artists
Linus Roth - artistic director
Linus Roth, who already received the ECHO KLASSIK Award as "Best Newcomer" of 2006 for his début CD on the label EMI, has received his second ECHO award in 2017 for a recording of the violin concertos by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with the London Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Sanderling.
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Linus Roth has made a name for himself internationally not just with standard repertoire, but also with his discovery or rediscovery of works that have undeservedly fallen into oblivion. He has devoted special attention to the works of Mieczysław Weinberg, both in concerts and the recording studio, being the first violinist to have recorded this composer´s complete Œuvre on CD. Making Mieczysław Weinberg’s works known to a wider audience is also the aim of the International Weinberg Society, which Linus Roth founded in 2015.
Linus Roth attended the preparatory class of Prof. Nicolas Chumachenco at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg, Germany, before going on to study with Prof. Zakhar Bron. Subsequently, he pursued his studies for several years with Prof. Ana Chumachenco. While studying, he held a scholarship from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.
In October 2012, Linus Roth was appointed professor for violin at the “Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum” at Augsburg University and is also the artistic director of the 10th Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition in Augsburg. In addition, Linus Roth is the artistic director of the international festival Ibiza Concerts, which he himself founded, and of the music festival Schwäbischer Frühling in Ochsenhausen, Germany.
Linus Roth plays on the Stradivarius violin “Dancla” from 1703 – a kind loan from the music foundation of the L-Bank Baden-Württemberg.
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Claudio Constantini, bandoneon
Claudio Constantini is a pianist, bandoneonist, and composer whose music blurs the lines between classical tradition and contemporary innovation. With a career spanning prestigious concert halls, orchestral collaborations, and viral success in the digital era, he is redefining instrumental music for modern audiences.
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Trained in classical music, Constantini has performed on some of the world’s most revered stages, including Wigmore Hall (London), Teatro Real (Madrid), Ravinia Festival (Chicago), and Konzerthaus (Vienna). His career as a concert soloist has led him to collaborate with leading orchestras such as the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, ADDA Orchestra, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Orquesta de Extremadura, and the Vienna State Orchestra, among others. A virtuoso on both piano and bandoneon, he effortlessly shifts between the grand tradition of classics like Bach or Beethoven, the passion of Astor Piazzolla and tango, or the elegance of film music and jazz, creating performances that are as exhilarating as they are refined.
In 2019, he received a Latin Grammy nomination for his solo album America, marking a milestone in his career as both a performer and composer. In 2021, he premiered his own Concerto for Bandoneon and Orchestra, first with the Orquesta Joven de Andalucía, later with the Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2023, with the Tacoma Symphony in the U.S. The piece stands as a testament to his ability to bridge classical artistry with contemporary sensibility.
While his foundation is in the classical world, Constantini is quickly emerging as a leading figure in the contemporary classical and neoclassical instrumental scene. His compositions and performances have gained widespread traction on digital platforms, resulting in a 400% increase in Spotify streaming in 2024 and a rapidly expanding global audience. Several of his original pieces have gone viral on social media, with multiple audios trending on Instagram and TikTok, and his music accumulating millions of streams. With nearly one million followers across platforms, he is one of the most influential instrumental artists today, connecting deeply with listeners who seek music that is both timeless and cinematic.
With upcoming releases and a new era of live performances focused on his original instrumental world, Claudio Constantini continues to push the boundaries of what it means to be a modern musician—one who honors tradition while fearlessly embracing the future.
Anabel Montesinos, guitar
Anabel Montesinos is the youngest winner (at the age of 17 years old) of the Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition in Spain. The oldest and most important guitar competition in the world. Originally from Hospitalet del Infante, Tarragona, Anabel began her music studies at the age of 5 at the music school in her town. She studied also at the Tarragona Conservatory and later at the Superior Conservatory of Alicante. At the age of 19 she moved to Austria. There she studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, where he finished her studies with the title of Magister.
