Born in Norway, Vilde Frang is today one of the leading young musicians of her field. At an early age, her profound musicality and exceptional artistry led her to the most renowned international orchestras. Aged just 12, she gave her debut with Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Her 2012 Credit Suisse ›Young Artists Award‹ was followed by her first appearance with Bernard Haitink and the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Lucerne Festival. Vilde Frang continues to be a regular guest with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, working with well-known conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Herbert Blomstedt and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

An enthusiastic chamber musician, Vilde Frang also appears regularly at festivals such as the Rheingau Music Festival, the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, the George Enescu Festival in Romania and the Salzburg Festival. This sought-after violinist, who plays a 1734 Guarneri del Gesùs violin on generous loan from a private European patron, is an exclusive artist under contract with Warner Classics. Her recordings have received numerous awards, including Gramophone, the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, the Grand Prix du Disque and the Diapason d’Or. Vilde Frang has already performed several times with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, most recently in 2019 in the Bremer Glocke and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

The violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto is well known for his artistic freedom and refreshing approach to the repertoire. This versatile musician debuted as a violinist in 2022 with the Berlin Philharmoniker and will be appearing in 2023 with, among others, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Featured among the most recent highlights as a conductor are appearances with the Concertgebouworkest, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, whose ›Artistic Best Friend‹ he has been since 2017.

Since 2022, Pekka Kuusisto has been Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and for the 2023/24 season, will also be the First Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

An enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music, who regularly premieres new works, and as a talented improvisor, Pekka Kuusisto reguarly collaborates with people from across the artistic spectrum. Unfazed by the conventional boundaries of genre, his most recent projects have included collaborations with composer and pianist Hauschka and percussionist Samuli Kosminen, Dutch neurologist Erik Scherder and electronic music pioneer Brian Crabtree, among others. In 2022, Kuusisto will release his first album as a conductor together with violinist Vilde Frang and the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.