Carlos Kleiber was a German-born Austrian conductor who is widely regarded as being among the greatest conductors of all time.
Hartmut Haenchen is a German conductor, known as a specialist for the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and for opera which he conducts in the leading opera houses of the world.
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical ballet company. Axel Kober has been its Music Director since 2009. The resident orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, play both opera and symphonic repertoire.
Edith Mathis is a Swiss soprano and a leading exponent of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart worldwide. She is known for parts in Mozart operas, but also took part in premieres of operas such as Henze's Der junge Lord.
Finghin Collins is an Irish pianist. He won first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1999, and has performed with many of the world's leading orchestras and conductors.
Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 21 in D major, Perger 42, Sherman 21, MH 272, written in 1778, is believed to have been written in Salzburg.
Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 31 in F major, Perger 22, Sherman 31, MH 405, was written in Salzburg in 1785.
Christoph Koncz is an Austrian-Hungarian classical musician. He performs internationally as a conductor, violin soloist, chamber musician and principal violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic. At the age of just nine, he received worldwide acclaim for starring as child prodigy Kaspar Weiss in the Canadian feature film The Red Violin, which won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Olli Mustonen is a Finnish pianist, conductor and composer.
Michael Sanderling is a German conductor and violoncellist.
Marlis Petersen is a German coloratura soprano in opera.
Elisabeth Scholl is a German soprano and academic teacher.
Christoph Poppen is a German conductor, violinist and academic teacher.
Alexander Lonquich is a German classical pianist and conductor.
Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss is a German conductor, organist and harpsichordist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.
Anush Nikogosyan is an Armenian classical violinist.
Christoph Siebert is a German choral conductor, coaching and directing ensembles including the Collegium Vocale Gent. He is also an academic teacher in the field.
Mechthild Bach is a German soprano and a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen.
Christoph Altstaedt is a German conductor.
Isabelle van Keulen is a Dutch violinist and violist, performing principally as a chamber musician but also as a concert violist. She founded the Isos Quartet in 1995. For more than 20 years, she collaborated with the pianist Ronald Brautigam and the mezzo-soprano singer Christianne Stoijn. In 2012, she became an educator at the Lucerne School of Music. Since 2017, she has been artistic director at Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss in Germany.