As Winner of more than 10 first prizes in major guitar contests, Anabel Montesinos has performed concerts in the most important concert halls all around the world, between them, the Carnegie Hall in the year 2011. She has played together with the Spanish Radio-Television Choir RTVE for the Spanish TV classical concerts. Anabel has performed with prestigious orchestras like ADDA Simfònica from Alicante, Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra-Venezuela, Philharmonic of Sundsvall-Sweden, Philharmonic of Oulu-Finland, Havana Philharmonic-Cuba, Philharmonic of Moscow-Russia, Pomeranian Philharmonic in Poland, between many others. Also with the Berlin Philarmonic, with which she has played Concierto de Aranjuez by J. Rodrigo in Postdam “open air concerts”, Berlin, for more than 4000 people.
She is a Honor Citizen of the city of Solero, in Italy, since the year 2011. Same year, she won “Premio Chitarra D’Oro” as promising young talent and acknowledge of her artistic activities, at the Convegno Internazionale di Chitarra, in Alessandria. Anabel Montesinos has recorded 2 Cds for the label Naxos, and her first CD was chosen as a part of the music program for intercontinental flights by the British Airways. Her albums have been praised by the international press highlighting the beauty, freshness and virtuosity of her interpretations. She has shared a concert serie with Paco de Lucía, celebrated in Sweden and presenting "the other side of Spanish music" with a resounding success. Besides her classical program that spans from the Renaissance to the present day, she has also performed popular works on several occasions, such as music by “The Beatles” or a series of songs by the rock band “Queen” adapted for guitar and orchestra, among them, the famous "Bohemian Rhapsody”.
In the year 2022 she release her 3rd solo album, recorded in Brasil with the company GuitarCoop. The album “Alma Llanera” is dedicated to the Latin-American music. In the year 2023, Anabel made a tour of more than 30 concerts. Between them, a world premier of a concerto for guitar and orchestra dedicated to her, “Concerto Allegro” by Nicola Campogrande. The concert took place in Alicante, together with ADDA Simfònica and his conductor Josep Vicent to celebrate the Guitar Day. Another activity to highlight was the celebration for the 100
Anniversary of the football team Villarreal. A concert dedicated to Francisco Tárrega music arranged for Guitar, Choir and Orchestra; Anabel on the guitar, the Royal Opera House soloists and the choir Veus de Cambra.
Currently Anabel is teaching at the well known Liceo in Barcelona. She is ambassador at the platform Strömmar and also, she is a Savarez Artist, playing with Cantiga Alliance Premium, high tension strings and her guitar, called Jasmine, was built in 2018 by the great luthier Steve Connor.
Julien Quentin, Piano
French pianist Julien Quentin has established himself as a versatile and sensitive musician, exhibiting great maturity and poise. His remarkable depth of musicianship and distinct clarity of sound coupled with flawless technique, make him an artist in demand as both soloist and chamber musician.
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He has made successful recital debuts in Paris (Salle Cortot), Geneva Conservatoire Hall and Bargemusic in New York. He has appeared as soloist with the Wroclaw, Qatar and Córdoba Philharmonic Orchestras under such conductors as Tommaso Placidi, Paul Biss, and Han-Na Chang. Regularly invited to numerous international Festivals, Quentin’s appearances in Europe include Verbier, Lucerne, Gstaad, Montreux, Zermatt, Dresden, Braunschweig, Schwetzingen, Ludwigsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Beethovenfest Bonn, Radio France Montpellier and Saint Denis. A regular performer in North America, he has appeared at the Ravinia, La Jolla and Mostly Mozart Festivals in the United States. He has broadcast in Canada, United States, Japan and in countries across Europe.
Julien Quentin is a keen chamber musician and has collaborated with artists such as Nicolas Altstaedt, Emanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Gautier Capuçon, Corey Cerovsek, Martin Fröst, Sol Gabetta, David Garrett, Nelson Goerner, Ilya Gringolts, Gary Hoffman, Lawrence Power, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Sayaka Shoji, Kirill Troussov, and István Várdai.
Touring internationally in America, Australia, Japan, the Middle East and throughout Europe, he has appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Louvre in Paris, the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, in Avery Fisher, Alice Tully and Carnegie Halls in New York. He has recorded for EMI, Channel Classics, Sony RCA, Hungaroton and Decca.
