ACCENTUS Music

Label

ACCENTUS Music was founded by Paul Smaczny after 20 years at EuroArts. Drawing on the experience of a wealth of producers, directors and editors, ACCENTUS Music creates high quality operatic and concert DVDs. Highlights have included a recent broadcast of Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Vienna Philharmonic to cinemas across Europe. WildKat PR manage a press and marketing campaign across Europe, working alongside the world-class artists producing DVDs with the company, including major forthcoming releases with Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Evgeny Kissin and more.

Luca Pisaroni

Bass-Baritone

Since being awarded the “Newcomer of the Season” medal by the Vienna State Opera in 2001, Luca Pisaroni has established himself as one of the most captivating singers of his generation. 2010 saw Luca perform at the Glyndebourne Festival as Leporello in an acclaimed new production of Don Giovanni, and in 2011 he returns to the festival in the role of Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo. WildKat PR manage a PR campaign for Luca in the UK and Germany, supporting his 2011 engagements at Glyndebourne Festival, in Baden-Baden, and a live recording with Deutsche Grammophon.

Wimbledon Music Festival

Festival

For sixteen nights during the last half of November each year, Wimbledon's not-for-profit charity festival endeavours to provide a bonanza of world-class music-making at various venues in South West London. The festival - now in its third year - promises performances by celebrated artists such as soprano Nancy Argenta, Russian pianist Mikhail Rudy and the Brodsky Quartet amongst others. WildKat PR manage a UK-wide press campaign for the 2011 Wimbledon Music Festival.

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Bridget Cunningham

Conductor & Harpsichordist

Bridget is an award-winning harpsichordist, conductor and early music specialist. Past performing engagements have included playing with the London Handel Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and also with London Early Opera, which she founded. Conducting performances include at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. John’s Smith Square and the London Handel Festival. Recent recordings include Ireland’s Enchantment, a product of an award from the Concordia Foundation to study early music in Ireland and her first solo harpsichord album; Handel in Ireland. Bridget also is the director of London Early Opera, a specialist period orchestra and choir. WildKat PR will be working on a UK wide campaign to promote Handel in Ireland as well as Bridget’s conducting engagements.

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Southbank Centre

Venue

Southbank Centre is one of the largest arts centres in the world, consisting of RFH, Hayward, QEH and Saison Poetry Library. As well as welcoming artists from around the world, it has four resident orchestras: LPO, London Sinfonietta, OAE and the Philharmonia. WildKat PR is working with Southbank on their 2011/2012 classical music season, highlights include the Shell Classic International Series (artists include Abbado, Barenboim, Rattle and Dudamel) as well as the International Chamber and Piano Series.

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Lionel Bringuier

Conductor

Lionel Bringuier is the Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León in Valladolid, Spain and Associate Conductor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Since winning the 49th Besançon Young Conductors Competition in 2005, Bringuier has also conducted the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the New York Philharmonic, and the Cleveland Orchestra amongst many others. Lionel Bringuier was named one of the Guardian's Conductors to Watch in 2011.

Andrew Staples

Tenor

Andrew Staples was a member of the Benjamin Britten International Opera School at the RCM. In concert he has appeared with the Rotterdam Philharmonic with Yannick Nézet Séguin, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Swedish Radio, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Harding and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. He made his Royal Opera House debut as Jacquino (Fidelio) and sang Belfiore (La Finta Giardiniera) for La Monnaie in Brussels and the National Theatre, Prague. Future engagements include returns to the LSO, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra as well as debuts with the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Hamburg State Opera.

Johannes Pramsohler

Baroque Violinist

Violinist Johannes Pramsohler has established himself as one of the leading baroque solo and chamber musicians, performing throughout Europe with many of the leading period instrument ensembles.

Alongside his work as Artistic Director and Leader of The International Baroque Players, Johannes founded his own chamber music group Ensemble Diderot and this year will see the release of his debut solo CD entitled 'Pisendel – Violin Concertos From Dresden' which will include previously unrecorded works from Handel, Fasch and Pisendel.

WildKat PR will be working with Johannes to promote his CD and support his work as a soloist and with Ensemble Diderot in the UK, Germany, Italy and France.

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Vignette Productions

Opera production company

Vignette Productions is an innovative and dynamic travelling opera production company which provides opportunities for young artists at the start of their careers. Under the direction of Andrew Staples, and taking their inspiration from cinema, Vignette’s productions have received considerable critical praise. Recent productions include Così fan tutte, the ensemble of which was described by Opera magazine as saying ‘much for the calibre of young talent in London at the moment’. Their latest production of La Bohème was hailed by theartsdesk.com as seeing ‘some of the most nuanced dramatic performances you're ever likely to see on an operatic stage’.

Russian National Orchestra

Orchestra

The Russian National Orchestra, being one of the finest orchestras in Russia, has been in demand throughout the music world ever since its 1990 Moscow premiere. It is uniquely distinctive among the principal Russian ensembles and was named one of the world's top 20 orchestras in a Gramophone magazine poll of international critics. In 2010 they celebrated their 20th anniversary, commemorating this special year by undertaking a European tour in December. The RNO will embark on further European tours in 2011.

