»This violinist can do anything: with virtuosity, presence, clarity and a warm, full tone, Bomsori knows how to make every moment her own«, writes ›Crescendo Magazin‹ about the South Korean-born violinist. Having studied at Seoul National University and the Juilliard School in New York, she has long been celebrated internationally and shines in the great concert halls as well as at festivals worldwide. Highlights of the current season include tours with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Jakub Hrůša in Germany and Asia, a return to Carnegie Hall with Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and a return to Vienna with the Wiener Symphoniker.

Most recently, Bomsori made her debut at the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic, at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and toured with Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, to name just a few highlights of recent seasons. In 2021, this violinist was a Focus Artist at the Rheingau Music Festival and began a five-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as a Menuhin’s Heritage Artist. Her discography, including recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, is extensive. Her latest recording of Carl Nielsen’s Violin Concerto with Fabio Luisi and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra was awarded the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Award. Bomsori plays the 1725 Guarnerius del Gesù ›ex-Moller‹ violin on generous loan from the Samsung Foundation of Culture and the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

Estonian conductor and Grammy Award winner Paavo Järvi has been Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2004. One of the many highlights of this collaboration was the Beethoven cycle, acclaimed worldwide by audiences and critics alike, for which Järvi received numerous awards including the ›Echo Klassik Conductor of the Year‹ award and the prestigious annual ›German Record Critics‹’ award. Their Beethoven project was followed by an intensive exploration of the symphonic works of Schumann and Brahms; both cycles also received numerous awards. From autumn 2021, the focus was on Joseph Haydn’s twelve London symphonies, and since 2024, an intensive exploration of Franz Schubert’s symphonies.

Järvi has been Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich since the start of the 2019/20 season. He is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra and the Pärnu Music Festival. From the 2028/29 season, Järvi will take up the post of Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor to the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He also regularly appears as a guest conductor with leading orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In 2015, he was named ›Artist of the Year‹ by both the British magazine Gramophone and the French magazine Diapason. This was followed in 2019 by the Opus Klassik award for ›Conductor of the Year‹. Other awards include a Grammy Award for his recording of Sibelius’ Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the title ›Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres‹, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2015, Paavo Järvi also received the Sibelius Medal in recognition of his work in bringing this Finnish composer’s music to a wider audience, and in 2012 he received the Hindemith Prize for Art and Humanity. As a committed supporter of Estonian culture, Paavo Järvi was awarded the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia in 2013.