He also performed on the harpsichord, appearing in concert with Sarah Chang and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, as well as with Thomas Quasthoff and under the baton of Leonidas Kavakos.
Born in Paris, Julien Quentin started his studies at the Geneva Conservatory with Alexis Golovine. In 2002, he completed his Artist Diploma under the tutelage of Emile Naoumoff at Indiana University, where he held a one-year teaching position as Assistant Instructor and was a recipient of the Presser Award. In 2003, he received his Graduate Diploma from the Juilliard School, where he studied with György Sándor. He has also worked with Paul Badura-Skoda, Nikita Magaloff, György Sebök and Earl Wild.
Julien Quentin now lives in Berlin. With ‘Musica Litoralis’ at Piano Salon Christophori, he has managed to create an increasingly successful concert series reminiscent of the salons of the Roaring Twenties. With visual artists, he explores new artistic visions bringing various art forms together. He also pursues his interest in other genres of music through his collaboration with pianists Kelvin Sholar, Kaan Bulak and Francesco Tristano, or producers Adrien de Maublanc and Cesar Merveille in projects ranging from improvisation to producing electronic music, most notably within their new projects Midiminuit & Les Coeurs Brisés.
Petrit Çeku, Guitar
Petrit Çeku’s exquisite sensibility and expressiveness have attracted and engaged audiences worldwide. He has performed many recitals throughout the world and was a soloist with symphonic orchestras such as Baltimore Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic, State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Pannon Philharmonic and Zagreb Philharmonic.
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He collaborates regularly with the famed ensemble The Zagreb Soloists and is a founding member of Guitar Trio Elogio, established in 2008.
Hailed by Calgary Herald as “an effortless player, with a strong, projecting sound”, Çeku is the first prize winner of many international guitar competitions, including the most prestigious ones like Parkening (Malibu, USA), Schadt (Allentown, USA), Biasini (Bologna, Italy), and Pittaluga (Alessandria, Italy). He was the only classical music act in the 2018 Night of the Proms Tour with the Antwerpen Philharmonic conducted by Alexandra Arrieche, featuring pop music greats like Brian Ferry, Milow, Seal and Suzanne Vega.
Çeku graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Music in the class of Darko Petrinjak and at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore USA in the class of Manuel Barrueco. Petrit Çeku teaches Chamber Music for Guitar, a special graduate study dedicated to chamber music, at The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in Austria. His recordings have been released by Naxos, BuntArt and Eudora records. Çeku’s record The Cello Suites, which includes all six cello suites by Bach was nominated for ICMA. Recording sessions for this album were the subject of documentary film ‘Sarabande’ by the award-winning director Kaltrina Krasniqi. Continuing the collaboration with the filmmaker, Petrit Çeku later composed the original score for her feature film ‘Vera Dreams of the Sea’, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2021.
Petrit Çeku is a D’Addario artist and plays on a Ross Gutmeier guitar.
Rocio Osuna, Dance
Born in Ibiza in 1980, she began her dance studies at various schools such as Estudio Capricorn, Estudio de Danza Carmen, and Centro de Danza. At the age of 18, she moved to Madrid where she was admitted to the Royal Professional Dance Conservatory and pursued intermediate studies in Spanish dance, training in all its disciplines: flamenco, folklore, escuela bolera, stylized dance, and classical dance. She combined her dance studies with a diploma in Early Childhood Education from the Complutense University of Madrid.
In 2003, upon completing her training, she joined the Antonio Márquez Spanish Dance Company, performing works such as "The Three-Cornered Hat" (in the role of Aguadora Mayor), "Boda Flamenca," and "Ravel's Bolero," traveling to various places including Italy, Romania, and much of Spain.
In 2004, she was selected to be part of the dance ensemble for the film "Iberia" by Carlos Saura, which featured dancers such as Sara Baras, Antonio Canales, Aída Gómez, and musicians like Manolo Sanlúcar and Roque Baños, with choreography by José Antonio, former director of the National Ballet of Spain. During the filming of the movie, Aída Gómez (National Dance Award winner and former director of the National Ballet of Spain) invited her to join her company, where she performed works such as "Salomé," "Sueños," "Carmen," and "Permíteme bailarte," touring countries like Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, Greece, France, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, and more.
