Meet the Artists

Chosen through a rigorous audition process, the selection of musicians we promote are of the highest calibre.

Alysia Hanshaw (Soprano)

  • Praised for her ‘pure and vibrant’ timbre (Olyrix), British soprano Alysia Hanshaw is a member of the 2023-25 Opera Studio at the Opéra National du Rhine. Read more...

  • HUGO WOLF
    Auch kleine Dinge, Die Nacht, Verschwiegene Liebe 

    CLAUDE DEBUSSY
    Ariettes Oubliées 

    RICHARD STRAUSS
    Du meines Herzens Kronelein, Freundliche Vision, Schlagende Herzen 

    ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
    Liebesbreifchen, Schneeglöckchen, Sterbelied 

    Interval

    EDVARD GRIEG
    Solveigs sang, Våren

    KAIJASAARIAHO
    Leino Songs

    CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD
    Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day, They bore him barefaced (Two Shakespeare Songs) 

    FRANK BRIDGE
    When you are old, Come to me in my dreams

  • Countess of Munster

Amiri Harewood (Piano)

  • Currently studying at the Royal College of Music on a full scholarship under the tutelage of Danny Driver, Amiri holds the Ann Driver Trust Scholarship, supported by the Victor Dandaleh Foundation. He previously studied at Trinity Music Academy under Richard Evans. Read more...

  • JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
    Partita NO.5 in G Major

    SEGEI PROKOFIEV
    Selection from Vision Fugitives

    Interval

    MODEST MUSSORGSKY
    Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Countess of Munster

    YCAT

Ariel Lanyi (Piano)

  • In 2023, Ariel was honored to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. He was also nominated as a Rising Star Artist by Classic FM in the same year. Read more…

  • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
    Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 2 No. 2 

    CÉSAR FRANCK
    Prélude, aria et final

    ROBERT SCHUMANN
    Etudes symphoniques Op. 13 (with the posthumous etudes)

  • YCAT Artist

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (Violin)

  • Born in France, violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux was the 2021 grand prize winner of the Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Aritsts Guild  (New York) international auditions. Read more...

  • F. SCHUBERT
    Fantasy in C major, D934

    F. SCHUBERT
    Rondo in b minor, op. 70, D895

    F. SCHUBERT
    Violin Sonata in A major, D574

    F. SCHUBERT
    Du liebst mich nicht, D756a

    F. SCHUBERT
    Sei mir gegrüsst

    F. SCHUBERT
    Sommer-abschied

  • YCAT Artist

Charlotte Spruit (Violin)

  • Born in the Netherlands in 2000, Charlotte Spruit, a keen chamber musician and soloist, was a winner at the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust international auditions. Read more...

  • W. A. MOZART 
    Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304

    L. V. BEETHOVEN
    Violin Sonata No.10 in G, Op.96

    Interval

    R. SCHUMANN
    Violin Sonata No.2 IN D minor, Op.121

  • YCAT Artist

    Countess of Munster Artist

Dan-Iulian Druțac (Violin)

  • Born in 1996 in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, Dan-Iulian Druțac studied music since he was 7, encouraged by his father who is also a musician. By the time he was 15, he was a laureate of 20 national and international competitions. Read more...

  • BÉLA BARTOK
    Hungarian Rhapsody Nr. 1

    GEORGE ENESCU
    Violin Sonata Nr. 3, op. 25 "dans le caractère populaire roumain"

    GEORGE ENESCU
    Ballade

    CAMILLE SAINT SAËNS
    Rondo Capriciosso

    Interval

    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZAT
    Violin Sonata in E minor, KV 304

    JOHANNES BRAHMS
    Violin Sonata Nr. 3 op. 108

    BÉLA BARTOK
    Romanian Folk Dances

  • Associate Artist

Ensemble Renard

  • Ensemble Renard quickly emerged onto the chamber music scene as one of the UK’s most promising young chamber ensembles after founding in 2018 at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School. Read more...

  • WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
    Andante für eine Walze in eine Kleine Orgel, K. 616 (arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer)

    DARIUS MILHAUD
    La chéminée du roi Réné

    FELIX MENDELSSONN
    Lieder ohne Worte Op. 19 (arr. George Strivens)

    ISABELLA LEONARDA
    Sonata Nona from Op. 16 (arr. Geoffrey King)

    Interval

    GYÖRGY LIGETI
    Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet

    JUDITH WEIR
    Mountain Airs

    Anton Reicha
    Wind Quintet in Eb Op. 88 No. 2

  • Countess of Munster

Ewan Millar (Oboe)

  • Ewan is a prominent young oboist building a career in the UK. In 2020 Ewan won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician, advancing to the Grand Final, and giving what was described as, an “exemplary, richly shaded account” (The Guardian). Read more...