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Belcea Quartet

Quartet

Established at the Royal College of Music in 1994, The Belcea Quartet have built up a stellar reputation as a leading international ensemble, with recent engagements taking them across the globe to perform in some of the world's most distinguished concert venues. Their upcoming recital series featuring Beethoven’s String Quartets will see them perform at Wigmore Hall, The Sage Gateshead, St George's Hall, Liverpool and Laeiszhalle, Hamburg. WildKat PR is handling a European PR campaign supporting The Belcea Quartet’s upcoming Beethoven series.

Nadine Mortimer-Smith

Lyric Soprano

Since being awarded the prize for Most Promising Voice at the inaugural Voice of Black Opera Competition, soprano Nadine Mortimer-Smith's work has seen her perform at prestigious venues including Royal Opera House, Royal Festival Hall and Opera de Lyon. Her forthcoming roles include Madama Butterfly and a recital with the London Festival of American Music. In 2009 she devised, casted and produced the operatic compilation "Why Don't You Just Sing Jazz?" for Grimeborn Festival. WildKat PR manage an international press and campaign for Nadine, and offer artistic consultancy focusing on Europe and the USA.

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New Queen's Hall Orchestra

Orchestra

Founded in 1895 and revived in 1992 by John Boyden with the support of Patron HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra represents everything that is authentically British in orchestral performance. The orchestra proudly stay true to the original London timbre forging lush strings with well balanced winds and brass with a belief that a musical score is far more than an engineering blueprint but has potential for infinite variation, making each performance unique and interesting for performer and audience alike.

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Alison Teale

Cor Anglais

Alison's success as principal Cor Anglais player for the BBC Symphony Orchestra has given way to the release of her debut solo album, Cor! She has performed a number of concertos for BBC Radio 3 broadcast, including Copland's 'Quiet City' with Alison Balsom. Having previously studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Alison intends to expand the Cor Anglais repertoire and encourage more students to take up the instrument. WildKat PR are managing a UK-wide PR campaign for the release of Alison's CD Cor!.

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mini-Mahler

Chamber music series

Bringing a fascinating new sound to Berlin, mini-Mahler focuses on the relationship between Mahler and the chamber ensemble. Heading the three-part series is Ensemble MINI, bringing together young chamber musicians from around Europe to present some not-to-be-missed programmes. In collaboration with British conductor Joolz Gale and outstanding young soloists, mini-Mahler takes you on a journey to re-discover Mahler.

Philipp von Steinaecker

Conductor

Philipp von Steinaecker is a critically acclaimed German conductor and cellist, responsible for founding Musica Saeculorum; an international period instrument orchestra based in Italy. Having extensively played and conducted a wide range of classical music, he has developed a distinct and profound understanding of the repertoire that has lead him to work with leading conductors including Rattle, Gardiner, Harding and Jurowski. This season sees him work with the Orchestra della Toscana, the Gustav Mahler Academy Orchestra, the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, New Japan Philharmonic as well as his debut in the Kölner Philharmonie with his own Musica Saeculorum.

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Musica Saeculorum

Baroque Ensemble

Musica Saecolorum is an international Baroque orchestra, based in South Tirol, Italy. The German cellist and conductor Philipp von Steinaecker, a member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and laureate of the 2008 Melgaard OAE Young Conductor’s Auditions, founded the ensemble in 2009. Specialising in Baroque music and Viennese classicism, Musica Saeculorum performs in Germany, Austria and Italy and regularly records for Austrian radio.

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Thomas Kemp

Conductor

Thomas Kemp has established himself as one of Britain’s leading musicians working internationally as a conductor: a versatile artist who is equally acclaimed for his interpretation of classical repertoire as well as music of 20th and 21st Century music. A highly acclaimed artist, his dynamic commitment and virtuosic performances combined with innovative and -ground breaking programming have received wide-spread critical praise. He has worked worldwide as a concertmaster and chamber musician.

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Denis Patkovic

Classical Accordionist

German/Yugoslavian accordionist Denis Patkovic is currently a PhD student at the Sibelius Akademy in Helsinki, where he participated in Jukka Tiensuu’s creation of ‘Erz’, a complementary work to Bach’s Goldberg Variations. His 2008 Germany tour of the project Goldberg/Mine-Variations received critical acclaim, and the recording of the same name earned him the prestigious Supersonic Award (Pizzicato) and was named Best Album of 2008 by Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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DNSO

Orchestra

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, part of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, was founded in 1925. The musical tradition of the 99 strong orchestra lies in Danish and Nordic music. Its recordings of this repertoire have normative character. Since 2004, under chief conductor Thomas Dausgaard, the DNSO gives around 70 concerts a year and regularly performs in the finest concert halls around the world, including Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Korea and China.

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