David Kadouch is quickly becoming one of the most acclaimed pianists of his generation. A prize-winner at the Beethoven Bonn Competition in 2005 and Leeds International Piano Competition in 2009, Kadouch has become a regular guest of some of the most important orchestras, recital series and international festivals. In 2011, he received the award of the “Young Artist of the Year” from the International Classical Music Award committee as well as “Artist Breakthrough of the Year” awarded by the French Critics.

Grammy nominee Stephen L. Bryant’s distinguished career in concert and opera has taken him around the world, with acclaimed performances in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. His engagements during the 2015-2016 season include Tan Dun’s Water Passion after St. Matthew at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cecco and Raimondo in Wagner’s Rienzi with the National Philharmonic, and the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Hartford Chorale.  

Tenor Daniel Weeks enjoys a varied career that encompasses the opera stage, oratorios with orchestras, recitals and a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati. His engagements during the 2014-2015 season included the world-premiere concert staging of Gregory Vajda’s opera Georgia Bottoms with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Bozeman and Chattanooga Symphonies, Handel’s Messiah with the Orquesta Sinfónica Naciónal de Mexico; concert performances and a new recording of Mozart’s Requiem with the Winter Park (FL) Bach Festival, and Elijah with the South Dakota Symphony. In the 2015-2016 season, he will sing Belmonte in a concert version of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra.  

A versatile musician with a commanding grasp of early repertoire, Mathieu Lussier is increasingly in demand as a guest conductor in Canada and abroad. Appointed by Les Violons du Roy as Conductor-in-Residence in 2012, and Associate Conductor in 2014, Lussier has led the orchestra in numerous programs both in Quebec, and on tour in greater Canada, the United States and Mexico. Previous appointments include Artistic Director of the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival, where he served from 2007 to 2014. In 2014, Lussier was awarded Canada Art Council’s prestigious Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting.  

American contralto Emily Marvosh has been gaining recognition for her “flexible technique and ripe color,” “sterling voice,” and “graceful allure” on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Disney Hall, Prague’s Smetana Hall, and Vienna’s Stefansdom. Engagements for the 2015-2016 season include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach’s St. John Passion with the Handel and Haydn Society; John Corigliano’s Three Irish Folk Tunes with the Worcester Chamber Music Society; Stravinsky’s Les Noces with Chorus Pro Musica; Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra; Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Boston Baroque; and Handel’s Messiah with Music Worcester and the Rhode Island Philharmonic.