Archiwum Artists - CORNO Brass Music Festival

Arno Tri Pramudia

Arno Tri Pramudia is a trombonist from Belgium.

He did his bachelor’s degree in music performance at the LUCA School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium, where he studied with Michel Tilkin. His master’s degree he obtained at the Hochschule der Künste Bern, where he studied with Ian Bousfield.

He combined the last year of his studies in Bern with an internship as trombonist with the Bern Symphony Orchestra.

After graduation he joined the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy led by Michael Tilson Thomas in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, where he was a trombonist from 2019 until 2021.

He gained further orchestra experience from playing with several professional orchestras in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as with the Royal Philharmonic in London, and from being principal trombonist with the Gustav Mahler Youth orchestra for their 2018 spring tour.

Since 2021 he is the tenor-/bass- trombonist with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Sweden.

Arno is also an experienced teacher. He has been a teaching artist for El Sistema Sweden and Iberacademy in Medellin, Colombia. He led a workshop for children from the townships in Cape Town, South Africa and during the pandemic he set up an online courses for middle school children in the Miami Metropolitan Area. He also had teaching residencies in the LUCA School of Arts in Leuven, Belgium and the Academy of Music. K. Lipinski in Wrocław, Poland.

Since 2023 he has been teaching trombone and chamber music at Högskolan för Scen och Musik, the University of Gothenburg’s college of music.

Lene Aadalen Skomedal

Professional Norwegian/Swedish horn player Lene Skomedal is a prestigious musician. During her 20 years as a professional musician she has worked with numerous orchestras and ensembles in many countries, such as principal horn in Copenhagen Phil and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, to a great number of projects in most of the opera houses, orchestras and ensembles in the Scandinavian countries. Lene’s career includes all forms of performances, as a soloist, chamber music and teaching masterclasses. She also frequently appears in worldwide festivals and events, such as Citguad (Spain), Encuentro Internacional de Cornos (Chile), Fjord Classics (Norway) among others.

“BREATHE MUSIC” is Lene´s own brand and her very own style of yoga, coaching, breathing theraphy and mental training – for musicians.

Through various workshops for large or small groups, Lene´s work reaches all over the world and most recently at academies like Royal College of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, UK) as well as for many professional orchestras. Her personal clients, that range from very young students to world star soloists, conductors and musicians in Berlin Phil, LA Phil, Concertgebouw Orchestra among others, can testify to her brilliant skills and life changing moments that benefits their playing and well-being.

Domenico Catalano

born in 1988 in Zug, Switzerland, completed his music studies at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts with Prof. Markus Wüest in 2014, graduating with distinction. For over a decade, he has been shaping the musical landscape as a bass trombonist, initially with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, from 2014 on with Basel Symphony Orchestra and since 2022 as the principal bass trombonist with the renowned Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig. His ability to establish the bass trombone as an innovative and expressive instrument has earned him performances with orchestras such as the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonia Baden, Basel Symphony Orchestra as well as appearances on international stages, including the Puplinge Classique Festival and at the University of Redlands in California. He also impressed at the International Trombone Festival 2018 at the University of Iowa with “SlideSticks Trio” which he founded and currated for several years.

Catalano’s artistic excellence has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Friedl Wald Foundation’s sponsorship award in Basel and the Edwin Fischer Memorial Prize. His commitment to musical education is reflected in his role as a globally sought-after lecturer for master classes in crossover, orchestral playing, and chamber music.

Kris Garfitt

He is a first prize winner of the International ARD Music Competition in Munich, a Courtois Performing Artist and Solo Trombonist of the WDR Symphony Orchestra. On top of this he had competition success as the Gold Medal winner of the 2019 Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London, and first prize winner of the 2022 International Soloists Competition in Grenchen, 2019 Jeju International Music Competition, 2018 International Tenor and Bass Trombone Competition in Budapest, the 2018 International Juozas Pakalnis Competition of Wind and Percussion Instruments in Vilnius and the 2019 International IPV (International German Trombone Association) Competition in Germany. As well as winning the first prize in the ARD Competition, he also won the public prize plus numerous ‘special’ awards.

He graduated in 2015 from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with a First Class Honours Degree. During his time at Guildhall he undertook regular lessons with Eric Crees, Peter Gane and Christopher Houlding and later with Fabrice Millischer of Freiburg Musikhochschule and Guilhem Kusnierek at the Hochschule for Music Saar.

From 2016 until 2020 Kris was working as a member of the German Radio Philharmonic, and since 2021 is the solo trombonist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra. Besides regular concerts with his orchestra, he is performing frequently as guest solo trombonist with many of Europe’s leading orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich (plus many more). He is fortunate enough to have been a member of both the European Union Youth Orchestra and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and travel extensively throughout the world, performing at places such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Royal Albert Hall in London, Salzburg Festspielhaus, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, the Semperoper in Dresden, Berlin Philharmonie, Prague’s Rudolfinum, Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, the Seoul Arts Center, and perform in festivals such as The BBC Proms and Salzburger Festspiele.

