spring of 2022, winning the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition in Odense, Denmark. Other competition successes include the Severino Gazzelloni International Flute Competition (Italy) in 2021 and Dorel Baicu International Competition (Romania) in 2020.

This season, Alberto joins the Berliner Philharmoniker as a member of the prestigious Karajan Akademie, studying and performing alongside world renowned flautists Emmanuel Pahud, Sebastian Jacot and the entire BPO flute section.

As a soloist Alberto has performed with orchestras and ensembles such as the Orchestra del teatro "La Fenice" in Venice, La Filarmonica di Milano, Solisti di Pavia, Ensemble Albéniz, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento and Orchestra Freixenet. Alberto also regularly collaborates with a range of chamber groups, performing across numerous festivals in Italy and Europe.

Born in Mondovì, Italy, he began his musical education with Maurizio Valentini at the Conservatorio di Musica Ghedini in Cuneo, followed by further studies with Andrea Manco and Andrea Oliva at the International Academy of Imola and National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. Awarded with scholarships to continue his studies, in 2019 he joined the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid as a student of Jacques Zoon and Salvador Martinez Tos. Here he was also awarded the "más sobresaliente", student of the year, presented by Queen Sofía of Spain.

Following his success at the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition, Alberto will shortly record his first solo album alongside the Odense Symfoniorkester on Orchid Classics.

Flute

Alberto Navarra

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Emmanuel Pahud, flautist Alberto Navarra performs in a chamber recital with cellist (tbc) and pianist Martina Consonni. 

Alberto Navarra, flute

Chamber Recital

In January 2019, Tom Borrow was called on to replace renowned pianist Khatia Buniatishvili in a series of 12 concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. At only 36 hours' notice, he performed Ravel's Piano Concerto in G to sensational public and critical acclaim. The chief music critic of the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, Yossi Schifmann, hailed his performance as "brilliant... outstanding", ending his review with the words, "Tom Borrow is already a star and we will all surely hear more about him". Following this successful series Tom was further presented by the IPO in gala concerts held in London and Mexico City, and reinvited for a second subscription series. Later that year, International Piano magazine named him their ‘One To Watch’. Soon afterwards, Gramophonegave him the same accolade (“an exciting young pianist...individuality and elegance"). In December 2021, after his hugely-praised US debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Musical America named Tom their 'New Artist Of The Month'. Tom has been named a BBC New Generation Artist for 2021-23, a highly prestigious scheme that will see him perform with all the BBC orchestras, at Wigmore Hall and many more during the two-year tenure, including multiple BBC broadcasts.​

Born in Tel Aviv in 2000, Tom Borrow has performed as soloist with all major orchestras of his native country, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Symphony Orchestra. He began studying piano aged five with Dr. Michal Tal at the Givatayim Music Conservatory, and currently studies with Prof. Tomer Lev, Head of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. 

Tom has been regularly mentored by Murray Perahia, through the Jerusalem Music Centre’s program for outstanding young musicians.​Tom has won every national piano competition in Israel, including first prize at the Israeli Radio & Jerusalem Symphony Young Artist Competition in Jerusalem, and three first prizes at the "Piano Forever" Competition in Ashdod (in three different age categories). In 2018 Tom won the prestigious "Maurice M. Clairmont" award, given to a single promising artist once every two years by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Tel-Aviv University.

​After the Israel Philharmonic success, Tom has been invited by major orchestras around the world - recent and forthcoming engagements include the Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, BBC Symphony Orchestra, ‘La Verdi’ Orchestra of Milan, Basque National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Ulster Orchestra and others - and is invited by leading conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Fabio Luisi, Sakari Oramo, Thierry Fischer, Xian Zhang, Robert Trevino, Tomas Netopil, Sascha Goetzel, Omer Wellber, Dan Ettingerand Maxim Emelyanchev. Tom has also toured to Eastern Europe with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, to regular standing ovations, and to South Korea with the Tel Aviv Soloists.

​Equally in-demand on the chamber music and recital fronts, recent and forthcoming engagements include the Verbier Festival, Wigmore Hall, Vancouver Recital Society, James Ehnes’s Seattle Chamber Music Society, Festival Piano Aux Jacobins (Toulouse), Aldeburgh Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Tsinandali Festival (Georgia), Bolzano Concert Society (Italy) and Bellerive Festival(Geneva).​

Throughout the many masterclasses Tom has participated in, he had the privilege of working under the instruction of such prominent artists and pedagogues as Sir András Schiff, Christoph Eschenbach, Richard Goode, Menahem Pressler, and Tatiana Zelikman, among many others.​

As well as the International Piano, Gramophone and Musical America recognition, WWFM Radio in the US recently featured him as an outstanding young talent, with the much-respected presenter Jed Distler commenting, "Tom Borrow is an immensely talented young pianist...keep your eye on this really, really talented youngster - he is special". International Piano livestreamed Tom’s recital for the Rubinstein Virtual PianoFest, RAI Television livestreamed his concert with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov, Spanish Television broadcast a performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No 2 with the Basque National Orchestra under Robert Trevino. Tom's first album is due out soon from Hanssler Classic.

Tom Borrow

Nominated onto the Classeek Ambassador Programme by Sir András Schiff, pianist Tom Borrow performs in a programme of Franck, Dutilleux and Schumann.

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29.09.22

09.29.22

Avery Gagliano

CONCERT PROGRAMME

23.11.22

11.23.22

Paul Zientara, viola | Arthur Hinnewinkel, piano

CONCERT PROGRAMME

14.12.22

12.14.22

Jeein You, cello | Gabriel Durliat, piano

CONCERT PROGRAMME

18.01.23

01.18.23

Julia Hammos

CONCERT PROGRAMME

19.03.23

03.19.23

Bilal Alnemr, violin | Giuseppe Mentuccia, piano

CONCERT PROGRAMME

13.04.23

04.13.23

Giorgi Gigashvili

CONCERT PROGRAMME

10.05.23

05.10.23

Alberto Navarra, flute

CONCERT PROGRAMME

21.06.23

06.21.23

Tom Borrow

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