by Lorraine Pocklington | May 26, 2019
Kenneth Hesketh has been described as “one of the UK’s most vibrant voices, having a brand of modernism that reveals true love for sound itself” (International Piano) and as “a composer who both has something to say and the means to say it” (Tempo magazine). Hesketh...
by MusicFest Administrator | Apr 1, 2017
Lars Lien is senior lecturer in saxophone at the Artic University of Norway, Tromsø. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician all over Norway, Europe and the USA. Educated at the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Lien has more than 25 years’ experience as a...
by MusicFest Administrator | Feb 12, 2017
Kyle Horch studied in Chicago at Northwestern University (B.Mus, M.Mus), where he learned with Frederick Hemke. He was awarded a BP North America Scholarship in 1986-7 to pursue postgraduate study at the GSMD in London, where he learned with Stephen Trier. As a...
by MusicFest Administrator | Mar 20, 2016
Described by The Times – London as “…a flautist and a half…”, Lisa Nelsen is internationally recognised for her versatility as a flute soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, educator and mentor in performance practices. She grew up on a pig farm in Western...
by MusicFest Administrator | Feb 9, 2015
Kari Ravnan, born and raised in the USA, left home at the age of 13 to study with Gabriel Magyar (cellist of the Hungarian Quartet) at the National Academy of Arts in Champaign, Illinois. Three years later she was accepted as a student of Leonard Rose and began...
