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.

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.