Orchestra of the Swan
Orchestra of the Swan has its home in Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon and celebrated its 21st Anniversary in 2016/2017. OOTS is also Associate Orchestra at Town Hall Birmingham with regular concert series at Number 8 Pershore, Worcester Cathedral and Malvern Theatres. The orchestra gives over 45 concerts annually and is increasing its …
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
The Taverner Consort is a chameleon-like performing body with a worldwide reputation for marrying first-rate performance to adventurous and uncompromising scholarship. Founded by Andrew Parrott in 1973 (at the instigation of composer Michael Tippett) and with over 60 pioneering recordings to its name (from Machaut via Monteverdi to Bach) the …
Valentin Berlinsky Quartet
Named in honour of the legendary cellist of the Borodin Quartet, Valentin Berlinsky, this Zurich-based quartet comprises four of the finest musicians working in Switzerland today. Bartek Nizioł and Wang Xiaoming are concertmasters in the orchestra of the Zurich Opera, and David Greenlees and Alexander Neustroev are principal players in …
Ensemble Epomeo
Founded in 2008 at the Ischia Chamber Music Festival (Italy), string trio Ensemble Epomeo (Diane Pascal – violin; David Yang – viola; Kenneth Woods – cello) is fast rising to the upper echelon of international chamber groups. Inaugural tours saw them performing in Italy, the UK and the USA, with …
Stephen Salters (baritone)
Baritone Stephen Salters, a newly-minted tenure-track Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Tennessee, has performed extensively throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, the UK and the USA. He created the title role in Elena Ruehr’s tour de force dance opera Toussaint Before the Spirits for Opera Boston and premiered Ruehr’s …