She has frequently performed with the José Luís Moreno Spanish Ballet at the Teatro de La Latina and with the TVE ballet. She participated as a dancer in the documentary for the Shanghai Expo with Bigas Luna. She was part of Joaquín Cortés' company. As a choreographer and director, she premiered her first dance show "FLAMENCO AD-LIB" in September 2007 at the opening of the Feria Andaluza de Eivissa. This same show closed the "Trobada de pobles" organized by the Consell Insular d'Eivissa in 2008. Subsequently, along with pianist Elvira Ramón and soprano Lucía Herranz, she created the shows "Simplemente Lorca," "Siglo XX que te vas (Recordándote)," and "Me llaman La Pepa" for the Bicentennial of the Spanish Constitution. She also directed the show "Around the World in 80 Dances."
She holds a higher degree in Spanish dance, specializing in pedagogy, from the “María de Ávila” Higher Dance Conservatory. As a teacher, she has worked in numerous municipal and private schools in the Community of Madrid and is currently a dance instructor at the Municipal Dance School of Boadilla del Monte and director of the Ballet Español Noche de Luna.
Juan Carlos Sanchez, Dance
Juan Carlos was born in Palma de Majorca in 1985, where he started with dance at a local Academy. Later, he enrolled in the Conservatory of the Balearic Islands, and at the age of 15 he moved to Madrid in order to continue his Studies at the Royal Conservatory of Dance of Madrid, finishing in 2005.
His learning has been guided by wellknown teachers within the dance world, both nacional and international, such as: La China, Manuel Liñán, Antonio Canales, Arancha Carmona, Rafael Amargo, Merche Esmeralda, Joaquin Ruz, Manolete, Isabel Bayón, Beatriz Martín, Stephane Boko, Miguel Ángel Rojas and Carlos Rodríguez.
He has worked for more than 20 companies as a dancer, being these the most remarkable ones: Aída Gómez Company (exdirector of the Spanish National Ballet) in works like Salomé, Carmen and Spanish Suite performed all around Spain and different countries (Thailand, The Filipines, Singapure, Japon, Turkey, Greece…)
José Greco Company, acting all around Italy with the show Los Tarantos. Española Suite Company, appearing in the shows Lorca Canta a la Petenera and Flamenco al Desnudo, in Madrid, Cyprus, Mexico, … The Television and Zarzuela Ballet of José Luis Moreno: Noche Sensacional, Antología de la Zarzuela...
Guest dancer in Produexpo 2005 in South Corea, representing the Royal Conservatory of Madrid. A year later, he started being part of the supporting dancers of the wellknown company Europa Danse for two years acting on the show Picasso et Danse in a tour around France.
Lead dancer in the Francisco Velasco Company on the Dance International Day at the Albéniz Theatre in Madrid. Dancer in the cast of the musical show Zorro in the Folies Bergere of Paris, coreographed by Rafael Amargo and directed by the Amarican director Christopher Renshaw.
He has also worked as an actor and dancer in opera and zarzuela productions with important stage directors such as Emilio Sagi and Francisco Negrín: The Barber of Seville in the Theatre Chatelet of Paris, lead dancer in La Corte del Faraón with the Spanish actress Rossy de Palma in Palau de les Arts, Valencia; Zarzuela Viva Madrid, coreographed by Nuria Castejón.
He has been directed by the film directors David Serrano and Carlos Saura in the musical films Una Hora Más en Canarias and Iberia. At the same time, it is worth highlighting his foray in the television and publicity world in Spain and other countries: Dance commercials on TV2 and Canal Isabel II; semifinalist in the succesful TV show La France a un Incroyable Talent, on M6 (France); TV series Dreamland School on Telecinco.
Coreographer in several occasions for the Benicassim Festival 2008-2009. Director and dancer for the artistic event by the designer Azzedine Alaia.
In 2003, he creates his own company Flamenco Rubio with the show Larmes, being his premiere at the Theatre Clavel of Paris. The critical and public success exceeded all expectations.