Professor
Andreas Frölich
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln -Aachen
Yehudi Menuhin School London
pianist
German pianist Andreas Frölich studied with Stefan Askenase, Vitaly Margulis in Freiburg and Pavel Gililov in Cologne. He was prizewinner of numerous International Piano Competitions , as in Senigallia , Finale Ligure ,Vienna, Milano, and many others... He concertises in the most famous venues in Europe, South America, Asia, South Africa and Australia ,as well as in the most important Music Festivals, such as Rheingau Musikfestival, Schleswig -Holstein Musikfestival, Salzburg, Emilia Romagna Festival, Schubertiade Roskilde and many other Festivals worldwide. As a soloist Andreas Frölich appeared with many famous orchestras, among them Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de la Walonie , Wiener Kammerphilharmonie, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Münchener Kammerorchester, Colegium instrumentale Halle, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Rheinische Philharmonie
Koblenz, Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Würtembergisches Kammerorchester, Suk
Chamber Orchestra Prag, Orquesta Sinfonica de Monterrey /Mexico, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Russian Philharmonic Moskau, Radio Symphonique Luxembourg, Orchestra Sinfonica di San Remo, Lutoslawski Philharmonie Wroclav, Stettin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Bretagne ,Concerto Málaga, Thüringer Sinfoniker , Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Joenssu Sinfonic / Finnland, Kuopio Symphonic Orchestra / Finnland, Kyimi Sinfonietta Finnland, Talinn Chamber Orchestra, Kammerphilharmonie Amadé, Philharmonic Orchestra of Europe, Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Vogtland Philharmonie, National Philharmonic of Peru, Orchestre de Caen/France , Orquesta Filarmonica Montevideo... Andreas Frölich is pianist of the Mendelssohn Trio Berlin and he often performed with Ensemble Wien led by the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic. He recorded for many national (in Germany) and international Radio Stations and released more than 40 CD´s ( a number of them award winning) for different labels like, OEHMS
CLASSICS, CPO, EMI, BMG, Divox, Signum, Fono.
Andreas Frölich is Artistic Director and Chairman of the International MozArte Piano Competition Aachen, Artistic Director of the "MozArte " International Music Festival. He is Professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln -Aachen , the Yehudi Menuhin School London and Professor at the Talent Music Masters University in Brescia, guest Professor at the International Summeracademy Mozarteum Salzburg, the Euro Arts Academy, the Musica Mundi Festival /Waterloo and gives Masterclasses worldwide. In the last years his students won more than 200 prizes (first and second) at International Piano Competitions . He is often inivited as jury member in many international piano
Competitions . Andreas Frölich is an official Steinway Artist.
Professor
Inesa Sinkevich
pianist
Manhattan School of Music, Co Head of Piano Department
Inesa Sinkevych, Piano Department Co-Head, Piano College and Precollege Faculty. A laureate of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Ukrainian-born pianist Inesa Sinkevych has also won first prizes in the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and the Concurso Internacional de Piano Premio “Jaén” in Spain, as well as awards in the Minnesota International Yamaha Piano-e-Competition; the Vianna da Motta and the Porto international competitions in Portugal; the Casagrande International Competition in Italy; the Panama International Competition; and the Cidade del Ferrol and Spanish Composers competitions in Spain. Inesa Sinkevych has been praised for her “intense, thrilling and sophisticated playing” (General-Anzeiger, Germany), “brilliant note-perfect fluency” (New York Concert Review), “grand passion and elegant lyricism” (Audiophile Audition), and “rich cantabile” (Ritmo, Spain). She has been described as a “Schubertian of real distinction,” with a “maturity that belies her age (Music Web International), and as an “artist with intuition that knows to look far beyond technique” (Diario de Noticias, Lisbon). “Grasping the overarching structure and purpose,” writes JWR Review, “is Sinkevych’s strength.”
Guest Artist
Aidan Siqi Zhao
pianist
Lang Lang Young Scholar
Aidan Siqi Zhao, aged 14, is a highly gifted young musician currently studying in Year 10 at King’s College School, London. He is a dual-instrumentalist, learning both piano and violin as first instruments at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, where he continues to flourish artistically. Aidan previously performed as a member of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain, demonstrating his versatility and commitment to orchestral performance.
Aidan is presently studying piano under the guidance of Professor Ian Jones at the Royal College of Music, receiving mentorship that has helped shape his expressive and mature musical voice. His talent has attracted national attention; in 2021, he was interviewed by BBC News in recognition of his musical achievements.
In February 2024, Aidan was selected as a Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, one of the most prestigious programmes worldwide for emerging young pianists. Through this opportunity, he has received invaluable support in the form of performance engagements, artistic development, and masterclasses with distinguished musicians.
Aidan has been invited to perform at numerous events and venues across the United Kingdom and internationally. Over the past two years, his performance tours have taken him to France, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and China, where he has impressed audiences with both his technical command and musical sensitivity.