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Anete Liepina was born in Latvia. She performed her first role with the Latvian State Opera at the age of 14 in Benjamin Britten’s Opera “Noye’s Fludde” where she sang the role of Gossip Girl. In 2011 she moved to Vienna in order to study Operette at the MUK under Professor Wolfgang Dosch, and Voice at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien with Professor Annamaria Rott (voice) and...

“Violinist Miclen LaiPang has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting and versatile artists of his generation and has earned global recognition as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and teacher. The New York Times acclaimed Miclen as "a force to be reckoned with..." while German newspaper Die Welt said he is "a musician of daring virtuosity with gripping access and noble e...

About DD Jutino: He expresses what is not on purpose. That is, emotion. All emotions come from experience, and emotions are reaction that Don’t have any reason. On the life stage, he is not an actor, acting out emotions. He doesn’t feel something on purpose, and does not try to find out the reasons for them. He loves all emotions from experiences and accept them just as they are. Therefore he catc...

Sophie Clarke is a Mezzo-Soprano and Actor from Liverpool, UK. She has been awarded the Hargreaves and Ball Scholarship to study for a Masters of Music in Classical Singing and Opera at The Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Yvonne Howard and Louise Winter. She is the first student at the RNCM to be sponsored by the international Gilbert and Sullivan Society and she is also kind...

Zuzanna Małgorzata Budzyńska (born 1997 in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland) won the 2nd prize at the Antonio Vivaldi International Competition Vienna in 2018. A year later she released her debut album POLONAISES, recorded together with Szymon Ogryzek (piano). The album has been very well reviewed by the ResMusica (France) and PIZZICATO (Luxembourg) and the musicians have been proclaimed the perfect duo by...

Jacques le Roux stands at the helm of MYNDVOICE with the poise and experience of an operatic tenor whose voice has echoed through the world's prestigious concert halls and opera houses. His journey in music, marked by over two decades of stirring performances and a repertoire of over a hundred leading roles, speaks volumes of his dedication to the art form. In the grand narrative of opera, Jacques...

About Alex Sepkus: "Alex Sepkus is out! Or, as he might say, Alex Sepkus is also not so out. In a world full of designers scrambling to turn fine jewellery into an offshoot of the fashion industry -- and therefore, by nature, attuned to the fad (it‘s called the rag trade for a reason) -- Alex remains so focused he never feels the need to chase anything. Why should he? His picture is big, like a ma...

"Mike Hines, co-founder and creative director of epoch, IS epoch. With a reach far and wide from Chicago to across the globe, Mike has made his impact in the floral industry by defying the rules, creating styled and unique spaces and ensuring complete client satisfaction by developing and installing possibilities beyond imagination. During his 20 years of experience in the world of floristry and d...

Peter Quanz, Resident Choreographer of Harbin Ballet & Artistic Director of Q DANCE, is a Canadian choreographer of international renown known for his groundbreaking choreographic collaborations in dance, music, and visual art. He also choreographed for The Royal Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, as well as young choreographers’ evenings with...

MC van Rensburg is a sixth-generation farmer, farming in the Karoo (Khoikhoi word for desert) within the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. During a period of drought in this area, he decided to start doing leatherworks and designed and created beautiful leather bags, belts and much more. "I always loved leather and wanted to showcase what you can do with Dorper skin. I also use a variety of q...

"Martin Gillespie is a man of many talents. One of the founding members of Skerryvore, a contemporary Scottish traditional music rock band, he plays the accordion, bagpipes and whistle. On top of that, he is one of the founders of Tiree Music Festival and Oban Music Festival, as well as the financial director of Apex Music International. Skerryvore is a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Tiree,...

About Johan Steyn, the artist: "Art is intrinsically part of me. Playing in my father’s studio (he was the well-known SA batik artist, Louis Steyn), the smell of wax and paint intoxicated me. I could paint before I could talk. I started late in life to live my dream of becoming a full-time artist. As a young child, I was fascinated with nature, colour, and form, which was intrinsic to the creative...

