Herman Krebbers
 Herman Krebbers made his first appearance as a nine-year-old prodigy. After 1945 he toured throughout the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Argentina, Russia, Portugal and England.
He is the recipient of a gold record for his interpretations of the violin concertos of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and an Edison Award for the two concertos of Haydn. He has also recorded the violin concertos of Paganini, Dvorák, Bruch, Viotti no. 22, Vieuxtemps no. 4, Bach a minor, Brahms double concerto with cellist Tibor de Machula, Vivaldi and Bach double concertos with violinist Theo Olof, Vivaldi ‘4 Seasons’, Saint-Saëns ‘Havanaise’ and ‘Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso’ and Ravel ‘Tzigane’.
Herman Krebbers was professor at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf for eight years, and at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, a position he held for more than forty years. He has been a member of the jury at international violin competitions in Tokyo, Brussels, Munich, Genoa, Geneva, London, Vienna, Salzburg, Augsburg, Folkstone, Hannover, Pretoria, Vercelli, Paris, Weimar, Poznan, Leipzig, Markneukirchen, Scheveningen, Cologne and Boulogne sur Mer. A member of the faculty of TIHMS since 1989, he has been invited to give numerous master classes in Japan, Canada, France, Spain, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy and South Africa.
For his many contributions to the musical life of the Netherlands Herman Krebbers was appointed ‘Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau’.
Mark Lubotsky
 Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky has performed around the world as soloist with such prominent orchestras as the Moscow Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the Detroit Symphony. He has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, among them Kondrashin, Ormandy, Rostropovich, Haitink and Rozhdestvensky.
Lubotsky's musicianship has frequently garnered him great praise. Julian Haylock wrote: "There is nothing flashy about his playing -- rather an aristocratic desire to make the violin sing whatever the pyrotechnical pressures exerted by the music in hand". Perhaps this explains why he may not be the headliner that some violinists are but there can be no doubt about his achievements. His recordings of Bach are profound and deeply moving. He has also recorded the music of the historically obliterated Nikolai Roslavets (1881-1944). A bizarre combination of Scriabinesque emotiveness and mysticism with an intellectualism very similar to Schoenberg, the music has been described as maniacal. The performances Lubotsky gives are spectacular.
Mark Lubotsky and the composer Alfred Schnittke were friends from student days and Lubotsky must be accounted the premier interpreter of the composer's string music. He gave the premières of the First and Second Violin Concertos, the Piano Trio - performed with the composer's wife Irina Schnittke (piano) and Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) - and the Third Violin Sonata again with Irina Schnittke. The close connection between composer and violinist is important for the authenticity that this gives to Mark Lubotsky's interpretations. Also a frequent collaborator with Benjamin Britten, Lubotsky gave a performance of the Violin Concerto, opus 15 at a 1970 Promenade Concert. A recording of the work featuring the duo inspired the composer to comment: "This is the performance I have been waiting for".
György Pauk
 Recognized as one of today’s leading violinists, György Pauk was born in Hungary and received his musical education at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. Before settling in London in 1961, he won 1st prize in the Paganini Competition in Genoa, Premier Grand Prix in the Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris and 1st prize in the Munich Sonata Competition.
In an outstanding international career, György Pauk has appeared with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors. In 1962 he made his London debut with the London Symphony Orchestra under Lorin Maazel, and his debut recital there included an acclaimed performance of Bartók’s solo sonata. He made his American debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1971 at the invitation of Sir Georg Solti. In Britain he has appeared with the major London orchestras and at prestigious festivals, with performances regularly broadcast by the BBC.
His broad repertoire includes some of the masterpieces of the 20th century and he has given premières of works by Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Schnittke, Maxwell Davies and Tippett under the baton of the composers.
György Pauk’s recordings include several award-winning releases and he has received honors both in Britain and in Hungary, notably the Hungarian Order of the Republic in 1998 for his contribution to music throughout the world. He plays the Massart Stradivarius of 1714.
He is currently Professor of Violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Winterthur Conservatory in Switzerland.
