One of the most renowned ensembles of our time, the Brussels-based Ictus Ensemble has shared, and sometimes amplified, current questions about the future of contemporary music. Initially led by conductor Georges-Elie Octors, at a time when ensembles saw themselves as...
Drawing from a carefully selected palette of electro-acoustic textures and shapeshifting rhythms, Passepartout Duo’s work investigates the way in which we listen to and connect with sound. Continually reassessing the tools they use to create their music, the Duo –...
The seven singers of the Neue Vocalsolisten see themselves as explorers and discoverers: in exchange with composers, they are constantly searching for new forms of vocal expression. One focus is on collaboration with artists who virtuously exploit the possibilities of...
Pavlos Antoniadis is a pianist, musicologist, and creative technologist, currently Associate Professor of Music Communication and Technology at the University of Ioannina, and a collaborator of the team interaction-son-musique-mouvement at IRCAM, Paris since 2014. As a soloist, Antoniadis has worked...
Described as a “genuine discovery”, soprano Christiana Aloneftis has been praised for her “gorgeous, resonant voice” and for her “strong musical and dramatic commitment”. A child of the Cypriot diaspora, born in Melbourne and now based in Munich, Christiana trained...
The Simply Quartet is fast becoming one of Europe’s most distinguished young string quartets. The Vienna based Quartet is First-Prize winner at the renowned International Carl Nielsen Competition in Copenhagen, the Quatuor á Bordeaux (2019), the Franz Schubert and the...
The conclusion of November sees the Pharos Arts Foundation presenting a fascinating cello and piano recital with the exquisite Spanish cellist Pau Codina joining forces with the remarkable Portuguese pianist Marta Menezes. Having performed extensively as a soloist and chamber...
The Pharos Arts Foundation continues its longstanding collaboration with the London-based Keyboard Charitable Trust, presenting the outstanding Ivan Krpan – First Prize-winner of the prestigious Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in 2017. Praised as a true ‘tour de force’ of...
The Pharos Arts Foundation opens its 2024 season with a fascinating recital featuring violinist Irmina Trynkos and pianist Pavel Timofeyevsky. Hailed by the BBC Music Magazine as “an intense and charismatic new star” and “a phenomenal talent”, by Gramophone as...