"John Havu, Creative developer in Theatre, was born in Chicago and following university degrees in education and music began a career as a musician in symphony, opera, ballet orchestras in the US, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and Germany, as well as in show orchestras for Chita Rivera, Henry Mancini, Lionel Hampton, Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and other stars. His first professional...

About Carolina: "Introducing myself is perpetually difficult. I am one of the odd, rootless people of a new generation: my mother grew up in Brazil, my father in Austria, and I, around the world. My if-somewhat-fragmented cultural experiences have been a true blessing, revealing different facets of humanities subjects, music, and hands-on creativity. Someplace between fashion, textiles, and art, I...

Hat designer Cha Cha, moved to NYC and soon realized Seventh Avenue was not where she would find her people. Her tribe would be quirky and slightly awkward. Her tribe would be filled with authentic characters who also felt slightly out of place. Cha Cha studied with Anne Albrizio. She was her first mentor. Gruff and honest in her criticism, she soon learned her hands were where her magic resided....

Following the intense desire to make chamber music in orchestras and a wide variety of ensemble formations, musical training on the recorder and piano, ultimately led Beatrice Holzer-Graf to the cello. She received her training at the University of Mozarteum Salzburg and the universities of music in Rostock and Stuttgart. Beatrice became intensively involved with the performance practice of early...

"Ricardo González Zurita is a mexican-spanish classical guitarist based in Lithuania. He started his musical career in his native country México, where he started studying with Luis David Ramírez in Centro de Estudios Musicales Manuel M. Ponce in Aguascalientes and continued with Miguel Ángel Castellanos and Sergio Damian Wilson at the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia. Wishing to go deeper in...

Even though, her piano repertoire is large and diverse (XVIIth - XXIst century), Giedrė Mažeikaitė González will always have a soft spot for the classical music patriarchs: J.S. Bach, J. Haydn, F. Schubert. In her interpretations her biggest priority is always to highlight the beauty of music with all of its purity and power. This kind of perspective makes her interpretation full of sentimental ly...

Hand crafted Hats, by hat maker, Jack Savage. Inspired by a love of Nature and connection to Spirit, Jack strives to create unique, one of a kind pieces that tell a story and speak to the Wild within. Using only the finest quality materials available, Jack employs traditional hat making tools and techniques to make each hat in the same way hat makers did over 100 years ago. Felts are first chosen...

Elli Milan: "Life is meant to be lived abundantly, triumphantly and outrageously romantic! Whatever your spirit leaps at, whatever makes your heart swoon and your soul dance, these are the things to live for." Elli Milan is passionate about empowering artists. Her powerful art inspires artists around the world to step into their true potential. She has changed the lives of over a thousand artists,...

Marius Roca, the 14 year old Ballet dancer from Barcelona: "For me competition is, first of all, competing with yourself and learning from other dancers and teachers. It's also an opportunity to learn self control." Thank you Dominic Ferris for introducing me to this lovely young artist.

Kerson Leong has been described as “not just one of Canada’s greatest violinists but one of the greatest violinists, period” (Toronto Star). Forging a unique path since his First Prize win at the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in 2010, he continues to win over colleagues and audiences alike with “a mixture of spontaneity and mastery, elegance, fantasy, intensity that makes his sou...

"Anthony Waichulis is a contemporary Trompe L’Oeil painter from Northeast Pennsylvania. Often celebrated by critics and collectors alike, Waichulis’ efforts have captured top honors in both domestic and international competitions and have been published in most major art publications including, but not limited to, The Artist’s Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, American Artist, American Art Review, A...

The South African-Argentine soprano Reinet Behncke studied voice and vocal pedagogy in the United States at the University of Colorado at Boulder before moving to Vienna. She graduated from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, where she received her Master of Arts in Lied and Oratorio, studying with KS Birgid Steinberger, KS Angelika Kirchschlager, and Carolyn Hague, as well as st...