  • THEA MUSGRAVE
    Dawn for solo oboe

    GERALD FINZI
    Interlude for oboe and strings (arr. for piano)

    ROBERT SCHUMANN
    Three Romances 

    CLAUDE DEBUSSY
    Beau Soir (arr. J. Heifetz) 

    ANNE CAWRSE
    Callisto from Carmen Perpetuum

    Interval

    J.S. BACH
    Oboe Sonata in Gm BWV 1030b, mvmt.2, Siciliano 

    FANNY MENDELSSON
    Schwanenlied 

    ALMA MAHLER
    Leise weht in erstes Blühn

    LILI BOULANGER
    Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie

    FANNY MENDELSSON
    Gondellied 

    FRANCIS POULENC
    Oboe Sonata 

    SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
    Deep River

  • Countess of Munster

Fibonacci Quartet

  • Based in the UK and formed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Fibonacci Quartet are one of Europe's leading young string quartets, and are prolific prize winners both in the UK and abroad. Read more...

  • J. HAYDN
    String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4

    B. BARTÓK
    String Quartet No. 4

    Interval 

    SMETANA
    String Quartet No. 1 'From my Life'

  • YCAT Artist

    Countess of Munster Artist

Gerard Flotats (Cello)

  • Prize-winning Catalan cellist Gerard Flotats is a versatile young musician performing a wide spectrum of music, from Baroque on historical instruments to contemporary compositions with electronics. Read more...

  • GASPAR CASSADÓ
    Suite for Solo Cello

    ENRIQUE GRANADOS
    Intermezzo from Goyescas

    GABRIEL FAURÉ
    Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor

    Interval

    FRANZ LISZT
    Liebestraum No. 3 (arr. Cassadó)

    FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
    Cello Sonata in G minor

  • Countess of Munster

Ignas Maknickas (Piano)

  • Born in California and raised in Lithuania, pianist Ignas Maknickas is now based in London and was a winner at the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust international auditions. Read more...

  • F. SCHUBERT
    Sonata in A major D664

    F. CHOPIN
    Polonaise-Fantasie, Op.61

    Interval

    F. SCHUMANN
    Kinderszenen, Op.15

    F. CHOPIN
    Two Nocturnes, Op.27 Nos.1 & 2

    M. RAVEL
    Valses nobles et sentimentales

  • YCAT Artist

Iyad Sughayer (Piano)

  • Nominated as a 2022 ‘Rising Star’ by Classic FM, Iyad was a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust international auditions in 2021. Read more...

  • W. A. MOZART  
    Fantasie in D minor, K.397

    F. SCHUBERT
    Drei Klavierstücke D. 946

    Interval

    SIBELIUS
    6 Impromptus, Op.5

    KHACHATURIAN
    Piano Sonata (Revised Version)

  • YCAT Artist

Kasparas Mikužis (Piano)

  • Lithuanian-born pianist Kasparas Mikužis has given solo performances on the stages of Concertgebouw Hall, Lithuanian National Philharmonic, and Wigmore Hall. Read more...

  • JOSEPH HAYDN 
    Sonata in B minor no. 47

    MAURICE RAVEL
    Selection of pieces from Mirrors

    FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
    Barcarolle in F sharp major op. 60

    Interval

    JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
    Selection of pieces from Pieces de Clavecin in G 

    FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
    Sonata in B minor no. 3, op. 58

  • Countess of Munster

Kosta Popović (Cello)

  • Montenegrin cellist Kosta Popović, born in Podgorica in 2000, studied under his father, Mladen Popović, before moving to the UK in 2017 to attend Whitgift School and Junior Guildhall. In 2019, he began his undergraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Read more...

  • J. S. BACH
    Sonata for Viola da Gamba in g BWV 1029

    KAIJA SAARIAHO
    Sept Papillons

    CLAUDE DEBUSSY
    Sonata for Cello and Piano L.135

    Interval

    MANUEL DE FALLA
    Suite populaire espagnole for Cello and Piano (Arr. Maurice Maréchal)

    ANTONIN DVORAK
    Silent Woods op. 68

    BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    Sonata for Cello and Piano op.65 in C

  • Countess of Munster

Lumas Winds

  • Lumas Winds is an ensemble based in London committed to promoting the rich variety of wind chamber music repertoire, and have been described as ‘one to watch’ (BBC Radio 3, Record Review). Read more...