CELLO
 Johannes Goritzki was born in Tübingen, Germany, and studied cello with such musical legends as Gaspar Cassadò, André Navarra and Pablo Casals. It was Cassadò, in particular, who introduced Goritzki to the 'sound of the cello'. As teacher and father-figure alike, it was he who turned the instrumentalist Goritzki into a musician. Goritzki collaborates with pianist Pavel Gililov and with many chamber music ensembles. One of the highlights of his extensive discography is Otmar Schoeck's cello concerto, a recording which filled a gap that had only become apparent after the release of this brilliant production. Johannes Goritzki has also enjoyed an extensive career as a conductor. He has conducted at the Philharmonie in Berlin, in Cologne and Munich, at the Berlin Schauspielhaus, the Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Düsseldorf Tonhalle; he has led orchestras in Rome's Accademia di Santa Cecilia and Paris's Salle Gaveau, and conducted the gala performance for the reopening of the Teatro Felice in Genoa. He conducted Graun's ‘Montezuma’ and Mozart's ‘Così fan tutte’ at the Bellas Artes opera house in Mexico City, and has guested at the Berlin Festwochen, Bucharest's Enescu Festival, Finland's Kuhmo Festival and, at the request of Gidon Kremer, in Lockenhaus. Under Goritzki's baton, great musicians such as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Nikita Magaloff, Radu Lupu, Frank Peter Zimmermann and Aurèle Nicolet have performed a musical spectrum from the Baroque to the avant-garde. As principal conductor of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Goritzki also dedicates himself to his own special projects whenever he can. Among them are the symphonies of Max Reger's pupil Johanna Senfter which, in the words of their discoverer, are of truly Brucknerian dimensions. They will soon be recorded with the Bamberg Symphony for the BIS label. Johannes Goritzki is professor of cello at the Robert Schumann Hochschule für Musik in Düsseldorf. He joined the faculty of TIHMS in 2003 and will do so in 2004.
 Swedish cellist Frans Helmerson studied in Göteborg, Rome and London with G. Vecchi, G. Selmi and William Pleeth and received additional guidance and support from Mstislav Rostropovich.
He has performed with many of today's finest conductors, among them Seiji Ozawa, Colin Davis, Neeme Järvi, Evgeni Svetlanov, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sergiu Comissiona, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos and Rostropovich. He has toured throughout Europe, the USA, South America, Asia and Australia with a number of major orchestras. His love for chamber music led him to accept the position of artistic director of the Korsholm Festival in Finland from 1994 until 2001, and he frequently appears at such international festivals as Verbier, Prades, Naantali, Kuhmo and Ravinia. In the coming months he will tour both as cellist and conductor in Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, the USA and Japan.
Since 1992 Frans Helmerson has held a professorship at the Musikhochschule Köln, and he previously occupied similar positions in Stockholm and Madrid.
He can be heard on CD in concertos by Dvorak and Shostakovich, the Brahms Double Concerto with violinist Mihaela Martin and on a recent release of the Bach Solo Suites.
 Born in Riga in 1951, Sergei Roldugin began playing the piano at the age of five and the cello at the age of eight. While he was at the Leningrad Conservatoire of Music he successfully auditioned for a seat in the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky. After graduating with Honoureds from the Conservatoire he began postgraduate studies with Nikitin and later became his assistant at the Conservatoire as well as teaching the cello at the Centralised Special Music School. In 1980 he won the bronze medal in the Prague Spring International Cello Competition. In 1984 he became the principal solo cellist in the Kirov Opera Theatre Orchestra and in 1991 was appointed associate professor of cello at the St Petersburg Conservatoire.
In 2002 Sergei Roldugin became the Rector of The St.Petersburg State Conservatoire.
Sergei Roldugin has taken part as a soloist in many music festivals in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Finland and Scotland. His solo repertoire is extensive, ranging from Bach to Schnittke. Much of it he has recorded for Russian radio, television and the Melodiya label. He currently also gives international masterclasses in Weikeersheim in Germany and in Savolinna in Finland.
