GIANANDREA NOSEDA / MIKHAÏL PLETNEV

Gianandrea Noseda ist ein preisgekrönter italienischer Dirigent, bekannt für seinen leidenschaftlichen Stil, seine tiefgreifende Musikalität und sein umfangreiches Repertoire in Konzerthäusern und Opern. Er ist derzeit Musikdirektor des National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. und Generalmusikdirektor der Oper Zürich.

Mikhail Pletnev - Russian pianist, conductor and composer, born 14 April 1957 in Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union. After winning first prize and gold medal on the VI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1978, he started touring extensively around the world. Pletnev debuted as a conductor in 1980. He found the [a1032218] (RNO) in 1990, the first non-government-supported orchestra in Russia since 1917, and became its first principal conductor. He lives in Switzerland since 1996, and more recently in Thailand. His name can be transliterated variously as Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev in English and Michail Wassiljewitsch Pletnjow in German.