Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord/director)
Trevor Pinnock is known worldwide as harpsichordist, conductor and chamber musician. A pioneer in the performance of baroque and classical music on period instruments, he founded The English Concert in 1972 directing it until 2003 when he passed on this role to the violinist Andrew Manze. Pinnock’s recent work has …
Monica Huggett
Monica Huggett was born in London and educated at the Royal Academy of Music from 1969 to l974. From there she went on to co-found, with Ton Koopman, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra for which she was the leader from 1980 to 1987. In 1982 she founded the London-based Trio Sonnerie, …
Luiza Borac
Winner of the BBC Award 2007 for the best solo CD recording of the year, and of more than 30 top prizes and distinctions, Luiza Borac has gained international recognition through her dazzling stage presence, her passionate interpretations and her sovereign technique. Hailed as “a virtuoso of fantastic brilliance” and …
Leon McCawley (piano)
One of Britain’s foremost pianists, Leon McCawley has forged a highly successful career since winning first prize in the 1993 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition the same year. Since then, his concert performances and extensive discography have established him as …
Antonio Meneses (cello)
Born in Recife, Brazil, into a family of musicians, Antonio Meneses (1957–2024) began his cello studies at the age of ten. At the age of 16 he met the famous Italian cellist Antonio Janigro and was asked to join Janigro’s classes in Düsseldorf and later in Stuttgart. In 1977 Antonio …
