"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin".
Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim with the orchestra of the London Philharmonic Society conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. Since then it has become one of the best-known violin concertos, considered by Joachim himself to be the "greatest" German violin concerto.
Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italian opera companies in Paris and London. He personally knew Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Gaetano Pugnani was an Italian composer and violinist.
Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation scholar. He has also recorded for record labels such as Sony/BMG and BIS. As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg and has been a guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Maxim Viktorovich Fedotov is a Russian violinist and conductor, People's Artist of Russia, son of the conductor Viktor Fedotov.
The University of Pretoria – Tuks Camerata is one of five choirs that the University of Pretoria, South Africa has on its campus. The other four are The UP OVUWA, The University of Pretoria Youth Choir, The University of Pretoria Jacaranda Children's Choir and the University of Pretoria Concert Choir. It is the official Choir of the University of Pretoria
Johann van der Sandt is a South African musician who was born in the Free State Province. He studied at the University of Pretoria where he obtained his B. Mus (Ed), B. Mus (Hons), M Mus (Musiekwetenskap) and D Mus, as well as Diplomas in Individual Music education in piano, organ, vocal training and clarinet.
Dag Achatz is a Swedish pianist and composer.
Martina Filjak is a Croatian concert pianist.
Sergey Alexandrovich Krylov is a Russian and Italian violinist and conductor.
Candida Thompson is a British violinist.
Irina Iordachescu is a Romanian soprano opera singer.
Guido Rimonda is an Italian violinist and conductor.
Camerata Romeu is an all-female instrumentalist chamber music group founded and led by Zenaida Castro Romeu, orchestral director and composer from a family of Cuban performers and composers spanning several generations. The orchestra's musical focus is playing European style classical music while drawing on the popular rhythms of Cuba taken from Spanish, African and Latin American Indians.
A camerata is a small chamber orchestra or choir, with up to 40 to 60 musicians.
Andrea Bonatta is an Italian pianist and conductor.
Hervé Billaut is a French classical pianist.
Cornelia Herrmann is an Austrian pianist.
Artem Yasynskyy is a classical pianist and university lecturer.