Alongside his orchestral career, Kris also manages to navigate a busy schedule as a solo musician. He has performed as soloist with orchestras on numerous occasions, with professional ensembles such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Munich Chamber Orchestra. Over the coming seasons he looks forward to debut solo engagements with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, plus many more orchestras throughout Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain, Lithuania etc. Shortly after winning his job in 2016 Kris experienced an increased interest and love of the trombone’s wonderful solo literature, leading him to start a duo with the exceptional Korean pianist, Seri Dan. Together they perform regular concerts throughout Germany and worldwide. Their debut album, ‘Kaleidoscope’ was released in February 2023.

Kris is also a keen educator and is ‘Visiting Professor of Trombone’ at the Royal College of Music as well as a teacher at the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts) in Berlin.

Sebastian Berner

first prize Winner at the 2022 International Maurice André Competition in Paris and currently principal trumpet of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, is one of the world’s leading trumpeters of his generation.

He received his first trumpet lessons at the age of 9 with Markus Klein. Berner was a member of state and national youth orchestras in Germany and is a prizewinner from many competitions, including first prize at the 2016 “Cittá di Chieri” in Italy, second prize at the 2016 International Reinhold Friedrich Trumpet Competition in Lisbon, first prize at the 2017 International Bodensee Competition, and second prize at the 2017 Lions European Music Competition in Montreux.

Ryan Darke

Principal Trumpet of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, a lecturer of trumpet at the Bob Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach and lecturer of pedagogy at the Colburn Conservatory of Music.

Ryan has played full seasons with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and the New World Symphony. He has played on short term contracts at Auckland Philharmonia, The Malaysia Philharmonic, and the Stavanger Philharmonic internationally.

Domestically, he has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and Brass Ensemble, Saint Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and many others. With the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ryan has appeared as guest principal trumpet, played in the LA Philharmonic Brass Quintet, and joined two international tours (Venezuela and Scotland).

In addition, Ryan enjoys recording work in Los Angeles, and frequently performs at Warner Brothers, Sony, Capital Records, and Fox Studios. He can be heard on many motion pictures and television shows including The Greatest Showman, Turning Red, The Mandelorian, Mulan, The Suicide Squad, The Simpsons, Star Trek: Picard, and more.

Jannicke Eide Ellingsen

is a euphonium player from Bergen, Norway. She is working in the Norwegian Army Band where she won her position in 2023.

As a soloist Jannicke has got the opportunity to perform with different bands including Krohnengen Brass Band, Eikanger-Bjørsvik, the Royal Norwegian Naval Forces´Band and Göteborg Wind Orchestra.

Jannicke is educated from the Grieg Academy in Bergen and from Hochschule Luzern in Switzerland. The teachers during her bachelor and master performance were Grethe Tonheim, Tormod Flaten and Thomas Rüedi. She finished her studies with the highest mark in 2015.

In 2006 Jannicke joined the leading brass band Eikanger-Bjørsvik, where she played for 10 years. During her time in the band they got the first prize in the Norwegian National Championship a total of 7 times.

Jannicke has participated in national and international soloist competitions. In 2008 she got the 2nd prize in the Norwegian National Competition for Wind, Brass & Percussion. In 2014 she advanced to the final of ITEC, and in 2017 she got the first prize in the Regional Competition for Wind, Brass & Percussion in Bergen.

Jannicke is an artist for Adams brass, and is regularly performing recitals and giving masterclasses around the world. She has been invited to festivals such as Congreso AETYB, Galaico Brass Festival in Spain, and LizBrass in Portugal.

Louise Anna Pollock

Louise Pollock is Principal trombone with the Gothenburg Opera in Sweden and faculty member at the Gothenburg University Academy of Music and Drama. She has been awarded numerous prizes, such as the 1st Prize and Audience Prize at the International Aeolus Competition for Wind Instruments 2016 or the prestigious “Stipendium des Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs” at the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb 2014.

She has performed as a soloist throughout Europe with orchestras such as the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Opera Orchestra Gothenburg, Bjergsted Blåsensemble or the Duisburger Philharmoniker. Before her position in Gothenburg she played with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (Germany) for three years. She is often invited to judge competitions, for example the ITA competition, and give masterclasses and has been featured as an artist at numerous festivals, for example at the Tourbon Brass Festival in Chile, Bjergsted Brass Festival Stavanger in Norway, Tromboholizm Music Festival Poznan or the International Trombone Festival.

Louise studied at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Professor Branimir Slokar, where she received her Bachelor of Music with distinction. She then went on to study with Prof. Henning Wiegräbe at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, Germany (Master of Music).

She is a member of the Board of Advisors of the International Trombone Association. Louise is a Conn Artist and performs exclusively on a Conn 88H that was built in the early 1950s.

Christian Lampert

Prof. Christian Lampert was educated by the horn professors Francesco Raselli (Basel), Mahir Cakar (Stuttgart) and Erich Penzel (Cologne). He received various awards, among them the prizes in the International Music Competition in Markneukirchen, as well as the German National Music Competition in Bonn.

