Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Ammiel Bushakevitz performs regularly across Europe, North America, Africa,
Asia and Australia; in venues including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Philharmonie
de Paris, Shanghai’s Concert Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Berlin’s Konzerthaus.
He appears at the festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Bayreuth, Lucerne, Cape Town, Heidelberg,
Melbourne and Montreal; the Festival Pontino di Latina in Rome, the Casals Festival in Spain and the
Schubertiades of Schwarzenberg, Hohenems, Vilabertran and Jerusalem
One of the last private students of the late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ammiel is recognised as a
leading song pianist of his generation, performing with such singers as Dame Felicity Lott, Christian
Gerhaher and Thomas Hampson. He also received notable mentorship from Brigitte Fassbaender,
Barbara Bonney, Thomas Quasthoff and Matthias Goerne.
His discography includes award-winning albums as a soloist and song pianist for BIS (Sweden),
Pentatone (Holland), Hänssler Classics (Germany), SOLFA (Spain) and Gramola (Austria). Upcoming
releases will appear on labels including Berlin Classics, Hänssler and Harmonia Mundi.
Passionate about education, Ammiel has presented masterclasses at leading universities in Australia,
Israel, Spain, China, South Africa, New Zealand and the USA. He also dedicates time to mentoring
young musicians in developing countries including Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Morocco.
Ammiel is a member of the Société des Arts Sciences et Lettres de Paris, an Edison Fellow of the
British Library, London, and artistic director of the International Arts Association, Voices of Orpheus,
in Paris, France.
"Konradi’s timbre has a delicate fragrance, the voice seems weightless and light as a feather."
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Soprano Katharina Konradi was born in Bishkek and is the first soprano from Kyrgyzstan to have
an international career as a Lied, concert and opera singer. Her “crystal-clear” voice and “dazzling
vocal technique,” (Backtrack) has a “fascinating palette of colour shades,” (Das Opernglas) which
she employs for roles such as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Gilda (Rigoletto) and Susanna (Le Nozze
di Figaro), and on the concert and recital stage.
Her love of singing developed in childhood, and her move to Germany with her family at age 15 – and subsequent German citizenship – nurtured her love of classical music. Balancing her time between opera, Liederabend and concert work, she has performed at leading opera houses such as the Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, and Opernhaus Zürich, recitals at Wigmore Hall and Konzerthaus Wien, and concerts with the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic, among many others.
An acclaimed recording artist, she is featured on over a dozen recordings. Her first recording for CAvi-music was Liebe (Love) with Lieder by Schubert, Mozart and R. Strauss. She frequently collaborates with Daniel Heide, both on recordings and in performances.