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Isabelle Huppert is a French actress and producer. A loyal collaborator of Claude Chabrol, Benoît Jacquot and Michael Haneke, Isabelle Huppert alternates between stage and screen, art house cinema and mainstream films. She was introduced to the general public by filmmaker Claude Goretta in 1977 in the film The Lacemaker.
She is one of the most prolific actresses in France (two or three films per year on average) and one of the few French performers whose filmography is truly international: her demanding and recognized career has led her to shoot in the United States (under the direction of Michael Cimino, Hal Hartley, Curtis Hanson, Joseph Losey, David O. Russell, and Otto Preminger), in Italy (with the Taviani brothers, Mauro Bolognini, Marco Ferreri, and Marco Bellocchio), in Russia (with Igor Minaiev), in Central Europe (with Michael Haneke, Werner Schroeter, Andrzej Wajda, Ursula Meier, Márta Mészáros, or Aleksandar Petrović), and even on the Asian continent (with Hong Sang-soo, Brillante Mendoza, or Rithy Panh).
Her theatrical career also leads her to work under the direction of renowned directors such as Bob Wilson, Claude Régy, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Jacques Lassalle, or Luc Bondy, and to interpret contemporary authors such as Yasmina Reza or Florian Zeller.
She has received numerous international awards: two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival, two Volpi Cups for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, a Silver Bear for Best Artistic Contribution and an Honorary Golden Bear at the Berlinale, two European Film Awards for Best Actress, as well as a Lola in Germany, a BAFTA in the United Kingdom, and a David di Donatello in Italy.
In France, she is the actress with the most nominations at the César Awards with sixteen nominations. She has won the César Award for Best Actress twice, in 1996 for Claude Chabrol’s La Cérémonie and in 2017 for Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, which also earned her the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Film and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 2017, she received the Europe Theatre Prize.
On November 25, 2020, The New York Times ranked her as the best actress of the 21st century, citing Denzel Washington as the best actor.
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Barbara Hendricks was born in Arkansas, USA and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Chemistry at the age of 20. She later studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York with Jennie Tourel. In 1974 she made her operatic debut at the San Francisco Opera and the Glyndebourne Festival as well as her recital debut in New York City’s Town Hall.
Since that moment, Barbara Hendricks’ career and artistry has never ceased to grow and she has become one of the world’s most loved and admired musicians. She has sung on all the major opera stages in the world including the Paris Opera, the MET in New York, Covent Garden in London and La Scala in Milano. She has sung under the direction of the greatest conductors of our time such as Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein, Karl Böhm, Sir Colin Davis, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bernard Haitink, Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Sir Georg Solti. She has always performed recitals with pianists such as Dmitri Alexeev, Michel Béroff, Yefim Bronfman, Michel Dalberto, Love Derwinger, Youri Egorov, Ralf Gothoni, Radu Lupu, Maria Joao Pires, Roland Pöntinen, Andras Schiff and Peter Serkin.
She has been acclaimed as one of the most active recitalists of her generation and in addition to her vast repertoire of German Lieder she is also known as a leading interpreter and staunch promoter of French, American and Scandinavian music. Barbara Hendricks also made numerous world creations of composers such as Gilbert Amy, David Del Tredici, Tobias Picker, Mari Takano, Bruno Mantovani, Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo Pärt and Sven-David Sandström, and most recently in 2004 in Paris, the role of The Angel in Peter Eötvös’opera Angels in America.
She made her jazz debut at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1994 and has since then performed regularly in renowned jazz festivals throughout the world with the Magnus Lindgren Quartet.
She starred as Mimi in the film La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini and Anne Truelove in 1994 in an international prize-winning film production of The Rake’s Progress conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. She was a member of the jury at the International Film Festival in Cannes 1999, presided by David Cronenberg.
Barbara Hendricks is one of today’s best-selling recording artists and has made more than 80 recordings for Sony, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, Erato and EMI. From 1983 to 2004 she made nearly 50 recordings exclusively for EMI Classics. In 2006, she launched her own record label, Arte Verum, for which she is now recording exclusively. She is still very active performing orchestra, chamber music and jazz concerts, recitals and opera throughout the world.
