Christopher Houlding

In 1980, age 20, Chris toured with the London Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Celibidache at the invitation of Denis Wick and was appointed Principal Trombone of the Orchestra of Opera North in the following year, a seat he held for twenty seven years. He has since...

Hiroko Kawamichi Luyet

Soprano Hiroko Kawamichi studied singing in Tokyo, where she earned a teaching degree in singing at Toho-Gakuen University and Nikikai Opera Studio. Arriving in Switzerland in 1978, she improved at Lausanne Conservatoire (HEMU lausanne) in the singing class of...

Susanne Kelling

Susanne Kelling initially studied violoncello at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne, and subsequently voice with Professor Klesie Kelly, from the USA.She continued her vocal studies for a further three years with Sesto Bruscantini at the “Accademia di Santa...

Matthias Kläger

Matthias Kläger was born in Rastatt in 1965, began studying guitar in Freiburg in 1984 under Prof. Sonja Prunnbauer and Ihsan Turnagöl and received there, after having a degree in arts, the soloist diploma with distinction (1994). As part of a scholarship he studied...

Barbara Kortmann

In the past few years Barbara Kortmann has established herself among the leading flutists of her generation.In 2016 the living flute legend Sir James Galway personally presented her with the Rising Star Award and comments on her and her playing as follows: “To...