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Mastersand rising stars<\/h1>\n

MurciArt's most distinctive feature is the bond it creates between generations. The great masters don't come just to give a concert: they come to teach, to listen and to share.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Tenth edition artists<\/h2>

Soloists and teachers from Europe's great orchestras and concert halls, alongside the young talents of MurciArt Academy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Violin<\/div>\n
Sergey Ostrovsky<\/span>David Castro-Balbi<\/span>Darlin Dyle<\/span>Desislava Cvetkova<\/span>Miguel Guerrero<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Viola<\/div>\n
Rumen Cvetkov<\/span>Lesster F. Mej\u00edas (viola and academic advisor)<\/span>\u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ros<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cello<\/div>\n
Christophe Morin<\/span>Zs\u00f3fia Keleti<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Clarinet<\/div>\n
Pedro Franco<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Flute<\/div>\n
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Biographies<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sergey Ostrovsky<\/p>

Violin<\/p>

Founder and first violin of the Aviv Quartet for 27 years, he has won numerous prizes at international competitions: the Grand Prize at the 3rd Melbourne Chamber Music Competition, the Bordeaux String Quartet Competition, the Prague Spring Competition and the \u201cSchubert and Modern Music\u201d Competition in Graz, Austria. Since 2013 he has devoted himself intensively to conducting, leading the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Armenian Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Estonia, the North Baltic Chamber Orchestra, the Lviv Soloists, the Avetis Festival Orchestra, the Neuch\u00e2tel Soloists and the Nizhny Novgorod Soloists. In 2023 he founded the Ensemble Symphonique de Gen\u00e8ve, where he is artistic director and principal conductor.<\/p><\/article>\n

David Castro-Balbi<\/p>

Violin<\/p>

He grew up in a family of musicians and at 13 graduated from the CRR in Besan\u00e7on (DEM) in the class of Bernard Mauppin. In 2007 he joined Larissa Kolos\u2019s class at the CRR in Paris, and then Svetlin Roussev\u2019s at the CNSM in Paris. In 2016 he earned his master\u2019s degree at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar with Professor Friedemann Eichhorn. From 2018 to 2020 he was a member of the prestigious Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and since 2023 he has been solo violinist of the Neues Orchester Basel in Switzerland. He plays a violin made especially for him by Jacques Fustier, with the support of CIC Nord.<\/p><\/article>\n

Christophe Morin<\/p>

Cello<\/p>

\u201cA cellist with brilliant technique and an exceptional sound. His musical expression is intense, and his rich, impetuous and passionate character immediately captures our attention.\u201d These words from Roland Pidoux best describe Christophe Morin\u2019s talent and dedication. His thirst for knowledge led him to masterclasses with J\u00e1nos Starker, Mstislav Rostropovich and Yo-Yo Ma, who offered him private lessons. Today he performs with internationally renowned soloists such as Renaud Capu\u00e7on and J\u00e9r\u00f4me Ducros, with whom he recorded a live album of Schubert\u2019s Trio Op. 100, and collaborates with Nicholas Angelich, Augustin Dumay, Jean-Marc Luisada, David Grimal and the Modigliani Quartet.<\/p><\/article>\n

Pedro Franco<\/p>

Clarinet<\/p>

Principal clarinet of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician he has performed across Europe, Asia and the United States, in halls such as the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Tonhalle in Zurich, Carnegie Hall in New York and the KKL in Lucerne. A prizewinner at the 2012 Turin International Clarinet Competition, he has recorded for ARTE, BBC, Mezzo, WDR, NDR, DR and Radio Swiss Classic, and has played at the Verbier, St-Prex Classics and Moritzburg international festivals.<\/p><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Guest artists<\/h2>

Soloists, conductors and orchestras who have shared the MurciArt stage over its first nine editions.<\/p><\/div>\n

Robert Kowalski<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Nad\u00e8ge Rochat<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Lorenzo Meseguer<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Isabel Villanueva<\/b> viola<\/em><\/span>Jes\u00fas Reina<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Christophe Morin<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Pedro Franco<\/b> clarinet<\/em><\/span>Birgit Kolar<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Donka Angatscheva<\/b> piano<\/em><\/span>Gernot S\u00fcssmuth<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Krzysztof Karpeta<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Julia Siciliano<\/b> piano<\/em><\/span>Sergey Ostrovsky<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Juan Ignacio Emme<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Dmitri Makhtin<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Kyril Zlotnikov<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Gabriel Ure\u00f1a<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Vladimir Mendelssohn<\/b> viola<\/em><\/span>Ludmil Angelov<\/b> piano<\/em><\/span>Judith J\u00e1uregui<\/b> piano<\/em><\/span>Kirill Troussov<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Liya Petrova<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Daniel Austrich<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Eugenia Karni<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Liana Gourdjia<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>David Castro-Balbi<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Catharina Chen<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Anna Margrethe Nilsen<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Gilad Karni<\/b> viola<\/em><\/span>Alexandre Castro-Balbi<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Guillermo Pastrana<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Nury Guarnaschelli<\/b> horn<\/em><\/span>Robert Trevi\u00f1o<\/b> conductor<\/em><\/span>C\u00e9sar \u00c1lvarez<\/b> conductor<\/em><\/span>Eduardo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/b> cello<\/em><\/span>Andrea Rescaglio<\/b> double bass<\/em><\/span>Desislava Cvetkova<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Rumen Cvetkov<\/b> viola<\/em><\/span>Lesster Mej\u00edas<\/b> viola<\/em><\/span>Darlin Dyle<\/b> violin<\/em><\/span>Isabel Mart\u00ednez<\/b> guitar<\/em><\/span>Alberto Velasco<\/b> bassoon<\/em><\/span>Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra<\/b><\/span>Region of Murcia Youth Orchestra<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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From classroom to stage<\/h2>\n

Some of the young people who took part in MurciArt Academy now return to the festival as professional performers. That journey is the essence of MurciArt.<\/p>\n

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