  • LUCIANO BERIO
    Opus Number Zoo

    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
    Divertimento in F Major K.213

    J.S BACH
    Flute Partita in A Minor BWV 1013 (solo baroque flute)

    GAVIN HIGGINS
    After Fallout

    Interval

    ANTON REICHA
    Wind Quintet in Eb major, Op 88, No.2

    VALERIE COLEMAN
    Afro-Cuban Concerto

    LALO SCHIFRIN
    La Nouvelle Orleans

  • Countess of Munster

Maxim Calver (Cello)

  • Maxim Calver first gained public recognition as a Grand Finalist and Strings Category winner of BBC Young Musician 2018. Since then he has been in high demand across the UK and Europe appearing in many of Europe’s leading venues including the Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zurich and Symphony Hall, Birmingham amongst others. Read More...

  • L. V. BEETHOVEN
    Sonata for cello and piano no.4 in C Major, op.102 no.1

    R. SCHUMANN
    Drei Fantasiestücke, op.73

    JOHANNES BRAHMS
    Sonata for cello and piano no.2 in F, op.99

  • Associate Artist
Mithras Trio

Mithras Trio

  • Praised for their ‘exhilarating, highly-toned’ performances (The Arts Desk), the Mithras Trio have established themselves as one of the next generation’s most exciting and dynamic piano trios. Read more...

  • JOSEPH HAYDN
    Piano Trio in E flat major Hob. XV:10

    FELIX MENDELSSOHN
    Piano Trio in D minor op. 49

    Interval

    JOAQUÍN TURINA
    Circulo

    ASTOR PIAZOLLA
    Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

  • Associate Artist

Strahinja Mitrović (Double Bass)

  • Serbian double bassist Strahinja Mitrović is studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he is currently pursuing his masters degree in performance with the cellist Louise Hopkins. Read more...

  • HENRY ECCLES
    Sonata in G minor 

    VILMOS MONTAG
    Sonata in E minor for Double bass and Piano

    GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
    Grande Allegro di Concerto “Alla Mendelssohn”

    Interval

    JOHANNES BRAHMS
    Cello Sonata in E minor

    WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER
    Albumblatt

  • Countess of Munster

Thomas Mathias (Violin)

  • Welsh violinist Thomas Mathias has been broadcast live as a soloist on S4C Television and BBC Radio Cymru, and has given recitals across Europe and North America. Thomas is an Associate Artist of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Countess of Munster Trust. Read more...

  • J. S. BACH
    Partita in E Major, BWV 1006. 1

    YSAŸE
    Sonata no. 4

    TESSA LARK
    Ysaye Shuffle (2023)

    GABRIELA LENA FRANK
    Khazn’s Recitative: Elu D’vorim (2003)

    JOSEPH PARRY
    Myfanwy (2019), arr. Thomas Mathias

    GUY BRAUNSTEIN/THE BEATLES
    Blackbird (2021)

  • Associate Artist

William Bracken (Piano)

  • Described by the Telegraph as an artist with "courage and stamina and musicality in abundance” and “an ability to hold an audience in the palm of his hand” after the 23-year-old made his Wigmore Hall debut, William Bracken is in high demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Read more...

  • L.V. BEETHOVEN
    Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”

    C. DEBUSSY
    La serenade interromptue

    F. MOMPOU
    Cuna, La barca, from Impressiones Intimas

    C. DEBUSSY
    la Puerto del vino 

    F. CHOPIN
    3 Mazurkas op. 56  

    F. LISZT
    Rhapsodie espagnole  

  • Associate Artist

Will Duerden (Double Bass)

  • Double bassist Will Duerden is a highly sought-after artist, in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader with a growing international career spanning four continents. Will rose to prominence after reaching the Strings Category Final of 2018 BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition. Read more...

  • GLIERE
    Two pieces for double bass
    Op. 32: I. Preludium, II. Scherzo

    FRANTISEK HERTL
    Double Bass Sonata

    LILI BOULANGER
    Nocturne

    GLIERE: Two pieces for double bass
    Op. 9: I. Intermezzo, II. Tarantella

  • YCAT Artist