Jan Marisse Huizing
 Jan Marisse Huizing has been involved with TIHMS since 1989 as advisor and faculty member. He studied piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Jaap Spaanderman and harpsichord at the Brabant Conservatory with Jaap Spigt. After graduating with soloist degrees in both instruments, he continued his piano study with Heinz Scholz at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and with Jan Ekier at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw. In 1961 he won the 1st prize at the national piano competition of the Jeunesses Musicales and from then on performed as soloist, with chamber music ensembles and in productions with the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT). In 1973 he was appointed professor at the Amsterdam Conservatory where he has established a reputation as a renowned piano pedagogue. Mr. Huizing has been involved as artistic advisor in many productions, among them the Grand Piano Festival in Amsterdam and the Chopin Festival in Groningen and was for many years a member of the board of EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) in the Netherlands. He regularly publishes articles about music and interpretation in such magazines as ‘Piano Bulletin’ and ‘Mens & Melodie’ and, under the name 'John Marisse', he has published piano music for children. His book 'The Chopin Etudes in Historic Perspective', published by De Toorts in Haarlem, appeared in 1996. Jan Marisse Huizing is regularly invited to give master classes at the conservatories of Berlin, Paris and St. Petersburg and he participates in Festivals in Antwerp, London and Prague. He is a sought-after jury member at competitions such as the Petrof Competition, International Johannes Brahms Piano Competition in Hamburg, the European Gina Bachauer Competition, the Quatre-Mains Piano Competition in Antwerp and the 'Jeunesses Musicales' international piano competition in Bucharest.
He was appointed artistic director of TIHMS in 2003, and he is currently professor of piano at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
 Renowned pedagogue Karl-Heinz Kämmerling is a graduate in piano of the Musikhochschule in Leipzig in the class of Anton Rohden and Hugo Steurer. He is currently professor of piano at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and at the Musikhochschule in Hannover where, in addition to being vice-chairman for six years, he also conducts seminars and master classes. Many of his students are currently working as professors at various schools of music in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and many others have received widespread recognition and prizes at piano competitions worldwide.
Professor Kämmerling has led numerous master classes abroad - in China, Japan, England, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Norway and Finland, as well as in Holland where he has been a faculty member of TIHMS since its inception in 1988. He has served on the juries of nearly all the major international piano competitions, including the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Chopin in Warsaw, Leeds, Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, and ARD in Munich. He has been awarded the Arts and Sciences Prizes of Lower Saxony and the first class ‘Bünderverdienstorden’ of Germany.
 Piotr Paleczny is one of Poland's most eminent pianists and professors. He graduated from the Frederic Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw in the class of prof. Jan Ekier. He was prizewinner at five international piano competitions: Sofia (1968), Munich (1969), Warsaw (1970), Pleven (1972) and Bordeaux (1972).
Since his success at the 8th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, he has been engaged in teaching and concert activities on all continents. In addition to conducting the piano class at the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, he has appeared as soloist with such renowned orchestras as The Chicago Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, (Royal) Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, BBC London Symphony, Gewandhaus of Leipzig, Tonhalle Zurich, Yomiuri Nippon, RAI Roma, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Mexico National, Buenos Aires National, Madrid National, Warsaw National Philharmonic and National Polish Radio Symphony.
His performances have taken him to major concert halls and music festivals around the world. Piotr Paleczny has held master classes in Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Paris, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Lugano, Mexico City and Warsaw. He has served on the juries of international piano competitions in Warsaw (Chopin competition), Paris, Santander, Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Prague, Kitzingen, Taipei, Cleveland, London, Geneva, Los Angeles and Moscow (Tchaikovsky competition). He has made numerous recordings for various labels. Particulary highly regarded have been his recordings of works by Polish composers, which form a significant part of his repertoire, among them concertos by Chopin, Paderewski and Lutoslawski (on Naxos) and Szymanowski's "Concerto"-Symphony No. 4 (on EMI and BBC Classic). Two of his Chopin CD's - the complete Ballades and the Piano Concertos, recorded with Sinfonia Varsovia and Jerzy Maksymiuk, were awarded the "Gold Disc". Another recording - "The Best of Chopin" - was awarded the "Frederic '99" prize by the Polish Phonographic Academy. In December 2002 this CD received a "Platinum Disc". He is the only pianist to record and perform on stage the new version of the Chopin Piano Concertos, based on the recently released National Edition.
Piotr Paleczny was invited to be a soloist at the extraordinary Gala Concert to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 1993 he has been the Artistic Director of Poland's oldest music festival and probably the oldest existing international piano festival in the world - The International Frederic Chopin Piano Festival - in Duszniki Zdrój. He is the recipient of a number of Polish and foreign distinctions granted to him in recognition of his outstanding artistic achievements. In 1998 the President of Poland conferred on him the title of Professor.