Christian Lampert was appointed as principal horn player first in the Opera Orchestra Frankfurt (1989-1996), later on he held the same position in the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra (1996-2005). He also held the position of principal horn in the Richard Wagner Festival Orchestra in Bayreuth (1996-2008).

Meanwhile, next to his soloistic career, he has a special focus on chamber music, he performs regularly ie. with German Hornsound, German Brass, HR-Brass, City Brass Stuttgart, Consortium Classicum, Avalon Woodwind Quintet.

After having successfully led two classes for horn at the Basel Academy of Music (Switzerland) as well as at the Stuttgart Academy of Music Germany) from the year 2004 to 2022, he changed from Stuttgart to Bern and is now holding professorships at the Basel Academy of Music as well as at the Academy of Arts Bern (both Switzerland).

2018 Christian Lampert was appointed as President of the International Music Competition in Markneukirchen.

Christian Lindberg

Christian Lindberg’s achievements for the trombone can only be compared with those of Paganini for the violin or Liszt for the piano. September 2015 Christian Lindberg was voted “THE GREATEST BRASS PLAYER IN HISTORY” by the worlds biggest classical radio station CLASSIC-FM, and in 2016 he received “INTERNATIONAL CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARD ARTIST OF THE YEAR” previously given to Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Charles Dutoit.

Having premièred over 300 works for the trombone (over 135 major concertos) recorded over 150 solo albums, having an international solo competition created in his name, been voted brass player of the 20th century side by side with Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong, Christian Lindberg is today nothing less than a living legend.

On top of his unrivalled career as a trombonist Lindberg has now also embarked on a highly successful conducting career, and his career includes major conducting engagements in Musikverein, Suntory Hall, at Beethovenfest, in Salzburg Festspielhaus, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Meistersingerhalle, Nürnberg and National Centre for the Performing Arts (The Giant Egg) in Beijing with orchestras such as Nippon Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Irish National Philharmonic and Ulster Orchestra to name a few.

Since 2004 Lindberg has been music director for four different orchestras: Nordic Chamber Orchestra 2004-2011 and Swedish Wind Ensemble 2005-2012, Norwegian Arctic Philharmonic 2009-2019 and Israel NK Orchestra 2016-2021. Activities with these orchestra has included major recording projects on BIS (Tchaikovsky Symphonies no 4-6 among other things), major tours throughout Japan and performances at Beethovenfest, Musikverein and Salzburg Festspielhaus. Alongside his activities as principal conductor Lindberg has major conducting collaborations with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (performing and recording all the symphonies by Allan Pettersson), Royal Flemish Philharmonic(a major project performing and recording music by Stenhammar), The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (a second major conducting residency in 2016), Nürnberger Symphoniker (various projects including music by Lindberg himself, Allan Pettersson, Grieg, Högberg, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven), The Swedish Chamber Orchestra (music by Lindberg, Schubert, Ginastera, Bizet and Andrea Tarrodi), Ulster Orchestra (music by Lindberg, Dvorak, Nielsen, Grieg and Sibelius), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (music by Tchaikovsky, Lindberg, Sibelius, and Sandström) and Taipei Symphony Orchestra (Bernstein, Lindberg, Tchaikovsky and Pettersson).

In 2019 Lindberg founded his own recording company European Gramophone, and has so far released more than 150 albums signing orchestras such as Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, ADDA Simfonica, Oviedo Filarmonia, Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, Wermland Opera Orchestra Liceo Opera Orchestra, Barcelona, Taipei Symphony Orchestra and Nürndberger Symphoniker.

Lindberg also conducts orchestras such as the Nippon Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Verdi Orchestra Milano, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie, Extremadura Orchestra, Umeå Symphony Orchestra, Tiroler Symphonieorchester, Het Noord Nederland Orkest, Het Gelders Orkest, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Poznan Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jenaer Philharmonie, Jyväskyllä Symphony Orchestra, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Euscadi Orchestra, Maggio Fiorentino, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, Northern Sinfonia, Helsinki Philharmonics, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Cape Philharmonic, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Opera Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Brazil, Württembergische Philharmonie, and Tenerife Symphony Orchestra to name a few.

As a composer Lindberg has been constantly busy with commissions since he wrote his first composition Arabenne for Trombone and Strings in 1997-98 as a pure experiment. Orchestras around the world have been queuing up, and he has composed over 50 works on commission from, among others, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Hessische Rundfunk, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Verdi Orchestra Milano, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Trondheim Soloists, Sion Musik Festival, Nordland Musikfestuke, Vertavo Quartet, Vib’bone Duo, Sergio Carolino and the Wild Gang, Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Bones Apart, Anders Wall Foundation, Hardanger International Music Festival and Share Music Sweden. Future commissions include a trombone concerto for the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, a 30 minute long orchestral piece commissioned by Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, a trumpet concerto commissioned by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Västerås Sinfonietta and a concerto for Evelyn Glennie, Christian Lindberg and orchestra commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival. Christian Lindberg’s own philosophy regarding his work as a composer is simple: “I do not write in any style whatsoever! I just listen to what my brain and my soul tell me, and what I hear I simply put down on paper. To say anything more about my work would be pretentious nonsense.”