HUMANITARIAN COMMITMENT
After nearly 20 years of untiring service to the cause of refugees in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency she has been named the only Honorary Ambassador for Life by the UNHCR and is given special tasks that demand her long unparalleled experience and commitment. At the end of 1991 and 1993, she gave two solidarity concerts in war-ridden former Yugoslavia (Dubrovnik and Sarajevo). In 1998 she founded the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation to personalise her struggle for the prevention of conflicts in the world and to facilitate reconciliation and enduring peace where conflicts have already occurred.
Barbara Hendricks has received numerous awards for her artistic achievements and humanitarian work: Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universities of Louvain (Belgium) and Grenoble (France), Doctor in Law from the University of Dundee (Scotland), Doctor of Music from the Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Honorary Doctor of Music from the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She is a Member of the Swedish Academy of Music, was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award (Spain), was made “Commandeur des Arts et Lettres” by the French Government and was awarded the rank of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” by François Mitterrand.
Håkan Hardenberger is one of the world’s leading soloists, consistently recognised for his phenomenal performances and tireless innovation. Alongside his performances of the classical repertory, he is also renowned as a pioneer of significant and virtuosic new trumpet works.
Hardenberger performs with the world’s foremost orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker and London Symphony Orchestra. Conductors he collaborates with include Daniel Harding, Ingo Metzmacher, Andris Nelsons, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and John Storgårds.
The works written for and championed by Hardenberger stand as key highlights in the repertory and include those by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Brett Dean, HK Gruber, Hans Werner Henze, Betsy Jolas, Arvo Pärt, Toru Takemitsu, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Rolf Wallin.
In summer 2019 Hardenberger returns to the Tanglewood Music Festival with Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons and to the BBC Proms with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Markus Stenz for the UK premiere of Tobias Broström’s double concerto for two trumpets with Jeroen Berwaerts. This is followed by a concert at the Musikfest Berlin with Olga Neuwirth’s concerto “Miramondo Multiplo” with BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo. With the latter he can also be heard at the Barbican in November, championing Betsy Jolas’ trumpet concerto “Onze Lieder”. Continuing his residency with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, he performs Mieczysław Weinberg’s trumpet concerto and gives HK Gruber’s concerto “Aerial” its 89thperformance since its premiere. Further highlights include his performance of the Dutch premiere of Robin Holloway’s new concerto with Het Residentie Orkest and Nicholas Collon, his return to Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Andris Nelsons, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin with Alain Altinoglu, Bamberger Symphoniker with John Storgårds as well as Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg with Daniel Harding. Hardenberger embarks on his residency with the Seoul Philharmonic in 2020, and appears in a podium swap with HK Gruber with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He also returns to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in concert as well as curating their Metropolis Festival for contemporary music.
Conducting is an integral part of Hardenberger’s music making. In 2019/20 he conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Seoul Philharmonic, Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Duo partnerships include pianist Roland Pöntinen and percussionist Colin Currie, with whom he released a duo recording featuring duo works by composers such as Brett Dean and André Jolivet.
To add to his prolific discography on the Philips, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon and BIS labels, Hardenberger anticipates the release of a concerto recording including Sally Beamish, Betsy Jolas and Olga Neuwirth music (BIS) as well as a recording of Peter Eötvös new version of his trumpet concerto “Jet Stream”.
From 2016 to 2018 Hardenberger was the Artistic Director of the Malmö Chamber Music Festival. Hardenberger was born in Malmö, Sweden. He began studying the trumpet at the age of eight with Bo Nilsson in Malmö and continued his studies at the Paris Conservatoire, with Pierre Thibaud, and in Los Angeles with Thomas Stevens. He is a professor at the Malmö Conservatoire.
After picking up the upright bass, Dubé attended musical studies at the Conservatoire de Québec , where he graduated with a Dîplome d’études supérieures, continuing at Rice University (Houston, TX) and then for two years at the Univesity of Southern California, where he earned his master’s degree. He studied both jazz and classical music, with the principal teachers Luc Sévigny, Paul Ellison, Dennis Trembly, John Clayton and Edwin Barker.
