Divertimento all’ungherese

At the age of 17 he graduated in violin and viola with honors and distinction from the Conservatorio "N.Piccinni" in Bari under C. Scarpati, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Hochschule der Künste in Bern. 

He received the Sinopoli Prize from President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano for artistic merit. He also studied piano and Letters and Philosophy, lectured for Latin Literature at the University of Bari. He also collaborates with the Ludosofici and with magazines on philosophy and the art-divulgative sector for Corraini and Feltrinelli editions. He attends the contemporary poetry course of Alessandro Baricco's Holden School.
He has been a member of the Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan since 2010. He has performed as a soloist for Rai Radio3 Suite, Prague National Radio, Irish National Radio, Swiss Radio and Television, at the Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Carnegie Hall in New York, Boston Auditorium, Santa Cecilia Auditorium and Parco della Musica in Rome, Società dei Concerti and Società del Quartetto in Milan and in Switzerland, France, Japan and South America. He has won the Vittorio Veneto, Castrocaro Classica, Società Umanitaria, F.Gulli, Ibla Grand Prize-New York, Geminiani, Palmi competitions, awarded prizes at the V.Gui and Pinerolo competitions.

He has collaborated on numerous tours in quintet and sextet with the Cremona Quartet and Andrea Lucchesini. He has performed Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with Marco Rizzi and then with Salvatore Accardo and the ORT and Padua and Veneto orchestras, Hindemith's "Der Scwanendreher" concerto with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, and his Variations on Themes by Rossini with the Cameristi della Scala at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as soloist and conductor. In June 2021 he will perform pieces for solo viola at the Swiss Radio in Geneva at a concert with verse readings by poet Maria Russo Rossi.

Cellist Aleksey Shadrin, who was a member of the Kronberg Academy Master Program, was born into a family of musicians in Ukraine. He won the first prize of the 4^th M. Lysenko International Music Competition in 2012. In 2018, he has been awarded the 3d Prize at the Prague Spring competition.

Following his early successes in numerous competitions, including the National Ukrainian Competition for Strings in Lvov/Lemberg and the 8th National Ukrainian Competition “New Names” in Kiev, he became in 2004 a scholar of the International Foundation of violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov.

In 2005, Aleksey Shadrin was a finalist in the 3rd David Popper International Competition in Hungary, and in 2008, he won the 2nd prize at The International Competition in Minsk. Following his competition successes, he has performed in major concert halls of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Holland and Portugal.

Aleksey Shadrin has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the National Opéra national de Montpellier, and the Sudwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz.

In 2016, he made his debut appearance at the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 2017, he appeared as a soloist with the NDR Radiophilharmonie with Andrew Manze in the Grosser Sendesaal in Hannover, and made his debut appearance at the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival.

Aleksey Shadrin received his Bachelor and Master of Musical Arts at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover with Prof. Leonid Gorokhov.

He is currently studying with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy.

Since September 2020, he’s an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, studying with Gary Hoffman.

Aleksey benefits from a scholarship granted by M. & Mrs. Charles Adriaenssen. Aleksey plays on a cello generously loaned by the Guttman Foundation.

Alexander Malofeev rose to international prominence in 2014, winning First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians when he was only 13 years old. Malofeev's major projects in recent months include a tour in Asia with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly and performances with the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Mikhail Pletnev, in the UK with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits, and in Italy with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and Fabio Luisi.

Alexander Malofeev performs with the world's most prestigious orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Academy of St. Cecilia, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Alexander Malofeev performs regularly with, among others, the most famous conductors, including Riccardo Chailly, Mikhail Pletnev, Myung-Whun Chung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, Susanna Mälkki, Lionel Bringuier, Alondra de la Parra.

Alexander Malofeev has appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where he performed for the 30th anniversary of the Meester Pianists series, at Teatro alla Scala, at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, at the Herkulessaal in Munich, at the Philharmonie de Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

In addition to the First Prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, Alexander Malofeev has won numerous other prizes and awards in international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prix of the First International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition, the 'Young Musical Talent' award, and the 'Best Young Musician' award in 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander Malofeev became the first Young Yamaha Artist. In 2019, he received Second Prize at the first China International Music Competition. In spring 2020, the Sony Classical label released the "Tchaikovsky 2020" box set for the composer's 180th anniversary, including Tchaikovsky's First Concerto recorded together with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sladkovsky. Alexander Malofeev was born in Moscow in October 2001. He studied at legendary institutions: the Institute for Young Musicians 'Gnessin' and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Beatrice Rana performs at the world’s most esteemed concert halls and festivals including the Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, Barbican Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, KKL Lucerne, Cologne Philharmonie, Munich’s Isarphilharmonie, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Tonhalle Zurich, Philharmonie de Luxembourg, Teatro alla Scala, BBC Proms.

She collaborates with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Antonio Pappano, Klaus Mäkelä, Lahav Shani, Manfred Honeck, Riccardo Chailly, Gianandrea Noseda, Jaap van Zweden, Jakub Hrusa, Paavo Järvi, Elim Chan, Gustavo Gimeno, Fabio Luisi, Vladimir Jurowski, Dima Slobodeniouk, James Gaffigan, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Susanna Mälkki and Zubin Mehta.

Beatrice is the guest of such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bayerische Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestre de Paris, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Filarmonica della Scala, Seoul Philharmonic among many other top orchestras.

In the 2024/25 season, Beatrice is artist in residence at Paris’ Radio-France. The residency will involve a recital at the Auditorium de Radio France and several concerts and tours with both in-house orchestras, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Orchestre National de France and their music directors Mikko Frank and Cristian Macelaru. She will also return to the New York Philharmonic with Marek Janowski, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Gianandrea Noseda, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck and debut with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Beatrice Rana records exclusively for Warner Classics. She released 6 albums receiving critical acclaim and several prizes including “Young Artist of the Year” at the Gramophone Awards and “Discovery of the year” at the Edison Awards in 2017. In June 2018, she was chosen as Female Artist of the Year at the Classic BRIT Awards at the Royal Albert Hall.

Beatrice Rana won Silver (2nd Prize) and the Audience Award at the prestigious Van Cliburn competition in 2013. She had attracted international attention at 18, winning 1st Prize and all special prizes at the Montreal International Competition in 2011. Born into a family of musicians Beatrice began her musical studies at four and achieved her Piano Degree under the guidance of Benedetto Lupo at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Music in Monopoli, where she also studied composition with Marco della Sciucca. She then studied with Arie Vardi in Hannover and again with Benedetto Lupo at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

In 2017, Beatrice started her own chamber music festival « Classiche Forme » in her native town of Lecce, Puglia. The festival has become one of Italy’s major summer events.