Artists
As soloist, chamber musician and Lied accompanist, Maximilian Kromer has been the guest of multiple concert venues, such as the Viennese Musikverein and Konzerthaus, the Konzerthaus Dortmund or the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and of music festivals in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Rheingau, the Tonhalle Maag in Zurich or the Mozartwoche in Salzburg. In 2023 he presented the release of a CD with baritone Daniel Gutmann, published by Gramola, including musical settings by Robert Schumann of poems by Heine. The same label has recently also presented Kromer’s debut solo album with recordings of virtuoso Viennese piano works. Since 2022 he has been in vivid musical exchange with one of the leading authorities in Lied accompaniment, Helmut Deutsch. Furthermore, the young pianist can look back on numerous concerts with outstanding musical partners such as Rolando Villazón, Daniel Müller-Schott or Michael Schade.
Meredith Wohlgemuth is an American Soprano and is based in Hannover. In 2022, she received the Mélodie Premier Prix and the French Mélodie Art Song Award at the Concours musical international de Montreal. In October 2023, Meredith won the 1st Prize at the Internationaler Schubert LiedDuo-Wettbewerb in Dortmund also with pianist Jinhee Park. In the 2022/23 season, Meredith made her European operatic debut as well as six role debuts at the Staatsoper Hannover, including Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) Euridice (Orfeo), Cordelia (Lear) and Blumenmädchen (Parsifal). She also performed various Lied recitals in Dortmund and Köln with pianists Jinhee Park and Eric Schneider. Meredith grew up performing in musicals and singing since she was 7 years old. She received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Arts from The Juilliard School in 2020.
Born in Tarragona in 1995, Mireia Tarragó took a bachelor’s degree in Singing and a master’s degree in Lied Interpretation at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). She now forms a duo with the pianist Carmen Santamaría, with whom she gives song recitals across Spain, making the work of a number of women composers more widely known. She also recently presented her first record in tribute to the Cantabrian composer Arturo Dúo-Vital. In the field of opera, Mireia Tarragó recently debuted as Contessa de Ceprano (Rigoletto) under the baton of Oliver Díaz. Her repertoire includes such roles as Lucy (The Telephone), Micaëla (Carmen) and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). In 2020, Mireia Tarragó won the Catalunya Música prize in the contest El Primer Palau. She has performed on various occasions at the Schubertíada and at the LIFE Victoria festival in Barcelona. She has also sung in such outstanding venues as the Auditorium of the Opéra National de Bordeaux and L’Auditori in Barcelona.
La seva afició per la música va començar en els assajos de pasdobles i sarsueles de la banda de Toledo, la seva ciutat natal. Des dels seus inicis ha rebut premis en nombrosos concursos, destacant el primer premi en el Concurs JJMM d'Espanya (2016), que la va portar a debutar com a solista amb la ORTVE. Les seves primeres passes van ser guiades per María Casado i Asier Polo. Entre 2017 i 2022 va estudiar a l'Escola Superior de Música Reina Sofia. Allà va ser membre del quartet de corda Óscar Esplá, rebent la menció al grup de cambra més excel·lent en 2019 i 2020. En 2022 es va incorporar a l'Acadèmia de la Staatskapelle de Berlín i des d'agost d'aquell any és membre de l'Orquesta Nacional de España.
Noctes és un cor de cambra de Barcelona fundat el 2019 per Àlex Honrubia i dirigit per Maria Mauri. Format per setze joves cantants amb àmplia experiència coral i formació vocal, té com a objectiu compartir música de cambra de qualitat i oferir als seus membres una plataforma de formació i projecció artística. Amb un repertori versàtil, interpreta obres de diverses èpoques i treballa amb directors convidats com Lluís Vilamajó, Pedro Pardo i Alexander Frey. Ha actuat en auditoris i festivals destacats com el de Grans Concerts a l’Atlàntida de Vic i el Festival del Romànic, i va guanyar el segon premi al I Certamen Coral Ciudad de Granada (2023). També col·labora amb entitats com l'Orquestra Simfònica Victoria de los Ángeles i La Sonorosa, i manté el compromís amb artistes emergents i projectes socials.