When he had completed musical studies Dubé worked as a freelance musician in North America for two years with different orchestras like the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony and the Orchestre symphonique de Québec , before moving to Scandinavia. He was Assistant Principal Double Bass at the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1993-1996), and Principal Bass of Norrlands Opera (1996-2000). In 2000 he took up the position of Principal Bass of the Swedish Chamber orchestra. He has also appeared as a soloist with some of these orchestras. He has worked with different types of music, mostly jazz, folk music and of course classical, parallel to his orchestra career through the years. He plays in the jazz ensembles the Ivar Kolve Trio, Jonas Knutson Quartet, and in the duo Maria Johanson and Sébastien Dubé (bass and vocal), among others. His folk music partners include the Ale Möller Band, Duo Nyckelharpa and Bass (Torbjörn Näsbom), Harv, among others. In addition to this he organises concerts mixing different types of music and musicians together, including world music, jazz, folk or classical and sometimes even with symphony orchestras. Dubé has taught at the Domaine Forget Summer Festival in Québec, is a coach for the Baltic Youth Philharmonic and also holds a positions on the faculties at University of Öberbro and Ingesund Högskola.
Alexandra Dovgan was born in 2007 into a family of musicians and began her piano studies when she was four and a half years of age. At age five, her talent emerged when she passed the highly competitive selections to join the Academic Central Music School of Moscow State Conservatory, where she studied under renowned teacher Mira Marchenko.
Alexandra is a prize winner at five international competitions, among them Moscow International Vladimir Krainev Piano Competition, International Young Pianists Competition “Astana Piano Passion”, International Television contest for young musicians “The Nutcracker”. Alexandra was only ten when she won the Grand Prix at the II International “Grand Piano Competition”. The recordings of this event have travelled the world on Medici.tv and YouTube, moving musicians and piano lovers all around the globe.
Despite her young age, Alexandra has already made her debut in the most prestigious concert halls as the Berlin Philharmonie, Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, Victoria Hall in Geneve, Konzerthuset in Stockholm, receiving a standing ovation and enthusiastic reviews by the press.
In July 2019, she impressed critics and the public with a highly acclaimed recital at Salzburg Festival.
Despite the pandemic, Alexandra Dovgan performed a series of impressive European concerts in the past couple of years. She returned to Salzburg to play with the Mozarteum Orchestra and Trevor Pinnock; she performed with Stockholm Philharmonic and Ton Koopman, with Barcelona Symphony and Kazushi Ono, with Slovenska Filharmonija and Philipp von Steinaecker.
In June 2021, she made her debut with Gustavo Dudamel and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
Among Alexandra’s major engagements in 2022-23, there are recitals at Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Boulez Saal, Munich Prinzregententheater, Paris Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Zurich Tonhalle, Lisbon Gulbenkian, Stuttgart Liederhalle, and in Turin, Milan, Basel, Belgrade, Nantes and Florence.
In the summer of 2022, she performed at some of Europe’s most prestigious festivals, including the Klavier Festival Ruhr, La Roque d’Antheron, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, and the Granada and Malaga festivals. In September 2022, she made her double debut in Japan: playing with the Kioi Sinfonietta and Trevor Pinnock for the season’s opening concert and, a few days later, a solo recital in the same hall. Other appearances in Osaka, Nagoya and Kawasaki completed the tour.
In April 2023, she made her debut with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under Paavo Jarvi, and last summer at the Verbier Festival.
Spontaneous depth and consciousness, along with a sound of incredible beauty and precision, are the distinguishing characteristics of Alexandra’s pianism. You will not find any element of showing off or technical demonstration in her piano playing but an impressive concentration combined with purity of expression and creative imagination. She possesses a charismatic presence on stage and a distinct personality.
Away from the piano, Alexandra loves skiing, playing the organ, learning ballet and mathematics and spending time with her little brother.
Singer and conductor, tenor and baritone, eclectic artist with more than 150 roles, acclaimed by the public on stages all over the world.
Defined Renaissance man, awarded with honorary titles and prizes also for his humanitarian commitment.
Promoter of young talents and founder of Operalia. Worldwide Ambassador of Spanish Culture and Zarzuela.
Extraordinarily versatile, he has been general director and promoter of opera with Carreras and Pavarotti.
Performer of world premieres of operas, starred in opera movies, pioneer of crossover and winner of 12 Grammy Awards.
Conductor with more than 600 performances.
His career has continued for more than half a century and for this he has been celebrated at the Operas of New York, Vienna, Verona, Milan and Buenos Aires.
