Radek Baborak was born in Pardubice in 1976 into a musical family. He commenced his horn studies at the age of 8. At the age of 12 he was a winner of the Radio Competition Concertino Prague. From 1989 to 1994, Radel Baborak studied horn with Prof. Bedrich Tylsar, who systematically guided him toward success. Baborak completed his studies at the Music Academy in Prague with honours.

Baborak has been a winner in numerous competitions including the International Radio Competition of the UNESCO, 1st prize in the ARD Competition Munich, as well as the Grammy Classic Award in the Czech Republic, where he was also honoured as »Talent and Discovery of the Year«.

Meanwhile Baborak has gathered worldwide concert experience and has made guest appearances with famous orchestras in Germany and abroad – including the London Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Tokyo Philharmonic and the NHK Orchestra.

He has appeared in several TV broadcasts in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Germany and Japan and gives recitals at renowned festivals and the major cultural centres around the world.

Baborak is also a keen chamber musician and regularly performs – with his Afflatus Quintet – as well as with other chamber music formations with renowned colleagues such as Eduard Brunner, Ingolf Turban, Emmanuel Pahud, Maurizio Pollini, leading Vienna Philharmonic members.

His repertory comprises the complete horn works – from virtuoso baroque and classic concertos to the great romantic works and to contemporary music.

Sir Roger Norrington played the violin and sang from a young age. After studying History and English Literature, he gained several years’ experience of top-class amateur music making, before returning to musical studies at the Royal College of Music in London and the start of his professional career as a singer and conductor. In 1962 he founded the Schütz Choir.

In 1969, Roger Norrington was appointed Music Director of the Kent Opera. He founded the London Classical Players in 1978 in order to study historically informed performance practices on period musical instruments from the time between 1750 and 1900. As a guest conductor he has worked at the Covent Garden Opera House, the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras as well as the New York, Boston, Chicago and Cleveland orchestras, among others.

Sir Roger Norrington was Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) and of the Camerata Salzburg. At both locations he established a historically informed performance style in a ›modern‹ setting. With The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen he has enjoyed a long and friendly collaboration.