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Bruno Sanfilippo

Bruno Sanfilippo is a classically trained musician and composer who has been creating music for more than 20 years. His focus alternates between the exploration of concepts, and hybrids of and acoustic music."His gift for picture music is the common thread running through it, his earlier works sounding more like music and his later works moving into more realms, though still with a strong sense of imagery" Te is obsessed with the search for new and unique qualities in music - the amazing, the magical and the deep.

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Thomas Adès

Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Adès studied piano with Paul Berkowitz and later composition with Robert Saxton at Guildhall School,London. He graduated in 1992 from King's College, Cambridge after studying with Alexander Goehr and Robin Holloway. His degree was classified as "double starred first", indicating outstanding academic distinction. He was made Britten Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 2004 was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex.

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Sir Colin Davis

Sir Colin Davis is a British conductor, best known as the the Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) from 1995-2006. He is currently the President of the LSO organization. Davis holds one of the largest discographies of any living classical conductor, and is especially noted for his many recordings of composers Hector Berlioz, W.A. Mozart, and Michael Tippett.

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Michael Chance

Michael Chance (born 7 March 1955 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English countertenor. Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge. He took part in the project of Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Stringfever

There are two bands named Stringfever. StringFever is a band composed of brothers and cousin, Giles, Ralph, Neal and Graham Broadbent. Not to be mistaken with the English violectra band Stringfever, Ron Thompson, father and son Doug and Stefan Thordarson and Brent Gubbles. With their electric instruments and unique sound, the worlds first genetically modified string quartet combine exceptional musical skill with a real talent About band Giles Broadbent
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Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was a Venetian composer in the baroque era. Vivaldi was born on 4th March 1678 in Republic of Venice, today Italy; his father was Giovanni Battista, a baker before becoming a professional violinist, who taught his son to play violin; they subsequently toured Venice playing violin together. Vivaldi suffered from what was called "chest tightening" which might have been asthma; this did not, however, prevent him from learning to play the violin, composing and taking part in the prescribed musical activities.

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Libera

The distinctive sound of Libera has travelled the world in the last few years. The group's albums have topped both mainstream and classical charts in many countries, and their recordings hold their place in top-tens alongside major artists like Bocelli. The boys who make up the vocal band Libera have been described as “normal” and “ordinary”. However, as their recordings and performances demonstrate, the music they produce is truly extraordinary. With shimmering, mystical chords and ecstatic harmonies, they are unlike any other group you have ever heard.

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