French tenor Benjamin Bernheim’s recent seasons have established him as a regular guest artist at Europe’s leading opera houses, including the Opéra national de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Opéra national de Bordeaux and the Royal Opera House in London where he performs leading tenor roles from the romantic repertoire. Garnering high praise with both his performances and recordings, he has been hailed as “The most beautiful tenor voice since Luciano Pavarotti” by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and “the new star tenor” by Diapason. In 2020, he was named “Artiste Lyrique de l’Année” (Opera Singer of the Year) at the Les Victoires de la Musique Awards in France, “personnalité musicale de l’année” (Musical Personality of the Year) by Le Syndicat professionnel de la critique de théâtre, musique et danse, and Singer of the Year by Oper! Magazin.. The same year, his debut album was also awarded a “Diapason d’Or” by Diapason, and was named a “Choc de Classica” by Classica.
Mr. Bernheim’s 2022/23 season brings him to the Wiener Staatsoper, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Opernhaus Zürich and the Metropolitan Opera among others. At the start of the season, Mr. Bernheim returns to one of his signature roles, Des Grieux in Manon at the Staatsoper Hamburg. Mr. Bernheim then performs Duca in Verdi’s Rigoletto twice in a row; first at the Wiener Staatsoper and then at the Metropolitan Opera where he makes his much-anticipated house debut. This is followed by his highly-praised interpretation of Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème at the Wiener Staatsoper. Also included in his 2022/23 season is his long-awaited debut as Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, first in concert with the Orchestre de chambre de Genève, followed by a staged production at Opernhaus Zürich. Also at the Opernhaus Zürich, he returns to the role of Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. His season concludes with a new production of Roméo et Juliette at the Opéra national de Paris, with performances in June and July 2023. On the concert stage, Mr. Bernheim makes his house debut at the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, performing Verdi’s Requiem, followed by a recital later in the season. He also performs recitals at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, the Saarländische Staatstheater, Oper Frankfurt, Prinzregententheater, as part of the Munich Opera Festival, and at the Salzburger Festspiele.
Previous highlights include the title role in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Faust (title role) at the Opéra national de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, and at the Latvian National Opera, Rodolfo in La bohème at the Opéra national de Paris, Opernhaus Zürich, Royal Opera House (London), Staatsoper Berlin, and Wiener Staatsoper, Des Grieux in Manon at the Opéra national de Paris and Opéra national de Bordeaux, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opernhaus Zürich, Wiener Staatsoper and Salzburger Festspiele, Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto at the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Lensky in Eugene Onegin at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Alfredo in La traviata at the Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House (London), Opernhaus Zürich, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper, Opéra national de Bordeaux and the Staatsoper Berlin, the title role of Werther at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore at the Wiener Staatsoper.
On the concert stage, he has performed recitals at the Salzburg Festival, Opéra national de Bordeaux, La Grange au Lac, Opernhaus Zürich, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Philharmonie de Luxembourg, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Théâtre du Capitole, Gulbenkian Orchestra Main Hall, and L’instant Lyrique in Paris, and in Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elias, and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria.
An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, his debut album was released in 2019 to outstanding reviews. “You believe you are hearing some of the well-known arias for the first time,” raved the Süddeutsche Zeitung, while Le Monde effused “ a sumptuous voice, fiery sensitivity, and poetic musicality.” His second solo album, Boulevard des Italiens, released in 2022, was also very well received, Oper Magazin claimed: “one can almost speak of a sensational album…This is a cleverly put together… even charming album by a tenor who is unrivaled in his field”. BBC Music Magazine also rated the album five stars, praising: “Bernheim, who has a voice of immense clarity and lyrical attractiveness, sings Puccini like a dream… Taking a stroll with him down the Boulevard des Italiens is a real treat.” Benjamin can also be heard on the complete recording of Faust, in the title role, released in 2019 on the Palazzetto Bru Zane label.
Benjamin Bernheim studied with Gary Magby at the Lausanne Conservatoire,and was a young artist and troupe member at the Opernhaus Zürich.
The Swedish guitarist Mats Bergström (b. 1961 in Gävle) grew up in Stockholm in a family of musicians. After graduating from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, then a further year of study in London and a debut recital at the Wigmore Hall, he worked mainly as a session musician during the 1980s on both electric and acoustic guitar. Two years as a post-graduate student at the Juilliard School in New York at the beginning of the 1990s were followed by a conscious move towards chamber music. Today he is often heard accompanying some of our most prominent singers, or otherwise as a boundless soloist and ensemble player.
