Christoph Eschenbach

Conductor
Christoph Eschenbach is a phenomenon amongst the top league of international conductors. Universally acclaimed as both a conductor and pianist, he belongs firmly to the German intellectual line of tradition, yet he combines this with a rare emotional intensity, producing performances revered by concert-goers worldwide. Renowned for the breadth of his repertoire and the depth of his interpretations, he has held directorships with many leading orchestras and gained the highest musical honours.
In exploring the conditions that led to the emergence of such a charismatic talent, we can look to his early years – born at the heart of a tempestuous, war-torn Europe in 1940, his early childhood was scarred by a succession of personal tragedies. It can truly be said that music was his saviour, and his life began to change when he learned the piano. Now, at the age of 80, his keen artistic curiosity is undiminished, and he still thoroughly enjoys working with the finest international orchestras. He is also well-known as a tireless supporter of young talent – this is his greatest passion, and he values his contribution to mentoring up-and-coming talent over and above his own distinguished career. Moved by the energy and the drive of young people – „Those one hundred percent artists“, as he calls them – he has a personal mission to pass the torch to the next generation. His discoveries to date include the pianist Lang Lang, the violinist Julia Fischer and the cellists Leonard Elschenbroich and Daniel Müller-Schott. As Artistic Advisor and lecturer at the famous Kronberg Academy, he accompanies young violinists, cellists and violists on their way to become world class soloists.
Christoph Eschenbach continues to explore new horizons and since September 2019 he is the Musical Director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.

Aleksandra Zamojska

Soprano
Aleksandra Zamojska was born in Kielce, Poland. She studied classical solo singing at the Department of Vocal Arts and Drama at the Academy of Music in Krakow under Prof. Christian Elsner and Zdzislawa Donat. During her studies, she worked as a soloist at the Warsaw Chamber Opera. She then continued her vocal studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Lilian Sukis and Breda Zakotnik. From 2001–02, Aleksandra Zamojska made her debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte.
At the Salzburg Theater Quartier, she portrayed the role of the woman in La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc, directed by Karsten Bohn. In 2015, she appeared in Warsaw as Angelica in Handel’s Orlando, directed by Natalia Babińska and conducted by Liliana Stawarz. In 2016, Ms. Zamojska performed at the Gluck Festival in Nuremberg and Berlin in several concerts, as well as at the Warsaw Baroque Festival.
In her long-term and regular collaboration with Wolfgang Brunner, she has performed and recorded the role of Diana in L’Endimione by M. Haydn. She has also collaborated regularly with the Pandolfis Consort, with whom she has recorded the CDs Nulla pax in mundo with motets by A. Vivaldi, as well as Bach’s St. John Passion.
In 2017, alongside her artistic career, Aleksandra Zamojska began studying vocal pedagogy and music therapy at the Academy of Music in Krakow, completing these studies in subsequent years. She teaches voice lessons and conducts various master classes in singing, such as those at the Wratislavia Cantans music festival.

Mihoko Fujimura

Mezzo-Soprano
Mihoko Fujimura earned degrees from Tokyo University of the Arts and its postgraduate program. When later attending Münchener Hochschule für Musik, she was the de facto winner of the Wagner Singing Competition and won numerous other honors including first prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition. She officially launched her career as a resident at Oper Graz, singing a broad range of mezzo-soprano roles.
In 2002, she sang Fricka in a new production of Die Walküre to open the Munich Opera Festival and became the first Japanese national that year to take a leading role at the Bayreuth Festival. She has since established a stellar global reputation, singing at prestigious houses and festivals such as Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Theatre du Chatelet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Real, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Aix-en-Provence Festival.
She has collaborated with orchestras such as the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouworkest, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Filarmonica della Scala, and with world-class conductors including Christian Thielemann, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Kurt Masur, Mariss Jansons, Daniel Harding, Kent Nagano, Myung-Whun Chung.
Her Brangäne in the CD Tristan und Isolde (EMI) with Placido Domingo and Antonio Pappano captured widespread attention. Signature operatic repertoire includes Kundry, Brangäne, Venus, Fricka, Carmen, Eboli, Amneris, Azucena, Idamantes, Melisánde, Octavian.
Awards include: 2002 Idemitsu Music Award; 2003 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists; 2007 ExxonMobil Music Award, Western Classical Music Promotion Division; 2012 Suntory Music Award. In 2014, she was recognized with the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honour and in 2024 as a Person of Cultural Merit.