Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is Artistic Director of the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. His extraordinary reach as an artist is a result of his versatility and passion for music as well as the genuine quality to his playing and beauty of his performances.
Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
InstrumentViolin
Emanuel Salvador
Emanuel Salvador has been described by Strad Magazine as „one of the best Portuguese
violinists of his generation”. He has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster on many world stages, including the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, China, Japan, Portugal, Holland, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Estonia, USA and Germany. He is the winner and laureate of competitions such as Isolde Menges (RCM), Beckenham Festival, Barbirolli Memorial, Wolfson Foundation, Jovens Musicos, Julio Cardona. In 2005, he graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music in London. As a soloist and concertmaster, he has performed with orchestras such as:
Orquesta Nacional de España, Brasil National Orchestra, Seoul Classical Players, Adana Philharmonic, Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, Krasnoyarsk Symphony, Orquestra de Norte, Clássica da Madeira, Czestochowa Philharmonic, Lomza Philharmonic and Bialystok Philharmonic. He is the founder and leader of the Guimarães String Quartet in Portugal, with which he regularly performs in Europe and Asia. From 2005 to 2015 he was concertmaster of the Orquestra do Norte in Portugal. Since 2015, he has been the Artistic Director of the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra and its first concertmaster. With this ensemble, he has won wide recognition from listeners and critics alike by performing in concert halls in Europe and Asia, in countries such as Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, Malta, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Russia, Korea, India and China. His achievements include critically acclaimed album recordings, solo concerts with over 40 orchestras and master classes around the world.
Emanuel has toured extensively in Southeast Asia, China, Japan and in the United States. As of 2019, he is also Artistic Director of the International Festivals Guimarães Clássico in Portugal, Szczecin Classic in Poland and, from 2023, a new concert series in the Polish-German border called „Music Powerania”.
ConcertmasterBaltic Neopolis Orchestra
InstrumentViolin
Janusz Wawrowski is recognized as one of the most outstanding and experienced violinists of his generation. His solo career brings him to perform in a number of the world’s most important concert halls, including: Musikverein in Vienna, Wigmore Hall in London, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Beethoven- Saal in Stuttgart, Seoul Arts Center, Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Teatro Teresa Carreῆo in Caracas, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, NFM in Wroclaw, NOSPR in Katowice, or M. Karlowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin.
UniversityThe Chopin University of Music
InstrumentViolin
Since 2019, Piotr Szumieł has been a professor of viola and head of the department of string instruments at the Rostock Academy of Music and Theatre.
The artist has led workshops and master classes in Austria, Germany, Hong Kong, Poland and China. He has participated in the jury work of international viola and chamber music competitions in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Katowice and Meissen.
In the years 2005-2024, he was a lecturer of viola and chamber music at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music in Dresden, as well as at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (in the years 2013-2018).
UniversityHochschule für Musik und Theater in Rostock
InstrumentViola
Konstantin Heidrich is cellist of the Fauré Quartet and professor for cello at the Berlin University of the Arts.
His father, Peter Heidrich, violinist and composer, was important for his musical development. During his school years, Konstantin was a junior student at the Music University in Lübeck with Thomas Grossenbacher. His studies then took him to Martin Ostertag in Karlsruhe and to Frans Helmerson in Cologne. Master classes with Young Chang Cho and David Geringas supported his development as a cellist.
UniversityUniversität der Künste in Berlin
InstrumentCello
Janusz Widzyk, double bassist, studied under the supervision of excellent double bass pedagogues such as Bonaventura Nanck, Czeslaw Ząbek, Veit-Peter Schüßler, Franco Petracchi and cellists Monique Bartels, Boris Pergamenschikow, Heidi Litschauer.
UniversityHochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin,
Academy of Art in Szczecin
InstrumentDouble bass
Karl Fiorini, composer. Maltese by descent, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal College of Music. Karl Fiorini’s compositions have been performed in major cities in Europe, the United States, Japan and Latin America. Karl Fiorini’s works are performed all over the world, in the largest and most prestigious concert halls.
UniversityRoyal College of Music, London
Composer
Composer of classical, film and video games music. Conductor and educator. Winner of more than twenty awards at international and national composition competitions. His compositions have been recorded on 19 CDs and performed in the most important Polish concert halls and most European countries, as well as in the USA, China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
UniversityChopin University of Music in Warsaw
Composer