Mikhail Voskresensky
 Mikhail Voskresensky is one of Russia's leading pianists and winner of four international piano competitions (Schumann in Berlin, in Rio de Janeiro, George Enescu in Bucharest, and Van Cliburn in Fort Worth, Texas). In 1966 he was honored with the Merited Artist of Russia award and in 1989 the People's Artist of Russia. Mikhail Voskresensky has extensive concert experience. His concerts in the USA and Mexico in January-February 2001 were hailed as brilliant by critics.
Mikhail Voskresensky graduated from the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Ilia Klyachko, Boris Zemliansky, Yakob Milstein, Lev Oborin (piano) and Leonid Roizman (organ). As student of the famous Lev Oborin, the winner of the First Chopin Competition in 1927, Voskresensky adopted his teacher's refined romanticism and perfect taste in harmony with the piano's splendid sound. The images evoked by his playing suggest contrasting musical colors, never out of harmony, and a charming legato inducing the instrument to sing. ‘His playing fascinates audiences with its artistry, cordiality and ingeniousness. Mikhail Voskresensky is a very talented and intelligent musician’, wrote Oborin about his pupil.
Voskresensky's repertoire includes Beethoven's 32 sonatas, all the works of Chopin, and 54 piano concertos. He has performed with orchestras under the direction of more than 150 conductors, among them John Pritchard, Franz Konvichny, Kurt Masur, Evgeny Svetlanov, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Kirill Kondrashin. He has played chamber music with such ensembles as the Tokyo, Borodin and Tchaikovsky quartets.
His 40 CD's include recent recordings of all the sonatas and studies of Scriabin, ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky, and the Second Sonata of Shostakovich.
He has participated as a juror for international competitions in London, Leeds, Sydney, Tel Aviv, as well as for the Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff Competitions in Moscow. He continues to be Chairman of the Jury for the Scriabin International Competition in Moscow.
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Accompanists
Mirsa Adami
Mirsa Adami was born in Tirana in Albania. Already at age 11 she performed as soloist with orchestras in her homeland. At 15 she came to the Netherlands where she studied with Jan Wijn at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, graduating in 2000. In the same year, she was named ‘Musician of the Year’ at the Summer Academy of TIHMS. Mirsa performs as soloist and as accompanist in many countries. She made her debut in Japan early in 2003.
Jelger Blanken
Jelger Blanken studied with Mila Baslawskaja at the Rotterdam Conservatory, continuing his studies with her at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and at the same time studying with Hakon Austbo. He graduated in 2002. With Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer he was winner of ‘De Vriendenkrans’ of the Concertgebouw, a prestigious prize in the Netherlands. In addition to being a pianist, Jelger studies at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and is currently working on his Ph.D. on the subject of Dutch music after 1950.
Marianne Boer
Marianne Boer studied piano with Jan Wijn at the Conservatory of Amsterdam where she graduated "cum laude" in 1992 with the degree of Performing Musician. In 1993 she won First Prize in the Jacques Vonk Piano Competition. A year later she was awarded the Silver Prize as soloist in the "Vriendenkrans" competition of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and in 1996 she received a second Vriendenkrans prize as a member of the Reinaert Piano Quartet. Since 1997 Marianne has been affiliated with the Conservatory of Amsterdam as an accompanist.
Gerard Boeters
Gerard Boeters studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Istvan Hajdu and Luba Edlina-Dubinsky and continued his studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Danielle Dechenne and Jan Wijn. He graduated in 1989 and has made a successful career as a solo and duo pianist. Gerard is accompanist at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and at TIHMS where he has accompanied classes given by Herman Krebbers, Igor Oistrakh, the late Viktor Liberman, Igor Ozim, Eduard Schmieder, Erick Friedman, Aaron Rosand, Yfrah Neaman, György Pauk and Valentin Zhuk.
Yumi Toyama
Yumi Toyama studied at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland, and at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw. As a solo pianist she won prizes at the Radziwill International Competition in Poland and was laureate at the Anderson Competition in the USA. From 1993 to 1998 she was accompanist at the Chopin Academy in Warsaw and she has been affiliated as accompanist with TIHMS since 1999. Yumi has given concerts in Italy, Germany, the USA, Japan, Poland and the Netherlands and has made radio and television recordings in Germany and Poland.
Yumi Toyama and Mirsa Adami
Jelger Blanken
Jan Marisse Huizing
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