Leif Ove Andsnes is a Norwegian pianist who has performed internationally. He has been nominated four times for the Grammy Awards. As a...

Sir Simon Denis Rattle OM CBE is a British conductor. Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018,...

Gautier Capucon is a French cellist, brother of violinist Renaud Capucon. A multiple award winner, he is acclaimed for his expressive...

Il Giardino Armonico is a pioneering Italian early music ensemble founded in Milan in 1985 by Luca Pianca & Giovanni Antonini. Considered...

Mayuko Kamio, born 1986 in Toyonaka, Osaka, is a Japanese violinist, the gold medalist of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition,...

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is recognised as one of the world's great orchestras & following Sir Thomas Beecham's founding...

Michael Batt is a British based songwriter, musician, producer & composer. He has worked on such projects as diverse as 'Watership Down',...

The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic (Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker) are a group of 12 cellists, who perform &...

Nigel Kennedy is a British violinist, child prodigy, Aston Villa football club fan & self styled 'lout'. A pupil of Yehudi Menuhin, he...

Nicola Benedetti CBE is a Grammy Award winning Scottish violinist.

The harpist Catrin Finch was born in Wales in 1980 and was a child prodigy. In 2000 she was appointed official harpist to His Royal...

Bohuslav Martinu (1890 – 1959) was a Czech composer who wrote a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental work that...

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843 – 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Described as a nationalist composer inspired by Norwegian folk...

Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author and pianist. He is one of the most influential figures in the...

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) was an English composer. He composed music notable for its power, nobility & expressiveness often...

Gabriel Urbain Faure (1845 – 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist, & teacher. Often described as the most important French...

Johann Strauss II / Strauss Junior (1825 – 1899) was an Austrian composer famous for having written over 500 waltzes, polkas and marches...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 – 1908) was a Russian composer famed in Russia for his operas. He was a master of orchestration and is...

Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the romantic era. 'Carmen' (1875) is Bizet's best-known work and...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a prolific German composer and organist of the Baroque period. He composed sacred works for...