Truls Mørk is an internationally renowned artist, whose playing combines intensity and grace. He has performed with the most distinguished orchestras, including the Orchestre de Paris, the Berlin, Münchner und the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Concertgebouworkest, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig as well as the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, among many others. In doing so, he has worked with eminent conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Zinman, Manfred Honeck, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Christoph Eschenbach.

As a great advocate of contemporary music, Truls Mørk has premiered over 30 new works, including Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto, under whose direction it has been performed in the Royal Festival Hall, in the Lincoln Center and at the Aix en Provence Festival. Further works he has premiered include Einojuhani Rautavaaras ›Towards the Horizon‹ with John Storgårds and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pavel Haas’ Cello Concerto with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto for Three Cellos with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Truls Mørk has recorded many of the great works for cello on labels such as Virgin Classics, EMI and Deutsche Grammophon, for which he has won several awards, including a Grammy and an Echo Klassik. IN the 2022-23 season and in addition to his appearances with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, this cellist will also be performing with Vladimir Jurowski and the Sinfonieorchester Berlin, as well as with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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 has been the acclaimed, globally celebrated performances of the Beethoven cycle, 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. Since autumn 2021, the focus has been on Joseph Haydn’s twelve London symphonies, and since 2024, an intensive exploration of Franz Schubert’s symphonies.

Paavo Järvi has been Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich since the start of the 2019/2020 season. He is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra and the Pärnu Music Festival, which he established in 2011. He regularly appears as a guest conductor with major orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the London Philharmonia Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras 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.