ACCENTUS Music

Label

ACCENTUS Music was founded by Paul Smaczny after 20 years at EuroArts. Drawing on the experience of a wealth of producers and editors, ACCENTUS Music creates high quality operatic, concert and documentary DVDs. Highlights have included a recent critically acclaimed production of Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra performing Mahler’s 9th Symphony. WildKatPR manage a press and marketing campaign across Europe, working alongside the world-class artists producing DVDs with the company, including major forthcoming releases with Riccardo Chailly and a documentary on John Cage.

William Berger

Baritone

In 2012 baritone William Berger releases his debut recital disc on Delphian Records. Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage is a dramatic recital with a narrative leading the listener on an imaginary voyage through the night, devised by William for his debut at the Lucerne Festival in 2011. He will also record works by Haydn, Mozart and Cimarosa with The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicholas McGegan. On stage, William returns to Garsington Opera in their production of L'Olimpiade and takes the title role in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with La Nuova Musica at Kings Place.

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.

Classico Latino

String Trio

First forming ten years ago at Cambridge University, Classico Latino are a classically trained string trio with a passion for latino music. The group explore the wonderful repertoire of traditional Latin-American music in a unique format that demonstrate the universal and cross-cultural nature of music as well as composing their own. Highlights of 2012 include a South American tour and recording sessions with special guests at the famous Abbey Roads Studio. WildKat PR manage an international press and marketing campaign for the trio. (Photo credit: Ben Wright).

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.

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 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. in 2012 they will be joined by their new chief conductor, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

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Yvonne Fontane

Director and mezzo soprano

Since graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with merit, Yvonne has stunned critics across the world with her vocal skills. While performing the rôle of Amneris in Verdi’s Aida at the Chiemgau Festival Gut Immling, she was described by the 'Bayerischer Rundfunk Klassik' as "deeply moving". Having subsequently established herself as an extremely talented director (her 2004 production of Carmen was described in Opera Now magazine as "a revelation"), Yvonne will both direct and sing in an upcoming production of Le Nozze di Figaro at the newly-located Stowe Opera in July 2012, among other engagements. WildKat are handling a UK-wide campaign promoting her forthcoming engagements.

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Christopher Gillet: Who's My Bottom?

Memoir

The title of tenor Christopher Gillett's scurrilous and funny memoir is a nod towards his signature role of Flute in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Who's My Bottom? is a frank account of life behind the scenes in the opera world. Gillett's personal experiences of the frustrations, money worries and humiliations, which every professional singer meets on a daily basis, reveal the truth about the best and worst aspects of the world of opera. WildKat PR manage an international press campaign for Christopher, who is currently working on his second book.

Emily Howard

Composer

Leading British composer Emily Howard first came to public attention with her 2008 composition Magnetite. Since then she has gone on to great critical acclaim, being marked ‘One to Watch’ by The Observer and commissioned by Wien Modern and the London Symphony Orchestra. Howard studied Mathematics and Computation at Oxford University and often draws on science as her inspiration. 2012 marks an important season for Emily with her mini-opera Zátopek!, commissioned by New Music 20×12 for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, being performed in Liverpool and at the Southbank Centre and with her composition Calculus of the Nervous System being part of the 2012 BBC Proms.

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. He is the founder and music director of Music@Malling Festival and music director of Chamber Domaine. 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 and in 2012 marks his debut with London's Opera Holland Park.

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.

The Mahler Project - European Screenings

LA Phil LIVE European Cinema Broadcast

Gustavo Dudamel's extraordinary Mahler Project saw him conduct all of Mahler's completed symphonies with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The ambitious project ended with a joint performance of Mahler's 8th Symphony with over one thousand musicians joining to perform the monumental work. The concert, recorded by LA Phil LIVE and Omniverse Vision was streamed live in the Americas and Canada, and will also be broadcast in cinemas throughout Europe. WildKat PR manage a media campaign in key European territories in which the performance of Mahler 8 will be broadcast.

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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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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Open Goldberg Variations

Music and technology intiative

Open Goldberg is an entirely fan-funded project which has enabled pianist Kimiko Ishizaka to make a new recording of the Goldberg Variations, soon to be available for anyone to download, for free, from May. They also have formed a partnership with MuseScore, who have created a new edition of the Goldberg Variations score, as well as a unique app that makes it possible to follow the score as it is being played. WildKat PR is responsible for consultancy and a media campaign in German language countries.

Opera Australia - CinemaLive UK Screenings

Cinema Broadcast series

Opera Australia is the premier opera company in Australia. Based in both the Sydney Opera House as well as the Melbourne Arts Theatre, the company’s reach is being extended even further to the UK, with a season of CinemaLive screenings of various productions. Starting with La bohème on the 24th April, the season will continue throughout 2012 and into early 2013, with a special broadcast of a gala performance La traviata on a floating stage in Sydney Harbour on the 31st July 2012. WildKat PR is managing a UK campaign for all screenings in the season.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Period Instrument Orchestra

Since its launch just over two and a half decades ago, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has surprised, changed and mesmerised the music world, becoming one of the world’s leading period instrument orchestras with an innovative flair. In 2012 the orchestra launches a series of concerts exploring women in music: 'Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers'; and tour Europe with Sir Simon Rattle and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. They also launch a radical marketing campaign for their 2012-2013 series destroying the stereotype of a classical music buff – Not all audiences are the same.

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 returned to the festival in the role of Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo and recorded Don Giovanni in Baden Baden for Deutsche Grammophon.

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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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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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.

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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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’.

Wimbledon Music Festival

Festival

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 fourth year - boasts international relationships with festival in America, Europe and Austria, presenting world-class artists and dynamic new commissions. The 2012 Festival greets a number of world-class performers during its two week musical celebration.