After studying at the Yehudi Menuhin School (England), the International Menuhin Music Academy (Switzerland) and the Maastricht Conservatory of Music (Holland), where he received his diploma with distinction in 1986.

During 10 years as cellist of the renowned Australian String Quartet and previously as principal cellist of the Camerata Bern and the Scottish Ensemble, Niall traveled the world and performed in some of the most famous concert halls and festivals.

His discography includes releases on Virgin Classics, ECM, Novalis, Claves, Doron, ABC Classics and Tall Poppies.

For more than 30 years, Niall has performed with his wife and pianist Isabelle Trüb to enthusiastic audiences around the world. As exclusive artists of the Swiss label Doron, their recordings include the complete cello and piano works of Fauré and Schumann, the sonatas of Brahms, and the collected works of Hindemith. They will soon release the sonatas of Shostakovich and Prokofiev, and their next album will be Beethoven's complete sonatas and variations. A recent review states: "Cellist Niall Brown and pianist Isabelle Trub formed this duo in 1989 and, coincidentally, are married.

In 2009, Niall founded the "Automne Musical d'Ollon" (AMO), a multifaceted music festival in a picturesque Swiss town featuring six concerts. Niall's passion for chamber music, the 20th century, contemporary music, and other genres is evident in his programming and commissioning of new music and major masterpieces of the standard repertoire. Niall stepped down as Musical Director of the AMO in 2020 after 12 successful years.

A dedicated educator, Niall has been Professor of Cello and Chamber Music at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide, Australia, and at the International Menuhin Academy of Music in Switzerland, as well as Professor of Chamber Music at the Conservatoire du Nord in Luxembourg, and is regularly invited to give masterclasses in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the United States.

Since 2023, he has been the artistic director of the Konz Music Festival and the Master Academy for Chamber Music, which take place every year in early September, and coordinates the chamber music program of the Academy of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Based in Luxembourg, Niall combines his position as deputy principal cellist of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra with his numerous chamber music performances, including with the Kreisler Quartet Luxembourg, a founding member since 2009, and with pianist Isabelle Trüb, as well as organizing masterclasses in Europe and beyond.

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Pianist Isabelle Trüb was born into a family of musicians and discovered her passion for chamber music in all its forms at an early age. As a scholarship holder of the Swiss Goehner/Migros Foundations, she completed her musical education at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

After returning to Switzerland, she was engaged as a pianist/harpsichordist by the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad/Camerata Lysy. She regularly collaborates with numerous renowned artists, including cellists Pierre Fournier and Janos Starker, violist Bruno Giuranna, and violinists Shmuel Ashkenasi and Maxim Vengerov.

The duo, which she founded with her long-time partner, cellist Niall Brown, has an extensive repertoire and has recorded, among others, the complete works of Gabriel Fauré, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Paul Hindemith.

Since teaching also plays a very important role in her career, Isabelle worked for ten years as a piano and chamber music teacher at the Ecole Sociale de Musique in Lausanne, Switzerland. From 1997 to 2006, she lived in Australia, where she worked as a teacher and piano accompanist at the University of Adelaide. She serves as an expert judge for the AMEB examinations and gives numerous chamber music concerts in Australia and Europe. Since 2006, Isabelle has lived in Luxembourg, where she initially worked as a cultural journalist before being hired by the Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg, where she has taught piano accompaniment and worked as a piano accompanist for several years.

In 1982, Richard settled in the Netherlands and in 1984 began a 35-year Term as principal violist of the Netherlands Philharmonic / NetherlandsChamber orchestras. He often performed as a soloist with these orchestras. Among others,Concerts by Henk Badings, Leo Smit,Mozart (Sinfonia Concertante) and Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No. 6). InIn his retirement year 2019, the Tacet label released a CD of the Sinfonia Concertante with violinistGordan Nikolitch and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra.

Richard was a viola teacher at the conservatories of Utrecht andAmsterdam and has been an enthusiastic chamber musician for half a centuryIn the USA he was a member of Sergiu Lucas Music in Context

and in Belgium by Roel Dieltien's Ensemble Explorations.In the Netherlands he is a member of the Rietveld Ensemble and the MonwardWife.

Nominated for a 2016 Grammy and awarded with major prizes such as the 2015 Gramophone Classical Music Award, the 2014 International Classical Music Award for "Instrumentalist of the Year," and the 2012 International Classical Music Award, Joseph Moog possesses the rare gift of combining exquisite virtuosity with expressive, profound, and intelligent musicality. As a master of both established and rare or forgotten repertoire, the young performer has earned a worldwide reputation, also for his own compositions and transcriptions.

