Artists

...she has recorded four critically acclaimed albums reaching No 1 in the Classical charts.  In recent seasons Nicola has performed with most of the UK’s major symphony orchestras from the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and worked with many international orchestras in Europe, the US and the Far East.  Nicola has also taken part in many prestigious events, including a performance at Windsor Castle for her Majesty the Queen, at the opening of the Scottish Parliament, and the G8 Summit at Gleneagles.

and the special Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival. Howard is composing a Liberation Fanfare to be performed in Jersey at the Festival.

...Lenskij in Tchaikovsky's 'Eugeny Onegin'; young gipsy in Rachmaninov's 'Aleko'; Liykov in Rimsky-Korsakov's 'The Tsar's Bride'; Faust in Gounod's 'Faust'.

Since 1995 Sergey has been a soloist for the Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after M.P. Mussorgsky. He performed in a number of operettas at Saint-Petersburg Theatre of Musical Comedy, including as Kamil de Rossiljon in Lehar's 'Merry widow'; Alfred in Strauss's 'The Bat'; Arlekin in Leoncavallo's 'The Buffoons'; Lakzi in Kalman's 'Gipsy – premier'; Adam in Zeller's 'Birds' seller'.

From 1999, he collaborated with musical theatre 'Zazerkalje', singing parts such as Nemorino in Donizetti's 'Love drink'; Rudolf in Puccini's 'Bogema'; Vodemon in Tchaikovsky's 'Iolanta'; and Tomino in Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'.

In 2005, he was invited to the Moscow musical theatre 'Gelicon – Opera' singing Ljukov in Rimsky-Korsakov's 'The Tsar's Bride'; Prince in Dvorzhak's 'The Mermaid'; and Hoze in Bizet's 'Carmen'. He also performed on tour with 'Gelicon – Opera' theatre in 'Carmen' and 'The Bat' in Israel and USA. Sergey has collaborated with a range of world-class conductors and has a wide cantata-oratory and romance-song repertoire and has toured internationally with concerts and performances.

Natalie is also in great demand as a recitalist and chamber musician and has performed at major venues nationally and internationally, each summer taking part in the world's great international chamber festivals.

Daniel has worked and studied with Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, George Hurst, Colin Metters and Sir Colin Davies. He won first prize at the Admont International Conducting Competition in Austria,and the Aviv Competition in Israel, the 'Yuri Ahronovitch prize'. Daniel has recently made his Queen Elizabeth Hall Debut with the Eden Sinfonia, of which he is music director and founder.

...by the Royal Philharmonic Society, Michael has played with all the great orchestras and has his own recital series at the Wigmore Hall. He has performed at the BBC Proms more often than any other wind soloist, including several appearances at the renowned Last Night of the Proms.

many others and in 1995 Philip made his BBC Promenade Concerto début returning frequently over the following years. Philip is also Professor of Viola at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Artist-in-Residence at Queen’s University Belfast, Artistic Director of Marlborough College and Artistic Director of the Festival International de Musique de la Hague in France. Philip Dukes was unanimously elected a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in recognition of his success as an international viola soloist, and is an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

On the 20th March, 2011, Philip will perform an anniversary concert on an Archinto Stradivarius Viola (RAM Collection) celebrating 20 years since his 1991 début recital at The Purcell Room.

of his generation. In recent years, the winner of the Borlettti-Buitoni-Trust and long time protégé of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation has caught the attention of today's greatest international conductors such as Valery Gergiev and Christoph Eschenbach. A passionate chamber musician, he has performed with Katia & Marielle Labéque, Helene Grimaud and Gidon Kremer's Kremerata Baltica. This Summer Leonard will give his American debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as at the Musikverein in Vienna with the Staatskapelle Dresden.

such as the Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouwe and the Beers Van Berlage Hall in Amsterdam, the Marble Hall in Budapest, Leeds International Concert Series, the Lysenko Hall of Marble Columns in Kyiv, the Expo Dome in Japan - which was broadcast on Japanese National television. Harriet premiered Robert Fokkens violin concerto, written and dedicated to her, at the South Bank. She has broadcast recitals 'live' for BBC Radio 3, Radio London, Classic FM and for Hungarian National Radio. Harriet regularly gives concerto performances in the UK and abroad.

who entered her into their Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2002 she was voted European Woman of Achievement and in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2004 she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her services to Broadcasting, Charity and the Arts. Trained as a journalist in her home town of Plymouth, Angela worked for both BBC Plymouth and the ITV station Westward Television before joining BBC National News in 1973. She was appointed the first woman journalist newsreader in l975 and made two memorable appearances in the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Shows.

Angela was a founder member of the commercial breakfast service TV-am in 1982 and in 1984 moved to America to work for CBS in Boston.

She has presented a wide variety of programmes from hard news and current affairs, to quiz shows and magazine programmes for both BBC and Commercial radio and television. Titles include Come Dancing; Top Gear, the Antiques Roadshow, Masterteam, Crufts Championship and The Holiday Programme. She currently presents the antique based programmes Cash in the Attic and Sun Sea and Bargain Spotting for BBC1 and remains committed to a number of charities, including the British Red Cross of which she is Vice President.

He now performs with orchestras across the world from the Royal Philharmonic to the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Alexander has recorded for Angel/EMI, and Decca including the Bach Double Concerto with Julia Fischer. He is in much demand with chamber music partners including Julia Fischer, Janine Jansen, Misha Maisky, and Julian Rachlin.

Aside from a very busy touring schedule, column writing and working on her new project 'Clare Teal Sings 'The Great British Songbook', Clare continues to present Clare Teal on Sunday, Big Band Special and Friday Night Is Music Night for Radio 2. She is also continuously involved with both the recording for Children in Need (BandAGEd) and the TOGS cruise supporting it.