For over twenty years bassist Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer have been at the vanguard of American instrumental string music and together and separately have helped create some of the most exciting music around today. While still a teenager Mike was performing and recording with the original David Grisman Quintet, and many more. From there Mike Marshall went... read full bio
David Finckel's extraordinarily diversified career brings him to the world's stages as recitalist, soloist with orchestra and chamber musician. His recent appearances have included: a New York recital; performances with the Louisiana Philharmonic; an Aspen Festival recital and his debut with the Festival Orchestra under Sergiu Comissiona; a concert with Andre Previn, featuring Previn's new Cello Sonata; additional solo and... read full bio
Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, CBE is an English operatic baritone. He is widely admired in the opera world for his voice, the versatility of his repertoire, and his acting leading many to regard him as one of the best lyric baritones of the late 20th Century. In October 2011 he was appointed Chancellor of Durham University, succeeding Bill... read full bio
Utah Symphony is one of the finest symphonies in the United States. Their distinctive performances are known world wide. It also has a long history of recording as well. . Maurice Abravanel Hall, current home of the Utah Symphony, is acclaimed as one of the world's great concert halls - having won awards for both superb architecture and extraordinary... read full bio
Phillip Joll made his American debut as Donner in Wagners Das Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera. At Seattle Opera, he made his debut as Wotan in the 2000 preview of Das Rheingold and Die Walk_re. The Welsh baritone returned in 2001 as Wotan/The Wanderer in Wagners Ring. At Welsh National Opera, Jolls many roles include Wotan in the companys first... read full bio
Peter Rose made his operatic debut in 1986 with Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Hong Kong (Commendatore). His repertoire includes Bottom (Aix-en-Provence, Paris, London, Rome, Metropolitan Opera, Barcelona, Glyndebourne, Chicago), Ochs (Vienna, Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, Minneapolis, Scottish Opera, Hamburg, Tokyo, Graz, Covent Garden, Barcelona, Munich, La Scala), Gurnemanz (Vienna, Hamburg, Graz), Capriccio at the Metropolitan Opera,... read full bio
Svet, a Bulgarian native, began playing the violin at the age of three and has continued to develop his skill ever since. Svet was introduced to various dance and music genres, including hip hop, upon her arrival in America. He was instantly drawn to salsa and breakdancing, where he was a gifted performer. Following his graduation from The University of... read full bio
Time For Three is a string trio that is classically trained but performs more than just classical music. Their style ranges from bluegrass to jazz to rock to hip hop. They refer to themselves as a classically trained garage band. They are known to dress casually even when performing at an elegant venue such as Carnegie Hall. This group of... read full bio
Alfie Boe is a British singer. Boe moved to London from a small town in England and studied singing at the Royal College of Music, the National Opera Studio and the Royal Opera House's Vilar Young Artists Programme. He was featured as the ""opera dude"" on albums by The Clint Boon Experience, led by the former organist of the... read full bio
Ice Beat Factory is a unique and internationally acclaimed multi-media performance art show that combines the power and elegance of live ice sculpting with energetic live music performed with unique instruments and light-up costumes. Master ice sculptor Max Zuleta artfully transforms simple blocks of ice art into customized works of art while musical director Nima Rezai performs on the... read full bio
DSharp, whose real name is Derryck Gleaton, is a violinist, producer, and DJ who hails from Atlantic City in the United States. On his fashionable colored violins, DSharp performs cover versions of popular songs as well as composes original music. He has performed in a variety of clubs and has toured all over the world. Crowds have been left speechless... read full bio
Iconic fiddler and composer Mark OConnor is a three-time Grammy Award winner for Best Country Instrumental Performance (The New Nashville Cats), Best Classical Crossover Album (Appalachian Journey with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer), and Best Bluegrass Album (Coming Home with the OConnor Band). His award-winning O'Connor Band puts on an engaging, dynamic show showcasing compelling arrangements, virtuosic solos, and tight... read full bio
Fantastic Negrito is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist. Growing up in Oakland during the 1970s gave Fantastic Negrito a good look into soul, funk, and blues music. He went through several phases with his music, from playing on the streets, to the Hollywood lifestyle, Fantastic Negrito experienced it all. Later in his life, Fantastic Negrito was in a car accident, which put... read full bio
Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire, and Jeff Parker make up the band Tortoise. Their sound is hard to pin down; it displays itself as a mixture of jazz, dance, techno, rock, and classical, with not one genre overtaking the other. Their musical identity is fully formed, remaining distinct among other performers. Tortoise creates music to appeal to... read full bio
Dat Nguyen is a Vietnamese musical artist that was born blind. Being born in Vietnam he didn’t have a big chance making his passion into a career so he moved to the United States to pursue his dreams. Nguyen found it really hard in the beginning to get his start in the music career being blind and having a huge... read full bio
Joel Ross is a vibraphonist, composer, and educator from Chicago, Illinois. Ross was only 3 years old when he was given his first drum set. This gained a love of music in Ross and shortly after he was sitting in at church where his father was a choir director at one point. At 10 years old, Ross joined his school... read full bio
Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, pianist, activist, and musicologist from Fredericton, New Brunswick who is currently based out of Toronto, Ontario. Dutcher rose to fame after the release of his debut studio album, “Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa,” which won him a Polaris Music Prize as well as a Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at... read full bio
Vincent Niclo is a French pop opera tenor singer, actor, and radio presenter from Paris, France. Niclo found his love for theatre at a young age and began taking classes at Cours Florent acting school before later taking classes at Simon and training at Actor Studio. Niclo went on to begin acting on stage in productions which included ‘Renaitre a... read full bio
In 2014, NBC's nationally syndicated program America's Got Talent was responsible for bringing the young rock cello phenomenon to the attention of people all around the world. The brothers' live rendition of the Jimi Hendrix classic song "Purple Haze" resulted in a video that went viral almost immediately and has received more than 10 million views on YouTube. After making... read full bio
Sofiane Pamart is a highly acclaimed French pianist based in Paris, known for his unique approach to classical piano that breaks traditional boundaries. Born in Hellemmes, a suburb of Lille, Pamart started his musical journey as a gold medallist at the Conservatoire de Lille. However, he decided to take a different path from the typical classical music route and embarked... read full bio