The 2019/2020 season will take Joseph Moog to the world's most important concert halls, festivals, and ensembles, including his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Richard Strauss's 'Burleske' under Emmanuel Krivine, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, and the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, as well as recitals at Wigmore Hall London, Théâtre La Scala Paris, the Salle Philharmonique de Liège, the 'Steinway International Series' Cardiff, the Turner Sims Piano Series Southampton, the Harrogate International Festival, Westminster Cathedral Hall, and the 'Spring Festival' Kiev. A very special appearance will be his performance of Liszt's piano transcription of Beethoven's 9th Symphony to mark the 250th anniversary of the Bonn master at the Ruhr Piano Festival, with which he has enjoyed a close collaboration since 2013.

The 2018/2019 season saw numerous highlights, including appearances with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Matthias Pintscher, at the Philharmonie Luxembourg with Saint-Saens' 5th Piano Concerto, at the Royal Albert Hall in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto, with the New Japan Philharmonic with Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto under Lawrence Foster in the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, at 'Piano aux Jacobins' in Toulouse and at the Music Festival in Gdansk.

An important focus is the young artist's extensive discography, for which he has received outstanding reviews from the international press as well as numerous awards. In 2017, he recorded Johannes Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Richard Strauss's Burlesque with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under the direction of Nicholas Milton. In November 2018, he released a recording of the complete Études by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel's 'Gaspard de la Nuit'.

His long-awaited solo album, "Between Heaven and Hell," featuring the sonatas and legends of Franz Liszt, was released in October 2019. Joseph Moog earned his reputation as a soloist through concerts in the legendary Master Pianists series at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the International House of Music Moscow, the New Ross Piano Festival, and the La Roque d'Anthéron Festival.

He has performed extensively in the USA, including at the Frick Collection in New York City, the Gilmore International Piano Series, the Portland Piano International, the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Vancouver Recital Society, and the Miami International Piano Festival. Joseph Moog maintains an extensive concert repertoire that has brought him to perform with major orchestras around the world.

Joseph Moog, son of two orchestral musicians, is a winner of the 'Prix Groupe de Rothschild' and was appointed to the circle of Steinway Artists in 2009. He is a founding member and artistic director of the 'Konz Musik Festival' near his current residence in Luxembourg and is actively involved in the cultural development of his hometown of Neustadt/Weinstraße, as well as throughout Rhineland-Palatinate.

The complete biography and further information can be found at:www.josephmoog.com

Founded in 1985, the Kammerata Luxembourg is a variable-geometry ensemble that pays particular attention to the selection of its repertoire. Its activities are financially supported by the Ministry of Culture.
With the release of its CD 'Hommage à Schumann' in September 2019, the ensemble changes its name to Kammerata Luxembourg.
The Kammerata is both a concert organizer and a musicians' and artists' collective and, in various configurations, often presents contemporary works in combination with music from the classical and romantic eras.
In addition, it regularly invites outstanding foreign musicians and secures collaborations with outstanding professionals based in Luxembourg for the majority of its concert series.
A noble mission that has gained increasing importance in the collective's efforts is the promotion of contemporary creation in Luxembourg through commissioning works. As a result of this policy, it was possible to release the recording 'Echoes of Autumn and Light - New Chamber Music from Luxembourg' in February 2021, featuring five new works by four composers living in the Grand Duchy or holding Luxembourgish citizenship: Georges Lentz, Camille Kerger, Marcel Reuter, and Markus Brönnimann.

Founded in 2016, the name of Quatuor Agate is inspired by one of the most beautiful works of chamber music, Johannes Brahms's Second Sextet, dedicated to his second love, Agathe von Siebold. Seven years later, this fascination with Brahms became reality with the release of their debut album featuring the complete string quartets on the Appassionato label in early 2024.

Having won awards at various international competitions, the Quatuor Agate reached an important milestone in 2021 when it emerged victorious at the prestigious Young Classical Artists Trust Auditions in London.

In 2023, the Quatuor Agate was honored to be named one of the ECHO Rising Stars 2024/25 and will play in the most important concert halls in Europe, including the Philharmonie de Paris, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Vienna Musikverein.

The musicians are passionate about bringing chamber music closer to everyone, and just a few weeks after the quartet was founded, they embarked on their first project: the creation of the CorsiClassic Festival, which has taken place every year in Ajaccio, Corsica, ever since.
Further information at:https://en.quatuoragate.com