Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Jacob Pavek first visited modern classical music at age 21. After earning a degree in Music Composition, Pavek released his debut album ‘Bloom’ in 2012 -a collage of pieces written for piano and cello. ‘Bloom’ enjoyed an early success with select works performed by The San Jose Orchestra in 2013, and other tracks featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary "Haiti Love" in 2014 (produced by Dana Johnson and filmed by Dan Huiting).

Since the release of Bloom, Pavek developed his craft further, honing in on the sounds that come from deep down in the subconscious from sitting down at a piano. These sounds formulated his 2015 sophomore release 'Illume'. 11 songs comprised of piano and violin, Illume feels less of a collage of works and more of a cohesive experience with each track blending into the next creating it's own world. The rich grand piano and Leah Ottman's soaring violin performance make it feel as it you were sitting in a dimly lit, empty cathedral. Illume is a clear evolution of Pavek's ability to write from the modern day romantic's psyche, allowing the listener the relation of their own past experiences.  

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While all these statements describe Aleksandra Mikulska’s playing, her art is perhaps best encapsulated by the phrase: sincerity and intimacy. In her concerts, the charismatic pianist lifts the curtain on new and unfamiliar worlds and aims to move her listeners – whether with the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt or her compatriot Frédéric Chopin, with whom she feels a particularly strong connection – through her utter absorption in the music.

Growing up in Warsaw, Chopin’s home city, Aleksandra Mikulska developed an intense love of the composer’s piano music while still a child. Having, in her early years, followed the International Chopin Piano Competition on television, with scarcely room for a piano in the family’s tenth-floor apartment in a prefabricated block, she went on to win the “Best Polish Pianist” prize in the 2005 contest. 

Seeking freedom and new interpretative stimuli, Aleksandra Mikulska was drawn for her musical training initially to Mannheim and from there to Karlsruhe (where she studied for her degree under Peter Eicher), Imola in Italy (Lazar Berman, Michel Dalberto) and back to Hanover in Germany (Arie Vardi). She also drew significant inspiration from masterclasses with Diane Andersen, Kevin Kenner, Andrzej Jasinski and Lev Natochenny. Aleksandra Mikulska describes giving concerts as her passion. She has appeared with renowned orchestras under the batons of Michael Sanderling, Pawel Przytocki, Kaspar Zehnder, Johannes Schlaefli, Stefan Fraas, Philippe Bach and other well-known conductors – notably at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Brucknerhaus in Linz and the Tonhalle in Zurich. She is also a regular guest at international festivals such as the MDR Musiksommer, the Liszt Festival Raiding, the Bodenseefestival, the Usedom Music Festival and the Styriarte.

An issue particularly close to Aleksandra Mikulska’s heart is German-Polish cooperation. As President of the Chopin Society in Darmstadt, she is committed to fostering the up-and-coming generation of musicians and to promoting the rediscovery of less-well-known composers from her home country. She also brings her polish roots to bear by performing the music of composers such as Julian Fontana, Miłosz Magin, Artur Malawski and Karol Szymanowski, which is rarely played in Germany.

In addition to the solo repertoire to which she is first and foremost devoted, Aleksandra Mikulska also, at a young age, discovered an interest in chamber music – including Johannes Brahms’s violin and cellos sonatas and the piano concertos of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, which she enjoys approaching in experimental arrangements for smaller ensembles. She also has a strong interest in Polish and German Romantic lieder. 

On her latest album, Reflections, released by GENUIN classics, Aleksandra Mikulska brings together two key works of the Romantic repertoire for piano: the B minor sonatas of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. During the 2020/21 season, she will be giving a wide range of concerts with personally presented programmes featuring works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Schumann, Beethoven, Fontana and Szymanowski.

Music composer  with a mining and metallurgical engineering degree doing additional Research in Physics and Math

David Nørlund is a Copenhagen based composer and artist. Known for his work within electronic and neo-classical music.

Located in Copenhagen, he draws inspiration from both the capital city and it's fast paced lifestyle, as well as the down-tempo living of his past years, living at the western coastline of Denmark. The opposite side of Denmark from the capital.

David is also known for his work as a film composer, most recently for the danish youth series "Vakuum" and the danish indie-film "DREAM STATE" by Asger K. Bartels. Which won the award for "Best Music" at the Top Indie Awards in Tokyo as well as many other awards.

Kulturbunkeren wrote in their review of the movie Dream State:

"The music is without a doubt the biggest force of the film. The 80s synthesizer has rarely been used as well in danish film as in the hands of David Nørlund. It's unimaginable that David has never composed for a feature film before, as his soundtrack is nothing less than phenomenal."

Besides his work within neo-classical. He is also known as the electronic musician and singer/songwriter "David Dear" as well as his work within club-culture, DJ'ing and releasing music with the moniker "Divad".  He also holds a  masters degree in Electronic Music and Soundarts from the Danish National Academy of Music, where he has also been awarded the Entrepreneur Price by the Danish Musicians Association in 2018. 

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Antonio Erbino is a Pianist and Composer of a variety of music genres such as Mediterranean melodic jazz, Neoclassical, postmodern jazz.
Antonio was born in Naples but he is currently based between Florence, London, Paris and New York.
Graduated at the Conservatory with classical studies and advanced courses in Jazz composition, he recently decided to compose his music as a way to express himself through his piano,while breaking the stereotypes of standardized chords and melodies while developing his personal composing style based on his deep knowledge and improvisation that he named " Impressionismo Estemporaneo".
His simple musical language enriched his compositions with musical improvisations combining with a wide variety of chords that cross from the traditions of classical music to the most contemporary jazz influences. instruments played are all tuned to 432 hz, frequencies that our body emits and perceives when we are at the top of physical and mental form. This way of making music associated with particular sounds means that the beneficial effect can be perceived already after a few hours of listening.

"Violinist Thomas Gould is one of a new generation of classical musicians who refuses to be defined by a single genre" – The Guardian

"The young British violinist Thomas Gould seems intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation... Scythingly scintillating playing from a young virtuoso with a magpie mind" - The Times

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