He has been a frequent guest with Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt) and the London Sinfonietta and has appeared with orchestras such as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Wiener Symphoniker and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (HK Gruber: Busking), the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (Tan Dun: Guitar Concerto) and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Kurtag: Grabstein für Stephan). Mats Bergström’s acclaimed version of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint has been presented in concerts at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms 2011) and Festival Hall in London, the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Grieghallen in Bergen and Stockholm’s Konserthus in the presence of the composer himself.
In his discography, amongst his works of note are his recording of Bach’s Sei Solo – the three sonatas and three partitas for solo violin, transcribed for guitar – which has been praised in the international press and was nominated for a Swedish “Grammis” award, Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin together with Olle Persson, and a series of albums with Georg Riedel on the theme of Songs Without Words.
Mats Bergström, who lives in rural Uppland in Sweden, is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2006. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious Litteris et Artibus medal by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is one of the most sought after and versatile artists today. As a soloist, conductor and artistic director, he performs repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporary.
Season 2023/24 includes tours with Australian Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées with Philippe Herreweghe, EUYO with Gianandrea Noseda and Arcangelo with Jonathan Cohen. Altstaedt makes his debut with Bamberger Symphoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Rafael Payare and NAC Orchestra Ottawa with Alexander Shelley, Bergen Philharmonic while re-invitations include London Philharmonic Orchestra with Ed Gardner, OPRF Paris, Tapiola Sinfonietta amongst others.
Since his highly acclaimed debut with Wiener Philharmoniker and Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival, recent notable residencies and collaborations include Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg with Teodor Currentzis, Helsinki Festival with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin with Robin Ticciati, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra with Lahav Shani, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with Philippe Herreweghe, Münchner Philharmoniker with Krzysztof Urbánski, European Union Youth Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko, Seoul Philharmonic and Osmo Vänskä, all the BBC Orchestras including with John Storgårds, Orchestre National de France with Cristian Măcelaru, NHK and Yomiuri Nippon symphony orchestras, Washington’s National and Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and Sydney and New Zealand symphony orchestras. He also regularly performs on period instruments with ensembles as Il Giardino Armonico,Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Arcangelo, Academy of Ancient Music and conductors as René Jacobs, Phillippe Herreweghe, Andrea Marcon, Giovanni Antonini and Jonathan Cohen.
As a conductor, he works closely with the Scottish and Munich Chamber Orchestras and the OPRF Paris. He conducted in recent seasons the Budapest Festival Orchestra, SWR, OSI Lugano, Warsaw Philharmonic, Kyoto Symphony, Orchestra of 18th century, les Violins du Roy, Aurora and Zurich chamber orchestras.
In 2012, Nicolas was chosen by Gidon Kremer to succeed him as the new artistic director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival and in 2015 by Ádám Fischer to become the new Artistic Director of the Haydn Philharmonie until 2022, within whom he regularly performed with at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Esterházy Festival and recently on tour in both China and Japan. Nicolas was Artistic Director of the Pfingstfestspiele Ittingen 2019 and 2023.
As a chamber musician, Nicolas partners include Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, Christian Tetzlaff, Pekka Kuusisto, Barnabás Kelemen, Joshua Bell, Ilya Gringolts, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, Antoine Tamestit, Martin Fröst, Alexander Lonquich, Jonathan Cohen, Jean Rondeau, Thomas Dunford, and the Quatuor Ébène. He performs at both Salzburg Mozart and Summer Festival, Verbier, Utrecht, BBC Proms, Lucerne, Musikfest Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Rheingau.
Joint appearances with composers such as Thomas Adès, Jörg Widmann, Wolfgang Rihm, Thomas Larcher, Fazil Say and Sofia Gubaidulina also consolidate his reputation as an outstanding interpreter of contemporary music. Sebastian Fagerlund, Helena Winkelman, Anders Hillborg and Fazil Say have recently written concertos for Nicolas. New Concertos by Erkki-Sven Tüür, Liza Lim and Márton Illés will be premiered in 23/24,
His most recent recordings for his Lockenhaus Festival garnered the BBC Music Magazine 2020 Chamber Award and Grammophone Award 2020. He received the BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award 2017 for his recording of CPE Bach Concertos on Hyperion with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen and the Edison Klassiek 2017 for his Recital Recording with Fazil Say on Warner Classics.
Nicolas received the Beethovenring Bonn 2015 and Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg 2018. Nicolas was a BBC New Generation Artist 2010-2012 and a recipient of the „Borletti Buitoni Trust Fellowship“ in 2009.