For more than three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed world-wide, recorded over 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today’s finest pianists. He plays a range of solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire – from Beethoven through Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Saint-Saëns; to Ravel, Khachaturian and Gershwin, and to contemporary composers Qigang Chen and James MacMillan.

Valérie Hartmann-Claverie studied piano, harp, Ondes Martenot and chamber music at college, followed by further study of the Ondes Martenot at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique with Jeanne Loriod. In 1973, she gave her debut concert in Vienna, and now performs throughout Europe with prestigious orchestras such as the London Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony... 

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World-renowned German baritone Christian Gerhaher returns to the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER for the third time after 2010 (with Herbert Blomstedt) and 2016 (with Philippe Jordan). A regular guest at all major opera houses and concert halls, Christian Gerhaher is widely regarded as one of the most eminent Lied and concert singers of our time, and many leading orchestras, concert halls and festivals have invited him as artist in residence.

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